Hello guys 
Since imgur is messing around at full speed at the moment (error message, registration problem, monitoring), I would like to change the image host for my forum.
I don't want to host the images locally for cost reasons (17GB of images in 2 years...)
The nodebb imgur plugin (nodebb-plugin-imgur) was really great because all the images uploaded/used (topic, avatars, etc..) on the forum were not hosted locally
On the same principle as this plugin, I make a plugin creation request to be able to do exactly the same thing but on another image host.
And to have another alternative than imgur as a possibility is interesting.
The ideal would be an internationally renowned host such as zupImages or imgbb or another if you know of them.
ImgBB seems to work like imgur with almbum, secret, etc..
It is therefore quite possible that writing the plugin is quite simple if we base ourselves on the work done on the imgur plugin..
Here is info from imgbb API : https://api.imgbb.com
Thank you in advance for reading me, hoping that a beautiful, sympathetic soul, a developer moreover, will tackle this task.
I don't know this plugin and I don't know if S3 plugin have the same functionnality that imgur plugin and because imgur plugin it's perfect
All the image include avatar was uplaoded automaticaly on imgur.
And of course, because I don't want to use paid service.
I don't know.
Not being a developer, I don't know what is the simplest:
I'm thinking of trying the first option but I'm under no illusions but who tries nothing at all as the saying goes.
@DownPW My immediate issues with third party imaging sites are
@DownPW I use Backblaze for a couple of sites and since I haven't exceeded the free 10GB of storage, I haven't paid anything over the last year. In your case, you will have to pay for the extra 7GB of storage, but as I mentioned earlier that's less than 10 cents a month.
In terms of development, none should be required. The nice thing about using storage based on a industry standard like S3 is that it "just works" across all vendors. Add the S3 plugin, set your keys and you're good to go. All uploads will be saved to your bucket.
Another nice benefit is full data portability. I will be moving my storage to Cloudflare to consolidate my assets storage as mentioned in the other post. It's a very simple process using a tool like rclone and a simple DNS change to point to my new bucket(s)
first 10GB will free.
I will test .What plugin to use ?
https://github.com/NodeBB-Community/nodebb-plugin-s3-uploads
https://github.com/earthsenze/nodebb-plugin-s3-uploads
And How t oconfigure plugin ? ACP ?
I haven't tried using the S3 plugin for NodeBB, but my Mastodon instance uses S3 interface via Digital Ocean Spaces.
It seems rather expensive, though 
I might get rid of it altogether, especially compared to NodeBB which you can host for a flat $6/mo 
@brazzerstop Very nice, and Storj includes 25GB free so that should cover all of @DownPW's needs.
@DownPW Don't forget to set a DNS record for your bucket and use that when setting up the plugin. This will ensure that you can change to a different storage provider in the future (if you ever need to).
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