Why is this error returned from phpSmug

Question

I am working on an app that will upload images to my smugmug account. I am using phpSmug 3.4 and the following code:

   require_once( "phpSmug.php" );



        try {
            //assign Variable to smugmug
            $f = new phpSmug("APIKey=*****************", "AppName=Test/1.0");
            // Login Anonymously
            $f->login();    




                $f->images_upload("AlbumID=2282300", "File=TestPic.jpg");



        }
        catch ( Exception $e ) {
            echo "{$e->getMessage()} (Error Code: {$e->getCode()})";
        }

?>

but I get back:

SmugMug API Error for method image_upload: missing required parameter (Error Code: 22)

Do I have to use Oauth to upload, or can it be done anonymously? Is my syntax wrong?

Answer 1

As the author of phpSmug, I can tell you your problem and solution is simple: you can't upload images to Smugmug anonymously. You need to login using one of the identifying authentication methods supported by SmugMug and implemented in phpSmug.

Answer 2

Your PHP syntax looks fine! Although it can be condensed a lot. I'm assuming you are referring to smugmug.images.uploadFromURL (images_uploadFromURL in phpSmug)

You will have to log into SmugMug (through phpSmug) to:

• Upload images
• Create/rename/move/delete stuff
• Add comments
• And much more...

Which of the requests that can be used anonymously is not obvious in the SmugMug API docs, but whatever takes an OAuth argument probably cannot. OAuth is the way to go. The user/password approach will work for a quick test, but it should never, ever be put into production code. It is a major security risk.

extra tip: $f can be changed to $smugmug (or whatever you want), just do it everywhere.