Try to get similar sized images from API calls

[mialondon]

c. 300 pixels width if possible.

Will need to check

• [x] DPLA API
• [x] Europeana API
• [x] Flickr API
• [ ] and document it for future API integration

If it's not possible to get more consistently sized images, then option A is to use the spine version of Masonry and option B is to do server-side image handling

[mialondon]

I've found some old PHP code from back when the Europeana API was an OpenSearch RSS feed - basically, it may not be relevant now, but the logic might still work...

// get image URL, test to make sure it's an image
      $str = $e->enclosure['url'];
      $pos = strrpos($str, "jpeg");
      $object_url = $e->link;
      if ($pos != false) { // note: three equal signs
        echo "<img src=".$e->enclosure['url']." alt='thumbnail of ".$e->title."'>";
      }

[rlskoeser]

Can't find anything in dpla or europeana apis that helps us here. Switched flickr thumbnail to a smaller size.

[rlskoeser]

added server side image resizing (requires python imaging library/PIL); updated view template with code to call it for all non-flickr images (size is easily adjustable)

[rlskoeser]

@mialondon - is the server-side image resizing sufficient to close this or do we still need more work here?

[mialondon]

I think we'll always be on a quest for better images (and it's on the To Do list of some of our provider APIs) but our bit is done. I've put a line in the docs, have a look and see if you can easily provide more useful specifics on the resizing script.