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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Export to Flickr Web-Service 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, flickr, export 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _flickr_export: 0012 0013 Export To Flickr 0014 ================ 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 This tool allows the user to upload photos to the Flickr web service. 0019 0020 `Flickr <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr>`_ is an online photo management application. Flickr is a way to get your photos to the people who matter to you. With Flickr you can show off your favorite photos to the world, blog the photos you take with a smartphone, and securely and privately show photos to your friends and family around the world. 0021 0022 The tool can be used to upload a selection of images from your collections to the remote Flickr server using the Internet. 0023 0024 When accessing the tool for the first time by the :menuselection:`Export --> Export to Flickr` :kbd:`Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R` menu entry, you are taken through the process of obtaining a token which is used for authentication purposes. The following dialog will popup and a browser window will be launched you will log in to Flickr: 0025 0026 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_login.webp 0027 :alt: 0028 :align: center 0029 0030 The Flickr Export Login Dialog 0031 0032 After successful sign-up digiKam will be allowed to send photos to the Flickr website. You will be presented with the following page: 0033 0034 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_authorize.webp 0035 :alt: 0036 :align: center 0037 0038 The Flickr Export Authorize Dialog 0039 0040 Then, simply authorize application and close the web browser. Return to the host application dialog, you will see the interface used to upload photos to Flickr. 0041 0042 When the tool is invoked for second time or later you are greeted with the following dialog, which shows the current account already used previously. Just select one from the list to be connected. 0043 0044 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_account.webp 0045 :alt: 0046 :align: center 0047 0048 The Flickr Export Dialog to Select the Previously Registered Account 0049 0050 The main upload dialog is shown below: 0051 0052 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_dialog.webp 0053 :alt: 0054 :align: center 0055 0056 The Flickr Export Tool Dialog 0057 0058 By default, the tool proposes to export the currently selected items from the icon-view. The **+** Photos button can be used to append more items on the list. 0059 0060 With the **Album** options, you can select the online folder to store files to upload. You can **Create** new one and **Reload** the list on the combo-box if online contents have been changed in Flickr web interface. 0061 0062 The **Tag options** section can be used to apply digiKam keywords to the flickr upload. More keywords can be assigned with a series of words (comma separated). 0063 0064 The **Public**, **Friends**, and **Family** check-boxes can be turned on to assign appropriate access permissions to the images you upload. By default the images uploaded are private. 0065 0066 If the **Resize photos before uploading** option is selected, the photos will be resized before transferring to Flickr. The values will be read from the **JPEG quality** and **Maximum Dimension** settings, which can be used to adjust the maximum height and the compression. The width calculation will be done so as to have the aspect ratio conserved. 0067 0068 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_progress.webp 0069 :alt: 0070 :align: center 0071 0072 The Flickr Export Uploading in Progress 0073 0074 Press **Start Uploading** button to transfer items. You can click on the **Cancel** button to abort the uploading of photos. 0075 0076 Finally, you can view the uploaded photos by visiting the Flickr website. 0077 0078 .. figure:: images/export_flickr_stream.webp 0079 :alt: 0080 :align: center 0081 0082 The Flickr Online Account Displaying the Uploaded Contents