Lightroom SDK: Import alternatives?

[Vit Kovalcik]

Hi, I am developing a plug-in to automatically import photos into the catalog. It works, but I am now searching if there is a way to change LR behaviour during the actual import.

I am using LrCatalog:addPhoto, however that seems to be slow for a group of files and also always generates previews (1:1 it seems).

Is it possible to import a specific group of photos programatically? Or disable the preview generation?

I understand there are LrCatalog:triggerImportFromPathWithPreviousSettings and LrCatalog:triggerImportUI functions, but these rely on user activity or previous user settings, so they seem to be cumbersome or risky to use.

[johnrellis · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, catalog:addPhoto() is all we've got.

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[Vit Kovalcik]

That's unfortunate, but thank you for clarification!