topic Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472529#M43792 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Chris,</P><P><BR />One approach is to add the photos as attachments to a feature service - using a process similar to the one Paul outlines on his blog.&nbsp; Here's a sample that shows this in action.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html" style="line-height: 1.5;" title="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html</A></P><P></P><P>If you test out the code on your phone or ipad you should be able to either take a new pic or grab an existing one from the photo library. This photo is then added as an attachment to a feature layer.&nbsp; I've also attached the source in case you are interested.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:56:18 GMT KellyHutchins 2015-03-03T16:56:18Z Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472527#M43790 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>We want to be able to take pictures with our iPads and upload them to our databases as part of the the documentation for when using an editor. Can picture files be uploaded to from an iPad into a GIS database using the<A href="https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/attachmenteditor-amd.html"> attachment editor</A>?</P><P></P><P>Any examples? This would help greatly.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:11:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472527#M43790 ChrisSergent 2015-03-02T22:11:42Z Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472528#M43791 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Not sure about the JS API, but you can do it using JavaScript and the REST API. I have an example on my blog with code.</P><P><A href="https://paulcrickard.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/esri-attachments-with-arcserver-and-javascript/" title="https://paulcrickard.wordpress.com/2014/12/10/esri-attachments-with-arcserver-and-javascript/">ESRI Attachments with ArcServer and Javascript | Architecture and Planning</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 02 Mar 2015 23:39:52 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472528#M43791 PaulCrickard 2015-03-02T23:39:52Z Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472529#M43792 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Chris,</P><P><BR />One approach is to add the photos as attachments to a feature service - using a process similar to the one Paul outlines on his blog.&nbsp; Here's a sample that shows this in action.</P><P></P><P><A href="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html" style="line-height: 1.5;" title="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html">https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24627279/report_graffiti/index.html</A></P><P></P><P>If you test out the code on your phone or ipad you should be able to either take a new pic or grab an existing one from the photo library. This photo is then added as an attachment to a feature layer.&nbsp; I've also attached the source in case you are interested.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:56:18 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472529#M43792 KellyHutchins 2015-03-03T16:56:18Z Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472530#M43793 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's what I was looking for. One last question; can you make it so you can insert more than one picture or do you need additional fields in the feature service? </P><P></P><P>Always interested in source code. Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:43:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472530#M43793 ChrisSergent 2015-03-04T15:43:25Z Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472531#M43794 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The sample I&nbsp; provided uses feature service attachments to store the photos. You can have more than one attachment associated with a feature. Details on enabling attachments in a feature service can be found here: </P><P></P><P><A href="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/manage-data/editing-attributes/enabling-attachments-on-a-feature-class.htm" title="http://desktop.arcgis.com/en/desktop/latest/manage-data/editing-attributes/enabling-attachments-on-a-feature-class.htm">Enabling attachments—ArcGIS Help | ArcGIS for Desktop</A> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 16:39:05 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472531#M43794 KellyHutchins 2015-03-04T16:39:05Z Re: Can you upload iPad pictures with the attachment editor? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472532#M43795 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Awesome! I'm planning for when we move from DB2 to SQL Server. Looking forward to implementing this.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:30:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-javascript-maps-sdk-questions/can-you-upload-ipad-pictures-with-the-attachment/m-p/472532#M43795 ChrisSergent 2015-03-04T17:30:12Z