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Wiredness Image Manipulation API Information - Version 1.2
The Wiredness system includes a simple API which allows other web applications to pass through the information for an image. This will allow the user to modify that image using the Wiredness system and then save that image back to the calling web application. They can also chose to cancel the modification at any time and it will return them to your site with the original unmodified image.
You need to pass the following variables to the Wiredness API:
- image - The full URL to the image you wish to manipulate.
- script - The full return URL to the script which will handle the pass back.
- site_name - A friendly name for your site which will be used for the save as button.
- logo - The full URL to a logo for use on the Wiredness site. (Must be less than 240 x 50)
- ref_id - A reference ID for your purposes. This will be passed back with the modified image.
- showhosting - Do you want to show the Wiredness Hosting menu options? Set to 0 to not show. Do not set or set to anything other than 0 to show.
- showflickr - Do you want to show the Wiredness FlickR Integration menu options? Do not set or set to anything other than 0 to show.
- showpicasa - Do you want to show the Wiredness Picasa Integration menu options? Do not set or set to anything other than 0 to show.
- lang - Which language would you like to display the application in?
These can be passed as POST or GET variables to http://www.wiredness.com/api.php.
The following variables will be passed back from the Wiredness API:
- image - The full URL to the manipulated image.
- original_filename - The original filename of the image.
- ref_id - The reference ID you passed in the original API call.
IMPORTANT: Do not use the URL passed back in the image variable as the hosted URL. YOU MUST copy the image to your own server. Wiredness is not an image host and images are deleted from the system every 24 hours. You will end up with a broken image.
Example Code:
Some example working commented code is available for download here.
A working api example to play with.
Screenshot:
While the user is manipulating an image during an API session the Wiredness toolbar will take on the following appearance: (Using Glowfoto.com as an example)

Note: The Glowfoto.com and Glowfoto logo will change based on the site_name and logo variables passed with the initial API call.