ggallery 1.0.9

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 and from given renderer plugin. It allows you to create beautiful and customizable photo galleries with ease, using various data sources and storage providers.

Features

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

Available Renderer Plugins

• https://github.com/creeston/ggallery-nanogallery2 - template built on top of nanogallery2 and bulma css framework. Live Demo

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:
    url: https://github.com/creeston/ggallery-nanogallery2

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

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

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.