Random image

[darekkay]

The current Image widget requires the user to type in the full URL of an image:

It would be great to have a "Random image" button, so a) the user can see how the widget is supposed to work and b) getting a random image is a nice feature in itself.

Something like the Unsplash API could be used.

There are some related ideas for images to be considered when working on this:

• Upload a custom image instead of having to type a URL
• Have a random daily image - this can be either a standalone widget or made part of the existing Image widget

[syentix]

Hey! I would try and add the Unsplash random picture if you wouldn't mind. Have you considered tagging your issues with hacktoberfest?

[darekkay]

Hey @syentix , I didn't opt-in into Hacktoberfest because of the initial spam wave. But I am more than happy marking PRs as hacktoberfest-accepted (which will also count towards the 4 PR target) for valid PRs. I also didn't mark the issues with hacktoberfest (as well as up-for-grabs), because good first issue should cover it as well.

Regarding this issue, feel free to connect with @adrianrios25 who mentioned his interest in working on a standalone random image widget. Both features could probably use the same internal server endpoint for getting a random Unsplash image.

[adrianrios25]

hello @darekkay , I'm done with creating the api/server side for getting random image using unsplash api. Let me know if that is okay, but unfortunately I can't continue the front-end side(app) of the standalone widget. @syentix you can work on this if you like. If my pull request will not be accepted, I will share the server side code to you via email.

[syentix]

No that sounds good, I'll wait it out then

[darekkay]

@syentix The PR is now merged, so the /unsplash/random route is available. To use it, you'll need to create an Unsplash account and create a developer application, see documentation. The API key ("Access key") must be part of server/.env (which is your local, git-ignored env file) or any other dotenv-supported local file:

API_UNSPLASH=...

There are also some Unsplash guidelines that we have to follow, especially:

When displaying a photo from Unsplash, your application must attribute Unsplash, the Unsplash photographer, and contain a link back to their Unsplash profile. All links back to Unsplash should use utm parameters in the ?utm_source=your_app_name&utm_medium=referral.

Additionally, only 50 requests/hour can be done on an unreviewed Unsplash App. I would file a request to review this project to get to the 5000 requests/hours limit.

As promised on gitter, I will improve the documentation regarding the server module soon.

[adrianrios25]

hello @darekkay , can I request to tag my PR as hacktoberfest-accepted? thanks! this is really great experience :)

[syentix]

This can be closed, right?

[darekkay]

We've got a random image widget now, yes. But this task was more about somehow improving the existing image widget to provide a URL example. But yeah, it's so low priority that we can as well close it.