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Use original_filename to match local photos #518

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@JWCook

The iNat API now returns the original filename for uploaded photos and sounds. This could be used to attempt to match local and remote photos.

Limitations:

  • original_filename is only returned for your own photos for authenticated API calls
  • Can't match filenames that changed after uploading
  • May not be able to match duplicate filenames across multiple directories (if recursively scanning subdirs)
    • But other metadata like timestamps may be able to identify one unambiguous match
  • Doesn't capture non-iNat local photos of the same organism. I.e., iNat observation photos are a subset of my local photos.
    • Might be possible to provide suggestions for other photos belonging to the same observation based on timestamps?

Prerequisites: user authentication is the biggest hurdle, which will require quite a bit of effort to make it both convenient for the user and reasonably secure:

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