Save annotations and text?

[henrytwang]

Would it be possible to save the annotation coordinates and text?

[rsimon]

Since there can be no one-size-fits-all solution to storing annotations, this is not part of the Annotorious core. (People will want to store in different types of backends, associate user/login info with annotations, use different server technologies, etc.)

To store annotations, you will need to use the JavaScript API or implement your own storage plugin.

There are two example storage plugins available already:

• The ElasticSearch plugin is a demo (!) plugin that stores anonymous annotations on an ElasticSearch server.
• The Parse.com plugin stores annotations in the Parse.com cloud storage service. (This is also anonymous, i.e. there's no way to have annotations with login and usernames attached.)

[rsimon]

PS: If you have ideas/suggestions/plans for other storage technologies - feel free to leave a note here and I'll add them to the "Plugin Ideas" Wiki page!

[henrytwang]

Thanks Rainier, this was exactly what I was searching for. I will try to get the Parse.com plugin working and let you know if I can get ahold of another solution!

[rsimon]

Perfect - thx!