iPhoto Library APIs?

I'd like to be able to play around with the photos in my iPhoto library without having to export them first. Do APIs exist for accessing this stuff or is there an opensource library available somewhere that can read the iPhoto Library data? Google searches tend to indicate there isn't any but I thought I'd ask the lazy web.

3 Responses to “iPhoto Library APIs?”

  1. Torsten Curdt Says:

    If you find something please let me know!


  2. Stephan Schwab Says:

    Apparently there is no documented API, but several people have written extensions to iPhoto as well as Apple Mail in Objective-C. One of the programs I tried a while ago was an exporter for iPhoto content. One needs to check out those sources. It would really nice, if Apple would document an API that without doubt exist. But it could well be that they don’t want to get into a compatibility nightmare as of yet.


  3. Stephan Schwab Says:

    Have a look at this: http://cuboidal.org/computers/mac/iphoto/exportplugins/


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