David Precious has released a perl library for the Webthumb API. Its available on CPAN, WebService::Bluga::Webthumb Thanks David.
Webthumb server move
Webthumb.bluga.net has completed its move to a new server. Everything should be running smoothly at this point, but if you run into any problems let me know. If your dns is slow to update, you can use new.bluga.net.
Webthumb Updates
I haven’t been actively blogging as of late, this is not likely to change, but here is some quick Webthumb news. The PHP apiwrapper has been updated, there have been some API updates but nothing recently. One important item is…
WebThumb is back up
Once the dns change fully propagates Webthumb will be back up and fully running. If you had a different apikey on the backup instance you will want to switch back to your normal apikey. Your apikey is viewable on your…
Its Alive
My blog and the rest of my sites are back up again, running on new hardware. The 2nd backup server/thumbnail processor is still waiting on some heat sinks before it can get installed but now were running on a server…
5 Million thumbnails
Webthumb hit 5 million thumbnails some time last night. This blows away the last million time, taking just 34 days for this million. On that note contact me if you are interested in bulk purchases of credits. For purchases of…
Webthumb API Change
Error handling for Webthumb job requests has changed. Requests with bad urls are now silently ignored instead of dropping the entire request at the first error. This will fix problems with bad urls in multi-request submissions. Let me know if…
Easythumb Changes
For anyone using Easythumb I have good news and bad news. The good news is the rate for cached thumbnail delivery has been changed to .05 credits. The bad news is the bug where you weren’t getting charged for cached…
4 Million Thumbnails
Webthumb generated its 4 millionth thumbnail on monday The official time was 2008-08-11 11:09:49. I’ve been making good progress on the thumbnail rates lately, this million was a bit faster the last. If you want to help me hit the…
Webthumb API Ruby Gem
Thanks to simplificator there is now a Ruby gem for using the Webthumb API. Announcement and installation instructions Readme
Videothumb addon to Webthumb is alpha
Its new feature time for webthumb again. Today i’m making the alpha release of video thumb. Videothumb gives you the option of getting back a thumbnail of the video on a given url instead of that page. So if you…
Everything is back up
The server is back up DNS should be updated for most things. Send me email jeichorn at gmail.com and josh@bluga.net if your still having any problems.
Server Outage Today
There will be a server outage today starting around 6:30pm Arizona Time The servers will be getting new IPs during this time so assuming we don’t run into DNS problems everything should be back up in around 2 hours. I…
2 Million Webthumbs
Webthumb generated my 2 millionth web page thumbnail yesterday. My first million took 564 days This second million has taken 84 days
Giving into Web 2.0 or something like that
So i’ve finally given in and joined twitter and started mo-blogging with flickr. I’m also looking into Bemba, since it’s one of my WebThumb customers.
WebThumb integration with Drupal
A WebThumb drupal module has been added allowing you to easily use WebThumb in a drupal site. I haven’t had a chance to use the module but the code quality looks good.
WebThumb API addition: credit status
I’ve added an API call to get the credit status of your account. You can use this to track your usage and to see if you need more to purchase more credits. This feature was added due to a customer…
WebThumb API docs
The WebThumb API docs have been updated. Your feedback on the docs or the API itself would be appreciated. I would like to make a new version of the API at some point, the goal in that would be to…
A WebThumb Merry Christmas
This Christmas Bluga.net WebThumb has 2 presents for your thumbnailing and web snapping needs. First is the holiday sale, you can get your credits at a reduced price, so use this opportunity to stock up for your 2008 projects. The…
New WebThumb Website
The new WebThumb website has finally been launched. Gone are the days of the super plain website, now were Web 2.0ish.