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'''NOTE:''' MediaGoblin is in heavy development, so the answers in this FAQ are very likely to be incomplete or obsolete. Please use the documentation, git, mailing list, IRC ''etc''.

== Is it possible to upload many files at a time? ==

''As of 2013-09-08:''

* There is at least one script for that, based on the API, [https://github.com/joar/automgtic automgtic by joar]. It might not work now in some way due to API changes.

* There is experimental support for a [http://piwigo.org/ Piwigo] compatible API, usable with [http://yorba.org/shotwell/ Shotwell]; see "[http://saz.im/blog/shotwell-mg.html Using Shotwell with Mediagoblin]".

* pythonsnake has made [https://github.com/pythonsnake/MediaDwarf/tree/486_multiupload a branch for multiupload] in his repo. Source: [http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1lselg/mediagoblin_050_released_with_help_from_opw_and/cc3lgu6]

* if you have files already on the server, you can use "gmg batchaddmedia" in the local shell to import media in Mediagoblin

== There is an SQL error ==
If you've changed configuration (like enabling a plug-in) or updated the code, you may need to run a dbupdate, please see [http://docs.mediagoblin.org/siteadmin/deploying.html#install-mediagoblin-and-virtualenv]. The database must be readable (and probably writeable).

== Authentication is disabled after an update ==

Add this to the [plugins] section of mediagoblin_local.ini:
<pre>[[mediagoblin.plugins.basic_auth]]</pre>

See mediagoblin.ini and [http://lists.mediagoblin.org/pipermail/devel/2013-July/000610.html] for examples of more.

== Development ==

=== Why did you [http://issues.mediagoblin.org/ticket/557 switch] from MongoDB to SQL? ===
There are some notes at
* [[Scaling Down]]
* [[SQL Database Backend]]