Print Service API

January 12, 2007 10:57 AM

I'm looking for a printing company/service that has an API to send photos to, or other sort of commercial integration. Googling print/printer/photo API's turns up the wrong kind of printers. This is a small project but may get larger, and I can't do the printing myself but the rest I've got in hand. Anyone know of such a thing?
posted by voidcontext to Technology (7 answers total)

This is a bit broad, but I think it's applicable. Picasa (google's image mgmt app) has the ability to send pictures to about 13 different photo printing places. Maybe if you take a look at that list, and then search the specific sites for an API?
posted by inigo2 at 11:26 AM on January 12, 2007

Gallery2 has integration with a few printing services, (shutterfly, and a few others). This might be a good starting point, take a look at the gallery modules in question, or look at Shutterfly and Co.
posted by nazca at 11:48 AM on January 12, 2007

Similarly, you might want to check out LabPrint's partners to see if any offer an API.
posted by logic vs love at 11:59 AM on January 12, 2007

Digibug and photogize seem to have APIs, but I don't know if they're what you're looking for.
posted by logic vs love at 12:36 PM on January 12, 2007

Response by poster: Thanks, lots of stuff to check out this weekend!
posted by voidcontext at 1:01 PM on January 12, 2007

SmugMug is what you want. Definately SmugMug.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:44 PM on January 12, 2007 [1 favorite]

Assuming you just want professional photographic prints, go talk to your nearest pro photo print joint. They almost universally accept email submissions and if you give them some warning and explain how & when you want to collect prints, they'd be certain to accept automated email orders from you.
posted by polyglot at 4:22 PM on January 12, 2007