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Allow users to search and select photos from gallery

  • 1 November 2021
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Hi, I am creating a form where I would like users to be able to search for images and select these images as part of their response. A little bit like you can go to Shutterstock or Canva and search their library of images. I would like to offer users the ability to search a huge gallery of images and then select one image in their survey response. I can see in Typeform that we - as the creators of the form - can search a gallery of images but I can’t see if its possible to pass this facility onto the user filling out the form. 

Anyone know if this is possible? 

I want to upgrade my Typeform plan but I’m not sure if (a) the above is possible and (b) if it is possible, which package i need to subscribe to.

Much appreciated.

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Best answer by Liz 1 November 2021, 19:23

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Liz
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Hi @alex-alphabase Welcome to the community! Sounds Iike you have quite the form to build.

We don’t exactly have a search function within our forms, so the closest I think you could get would be to use the picture choice question to allow your respondents to choose images.

It’s not the best workaround, but hopefully it inspires some ideas! 

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Thanks Liz, I will look into this.

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Let me know how that goes for you, @alex-alphabase !

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I’ve created a simple link out to the Shutterstock website for now and invited users to post a link to a photo they have found on the Shutterstock website.

 

I’m now going to look at the Shutterstock API and see if this can work with the Typeform platform. I may end up having to pay someone to do this work for me, as APIs have always alluded me somewhat, despite being able to code to some degree. 

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Hi @alex-alphabase Sounds like a handy workaround! :) It isn’t possible to connect to APIs within the Typeform itself, but it seems like your workaround should be suitable for now. :grinning:

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