Importing files directly via OMERO.web

[Sethur]

Hi,

since I was unable to find a way to import images directly via OMERO.web (without using the OMERO.insight Java applet from within the browser):

Is this somehow possible? If it is not, it would be a quite useful feature for OMERO.web.

Cheers,

Tristan

[manics]

Hi Tristan

It's not supported at the moment, but it's something we'd definitely like to have. Do you have any views on how it should be implemented, bearing in mind people might be uploading large files? For instance would you want a pure HTML solution, or would requiring a browser plugin be acceptable?

Thanks

Simon

[Sethur]

Hi Simon,

HTML5 supports uploading multiple files, so I would argue that a pure HTML solution would be preferable. I don't think that support for systems not supporting HTML5 would be necessary, as OMERO is typically not used by people who have to use outdated browsers.

Cheers,

Tristan

[manics]

Thanks Tristan, I've made a note of your preference on our issue tracker.

Simon

[dpwrussell]

I would add here that I don't think the HTML5 multi-file upload can record the 'up' part of the path to the file.

This is a good example (and it's very encouraging that it works when you drop a whole directory in): http://protonet.github.io/plupload/exam ... _drop.html

If you have a directory '/Users/dpwrussell/Downloads/X' and you upload the directory 'X', the '/Users/dpwrussell/Downloads' is lost. In this case, that is not really important, but often this path contains crucial information which I rely on totally in webtagging autotag.

Not sure what the answer is, perhaps the importer could be flash, or perhaps there could be various options.

[Sethur]

A solution to this would be to give users the option of stating the true path before clicking on upload perhaps with a hint that explains why this is necessary in case the user relies on autotagging.

[dpwrussell]

A solution to this would be to give users the option of stating the true path before clicking on upload perhaps with a hint that explains why this is necessary in case the user relies on autotagging.

Certainly that would be the bare minimum that we would need, but it would be greatly preferable if it was automatically recorded. In my experience, users are not necessarily thinking of autotag when they do the upload so this could easily be left out. When this feature goes through scoping we can figure out the various options and advantages.