Import pictures from folder automatically

[bebablub]

Hello,

thank you for your great plugin.

Is there any possibility to import pictures from a given file system folder to a specific album automatically?
I know about the import from folder feature. I only need the possibility to trigger it (or such a Post Request) via let’s say something like a cron job. I already captured the request but it includes a nonce value which is not infinite usable. But probably there are other (simple) ways to get it to work? I would like to avoid making a dedicated script which scans a directory, copies files and alters db (because i have to modify it probably with every update).

The idea of this features is that i would like to import photos uploaded from my mobile phone to my owncloud storage (on same machine) automatically.

Thank you very much!

[Rattus]

$skip_if_file_name_already_exists = true;
$folder_path = 'PATH_TO_FOLDER_WITH_FILES';

// if you do not want to assign any album or tags
$terms = array();
// else 
/*
$terms = array(
    'gmedia_album' => 'Album Name',
    'gmedia_tag' => 'tags, separated, by comma'
);
*/

$files = glob($folder_path . '?*.?*', GLOB_NOSORT);
if (! empty($files)) {
    global $gmCore;
    $allowed_ext = get_allowed_mime_types();
    $allowed_ext = array_keys($allowed_ext);
    $allowed_ext = implode('|', $allowed_ext);
    $allowed_ext = explode('|', $allowed_ext);
    if ($skip_if_file_name_already_exists) {
        $exists = false;
    } else {
        $exists = 0;
    }
    foreach ($files as $i => $filepath) {
        $ext = pathinfo($filepath, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
        if (! in_array(strtolower($ext), $allowed_ext)) {
            unset($files[$i]);
        }
    }
    $gmCore->gmedia_import_files($files, $terms, $move = false, $exists);
}

[bebablub]

Hello,

thank you for your reply. It gives me a brief idea on how to use gmedia functions.

But how is this code meant to be? Probably it sounds stupid but how and from where to call that code?

If i make a standalone php file out of it there are wordpress and gmedia gallery specific objects/methods are missing.I tried using it with the “insert php” wordpress plugin without success. If i add it to some gmedia button action, for example import it won’t give me the desired solution because the idea should be that a import should be initiated without activly logged in into admin panel (as mentions let’s say from a cron job with a call like “php -f import.php”)

Greats

[Rattus]

You can add this code to your theme’s functions.php:

// create a scheduled event (if it does not exist already)
function cronstarter_activation() {
	if( !wp_next_scheduled( 'mycronjob' ) ) {  
	   wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'mycronjob' );  
	}
}
// and make sure it's called whenever WordPress loads
add_action('wp', 'cronstarter_activation');

// here's the function we'd like to call with our cron job
function my_repeat_function() {
	// do here what needs to be done automatically as per your schedule
}

// hook that function onto our scheduled event:
add_action ('mycronjob', 'my_repeat_function');

Read more: http://wpguru.co.uk/2014/01/how-to-create-a-cron-job-in-wordpress-teach-your-plugin-to-do-something-automatically/

[bebablub]

Thank you very much! Seems to work now :)

[sebastiaankop]

Hi all,

I used this code in functions.php.

Works good.

When importing large amounts of pictures the plugin has a timeout. When importing again the plugin creates doubles or triples from some pictures.

I thought this line was to prevent doubles.

$skip_if_file_name_already_exists = true;

But even with this setting I get doubles.

What can I do to prevent doubles?

Thank you.

Sebastiaan.

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