QuickBase API Cookbook v3 - Recipe #86
Make a slideshow in QuickBase from a folder of picture files
slide show slideshow picture folder
You want to use QuickBase to display a sequence of web pages containing 'slides' containing the picture files from a folder on your local computer.
require 'QuickBaseClient'
require 'QuickBaseMisc'

username = ARGV[0] || ENV["quickbase_username"] 
password = ARGV[1] || ENV["quickbase_password"] 

qbc = QuickBase::Client.new(username,password)

cwd = Dir.pwd.gsub('/','\\')

dbid = qbc.findDBByName(cwd)
if dbid.nil?
  dbid = qbc.createDatabase(cwd,"#{username}'s slide show from #{cwd}.")
  qbc.addField(dbid,"Picture","file")
  qbc.addField(dbid,"HtmlPage","file")
else  
  qbc.getSchema(dbid)
  dbid = qbc.lookupChdbid(cwd.dup)
  qbc.getSchema(dbid)
end  
pictureFieldID = QuickBase::Misc.decimalToBase32(6)
htmlPageFieldID = QuickBase::Misc.decimalToBase32(7)
Dir.foreach(cwd){|file|
  next unless [".jpeg", ".jpg",".gif",".bmp",".png"].include?(file.downcase[file.rindex('.'),file.length])
  renamedFile = file.dup
  renamedFile.gsub!("&","And")
  renamedFile.gsub!("'"," ")
  if renamedFile != file
     File.rename(file,renamedFile)
  end
  puts "Uploading #{renamedFile}"
  rid, updateid = qbc.uploadFile(dbid, renamedFile.dup, "Picture")
  thisRid = QuickBase::Misc.decimalToBase32(rid.to_i)
  prevRid = QuickBase::Misc.decimalToBase32(rid.to_i-1)
  nextRid = QuickBase::Misc.decimalToBase32(rid.to_i+1)
  pictureURL = "https://www.quickbase.com/up/#{dbid}/g/r#{thisRid}/e#{pictureFieldID}/va/#{renamedFile.dup}"
  prevHtmlURL = "https://www.quickbase.com/up/#{dbid}/g/r#{prevRid}/e#{htmlPageFieldID}/va/slide.html"
  nextHtmlURL = "https://www.quickbase.com/up/#{dbid}/g/r#{nextRid}/e#{htmlPageFieldID}/va/slide.html"
  html = "<center><img src=\"#{pictureURL}\" /><br>#{renamedFile.dup}<b>#{}</b><hr><a href=\"#{prevHtmlURL}\">Previous</a> <a href=\"#{nextHtmlURL}\">Next</a></center>"
  File.open("slide.html","w"){|f|f.write(html)}
  qbc.updateFile(dbid,rid,"slide.html","HtmlPage")
}
Note: This script must be run from the folder containing the picture files, and you must supply your QuickBase username and password on the command line or in environment variables "quickbase_username" and "quickbase_password".

The script will create or update a QuickBase application with the same name as the folder your are in on your local computer.  To begin the slideshow, click on the "slide.html" file in the first QuickBase record in the database.
makeSlideShow.rb
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Created on March 14, 2008 at  5:49 PM (PDT). Last updated by Quick Base on March 14, 2008 at  6:29 PM (PDT). Owned by Quick Base.
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