ggallery 1.0.1

A tool to generate static HTML photo galleries from various data sources.

ggallery

ggallery is a Python tool that generates a static HTML photo gallery website from a YAML specification. It allows you to create beautiful and customizable photo galleries with ease, using various data sources and storage providers.

Features

• Static HTML Generation: Create a static HTML photo gallery that can be hosted on any web server.
• Multiple Data Sources: Supports local file system and Azure Blob Storage as data sources.
• Thumbnail Generation: Automatically generate thumbnails for your images.

Usage

To use ggallery, you need to have Python installed.

pip install ggallery

You can run the tool using the following commands:

python -m ggallery -f /path/to/your/gallery.yaml

or

ggallery -f /path/to/your/gallery.yaml

Examples

Local Gallery Example

Create a gallery.yaml file with the following content:

title: Local Gallery
subtitle: Gallery with photos stored in the same directory as static website.

thumbnail:
    height: 400

template:
    name: "nano-gallery"

data_source:
    type: local
    path: "${LOCAL_PHOTOS_PATH}"

data_storage:
    type: local

albums:
    - title: "Japan"
      subtitle: "Photos from my trip to Japan"
      source: "japan"
      cover: "view on the Fuji.jpg"

    - title: "Italy"
      source: "italy"
      cover: "colliseum.jpg"
      photos:
          - title: "View at the Colosseum at night"
            source: "colliseum.jpg"

output:
    path: docs
    index: index.html

Set the LOCAL_PHOTOS_PATH environment variable to the path where your photos are stored.

Run the tool:

python -m ggallery gallery.yaml

Azure Blob Storage Example

Create a gallery.yaml file with the following content:

title: Azure Gallery
subtitle: Gallery of photos stored in Azure Blob Storage

favicon:
    type: fontawesome
    name: camera-retro

thumbnail:
    height: 400

template:
    name: "nano-gallery"

data_source:
    type: local
    path: "${LOCAL_PHOTOS_PATH}"

data_storage:
    type: azure-blob
    container: "${AZURE_CONTAINER}"
    connection_string: "${AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING}"

albums:
    - title: "Japan"
      subtitle: "Photos from my trip to Japan"
      source: "japan"
      cover: "view on the Fuji.jpg"

    - title: "Italy"
      source: "italy"
      cover: "colliseum.jpg"
      photos:
          - title: "View at the Colosseum at night"
            source: "colliseum.jpg"

output:
    path: docs
    index: index.html

Set the LOCAL_PHOTOS_PATH, AZURE_CONTAINER, and AZURE_CONNECTION_STRING environment variables.

Run the tool:

python -m ggallery gallery.yaml

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, suggestions, or bug reports, please open an issue or submit a pull request on the GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.