API Examples

[Payero]

Patrik,
Huge fan of Pi Gallery 2, it does exactly what I needed to do. After reading some of the features in the README file I saw the ability to get random pictures:
Random photo url
You can generate an url that returns a random photo from your gallery. You can use this feature to develop 3rd party applications, like: changing desktop background

Can you provide information about how to use the API for this and other features? I could not find how to send this request to the server.

Thanks,
Oscar

[LorenzBischof]

There is a dropdown in the upper right corner. I generated this one in the demo: https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/api/gallery/random/?directory=.&recursive=true

[Payero]

I was hoping for an API where I can see the options to generate the request.  I am Ok if it does not exists, it just that I wanted to use that feature.  I wanted to do it dynamically rather than using the dropdown menu. On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 07:48:43 AM EDT, lbischof <notifications@github.com> wrote: There is a dropdown in the upper right corner. I generated this one in the demo: https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/api/gallery/random/?directory=.&recursive=true — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[bpatrik]

You should be able to dynamically create the link. It works with HTTP GET. This file contains the supported parameters: https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/blob/master/src/common/entities/RandomQueryDTO.ts This is the middleware that pareses that HTTP GET: request: https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/blob/ee1ce3402480514f2f6e4c4eee16fb99d92f721f/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts#L117 And here is the business logic for that: https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/blob/ee1ce3402480514f2f6e4c4eee16fb99d92f721f/src/backend/model/database/sql/GalleryManager.ts#L86 Sorry there is no official API documentation for it, but it should be simple to reverse engineer it. (You just append the parameter-value pairs to the end of https://<yourdomain>/api/gallery/random/? <https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/api/gallery/random/?directory=.&recursive=true> with separating them with a `&`, like: https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/api/gallery/random/?directory=.&recursive=true from above) Patrik Payero <notifications@github.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2020. okt. 28., Sze, 14:23):

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I was hoping for an API where I can see the options to generate the request. I am Ok if it does not exists, it just that I wanted to use that feature. I wanted to do it dynamically rather than using the dropdown menu. On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 07:48:43 AM EDT, lbischof < ***@***.***> wrote: There is a dropdown in the upper right corner. I generated this one in the demo: https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/api/gallery/random/?directory=.&recursive=true — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#200 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABZKA5QHZUEL3M646ZJ7BWDSNALL3ANCNFSM4TCFXUEQ> .

[nishantbb]

When I use these links I receive a 404 when the browser requests the favicon. Is it possible to add the default favicon for PiGallery2 to these links?