file uploader script

[ojodegato]

I am new to Photshop scripting. I am contempalting a sript which will upload files to a local server as well as a remote server.

Is this idea execuatable with the scripting allowances built in Photoshop CC?

[Chuck Uebele]

Yes, you can either save the file from within Photoshop, if the document is open, or you can copy the file to a server.  This is outlined in the ExtendScript Toolkit SDK.

The code would look something like this:

var file = new File('/c/filepath/file.jpg')

file.copy('/d/newPath/file.jpg')

[ojodegato]

Thanks for the quick response!

Taking a step further, Can the the script work in tandom with a dialog box will allow to change the destiantion folder on the local and remote server?

[Chuck Uebele]

Yes, you can write the code to open the open dialog UI.

[Chuck Uebele]

Here's a sample ui that I created for my work.  I just click on one of the buttons at the top and it brings up the folder dialog box that for saving different versions of the files that I'm going to process.

[JJMack]

ojodegato wrote:

I am new to Photshop scripting. I am contempalting a sript which will upload files to a local server as well as a remote server.

Is this idea execuatable with the scripting allowances built in Photoshop CC?

If by local server you mean the machine you on and running Photoshop on there is no upload you can save or copy files to the servers tree.  Remote server would require a remote share or some other type of file transfer like FTP.   I do not think Adobe grantee's that Photoshop save will work on remote shared disk. I think I remember reading threads on that subject. I also have not seen a Photoshop FTP script that works.  I have search for  Photoshop FTP scripts.  I also look at how  the Bridge FTP  things like web galleries and it uses a DLL not a script.  Photoshop does support socket connections and I have connected to HTTP Port 80 on servers and retrieved files.  But I have never seen a Photoshop script that connects to an FTP port that works.  Photoshop sample script the uses a sockets connection wares the the can time out.

// Copyright 2007.  Adobe Systems, Incorporated.  All rights reserved.
// This script demonstrates how to download images from a web server using the Socket object.
// Note: Socket.read() parameter & behavior
// Socket.read() will read or time out. It may not read all data from server.
// Socket.read(999999) will read 999999 bytes, or timeout, or socket will be
// closed by the server.
// Settings
#target photoshop
app.bringToFront(); // bring top
if("en_US" == $.locale) { // display only US build
          alert("This sample script shows how to download images from a web server using the Socket object.");
}
// Remove header lines from HTTP response
function removeHeaders(binary)
{
          var bContinue = true ; // flag for finding end of header
          var line = "";
          var nFirst = 0;
          var count  = 0;
          while (bContinue) {
                    line = getLine(binary) ; // each header line
                    bContinue = line.length >= 2 ;  // blank header == end of header
                    nFirst = line.length + 1 ;
                    binary = binary.substr(nFirst) ;
          }
          return binary;
}
// Get a response line from the HTML
function getLine(html)
{
          var line = "" ;
          for (var i = 0; html.charCodeAt(i) != 10; i++){ // finding line end
                    line += html ;
          }
          return line ;
}
var socket = new Socket;
var html = "";
if (socket.open("www.adobe.com:80")){
          socket.write("GET /index.html HTTP/1.0\n\n");
          html = socket.read(9999999);
          socket.close();
}
var aImg = html.match(/src=\"\/images\/(.*?)\"/g);  //  src="/images/~~~"
if (null != aImg) { // parsed image tags
          for (var i=0; i < aImg.length; i++) {
                    try{
                              var str = aImg;
                              var sImg = str.substring(5, str.length-1); // remove "src=" & ["]
                              var f = File("~/socket_sample_" + i + sImg.substr(sImg.length-4)); // 4 = .gif or .jpg
                              f.encoding  = "binary";  // set binary mode
                              f.open("w");
                              if (socket.open("www.adobe.com:80", "binary")){
                                        socket.write("GET " + sImg +" HTTP/1.0\n\n"); // Adobe's site image link starts with "/"
                                        var binary = socket.read(9999999);
                                        binary = removeHeaders(binary);
                                        f.write(binary);
                                        socket.close();
                              }
                              f.close();
                              app.open(f); // Open files in Photoshop
                              f.remove();  // Remove temporary downloaded files
                    }catch(e){
                    }
          }
}