Load Image from URL

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Load Image from URL

by: jvcleave (community developer)

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created:12/13/07
popularity rank:3/53
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(48 ratings)

Loads single jpg, gif or png from given URL.

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Comments:

  • jvcleave

    April 28, 2008

    alexholy, it still works. email me at jvcleave@gmail.com if you are having problems or post support questions in the forum and I may be able to see what is going wrong

  • alexholy

    April 24, 2008

    Seems this widget does not (does no longer?) work! Tried with several static .png on a variety of servers, but the Chumby screen always stays all white :(

  • renefhenke

    April 11, 2008

    Hi, first off....thank you! I was waiting for that a long time... One question: I would like to use this widget to check security cam's in my office, but they use authentication. I tried the standard way e.g. user:password@ste.com/pic.jpg but that isn't working... any chance you could get this to work ? I'm willing to help e.g. provide a cam to try and even donate some paypal cash!!!

  • jvcleave

    March 21, 2008

    Mikkel (or anyone else interested), I have a version I personally use that does reloads every second (not configurable yet). If you would like to beta test it add "jvcleave" to your chum list and email me at jvcleave@gmail.com and I will forward it to you.

  • Mikkel

    March 20, 2008

    Is it possible to make the widget reload the image with a user configurable interval?

  • HuckFinnWork

    March 12, 2008

    I have several instances of this widget loaded on my Chumby - thanks for this widget. I do have one request though, could you change the default color to something darker? I am not sure if this is your widget or just the way the widgets are handled, but as the image loads the screen flashes white. This can be very annoying in the early morning just after the Chumby wakes up. Anything dark would be fine with me - black, dark blue, dark grey, etc. Thanks again for this great widget.

  • rleyba

    February 18, 2008

    Hi there! Your widget may very well be the killer app in my chumby but the most important web cams I need just show up as a red blank screeen. I saw your comment above in an earlier post, but perhaps there is hope?? Sample webcam I need is this: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/trafficreports/cameras/camera_images/harbourbridge.jpg Thanks very much!

  • nzenergy

    February 4, 2008

    this is great, I added two load image from URL to my channel to switch between the two cameras at http://mauiwindcam.com It works perfectly.

  • mmaslen

    January 29, 2008

    all I get is a red chumby screen when I put in a valid URL?? any ideas?

  • jvcleave

    January 25, 2008

    The swf loading is kinda a hidden feature as most of them not work correctly. Animated gifs are not supported in Flash 8/Flash lite so thats just not currently possible. The first frame of an animated gif should load and display though.

  • McConnell

    January 25, 2008

    You have doubled the intrinsic value of my chumby. Many thanks!

  • hlcno

    January 25, 2008

    This works with swf too!

  • hlcno

    January 24, 2008

    this is sweet, anyway for it to support animated gifs? that would be awesome.

  • ccolumbu

    January 20, 2008

    Thank you for creating the widget we designed in the Forums. I can't encourage this kind of collaboration enough; it is what makes open source great.

  • anthony

    January 19, 2008

    works awesome...I use it to finally get nexrad weather displayed from the weather.com site. Can do it for nation or any area..works perfect. Thanks for putting it up!

  • dcjohn

    January 18, 2008

    thanks so much for creating this widget!

  • jmiller29

    January 17, 2008

    Awesome all purpose image displayer. Use for anything like weather images, webcams, etc.. Makes chumby more useful.