Following a suggestion by Guillaume Riflet, we implemented a Geocoder connector and also added a tags input field to the existing Flickr connector.

The geocoder connector uses the Google Maps API Geocoding Service and, after you feed it with a location text, it will output different pieces of information:

• geoTags: geo:lat and geo:lon machine tags ready to be used by flickr;
• latitude;
• longitude;
• address: the complete address of the location you provided;
• locality: usually a city or a neighbourhood;
• postalCode;
• countryCode: a ccTLD two letter country code;
• country.

We hope you can take advantage of this new connector by geotagging your photos.

Summer is here and you might want to go to the beach or to the park. Why not take pictures of your outdoors experience and share them with the people that are following your activities?

Here’s a quick guide to setup a workflow that will publish a picture on flickr and announce it on twitter.

Open the accounts tab:

Insert your twitter credentials:

Give tarpipe permission to upload pictures to your flickr account:

Open the workflows tab:

Create a new workflow:

Give it a title and optionally a description:

Click on the MailDecoder connector:

Click on the Flickr connector:

Click on the TwitterUpdater connector:

Arrange the connectors around the canvas:

Connect the MailDecoder’s subject to the Flickr’s title:

Connect the MailDecoder’s imageAttachment to the Flickr’s picture:

Connect the MailDecoder’s subject to the TwitterUpdater’s title:

Connect the Flickr’s pictureUrl to the TwitterUpdater’s url:

Save the workflow:

Notice the email address that appeared above the “save workflow” button:

Now, simply take a picture with your cell phone and send it to this email address. Your subject line will be used as the picture’s title and also as the text posted to twitter:

That’s it. It might be a good idea to save the workflow email address as a contact on your cell phone. Now you can show everybody what you’re up to!

Oh, and don’t forget the sun blocker. Have fun!

We’ve been trying the new XMPP-to-tarpipe gateway created by Pedro Melo, and we must say that we’re impressed with its ease of use and added value.

The XMPP gateway lets you publish content through any REST based workflow. Simply subscribe to <REST_token>@tarpipe.simplicidade.org and you can start publishing right away. More information can be found at Pedro Melo’s original blog post.

Expect more related developments on the near future.