I would like to request support for generic WebDAV photo sources in the SailfishOS Gallery application.
The idea would be to add a WebDAV account plugin under Accounts, where users could configure:
- WebDAV server URL
- Support for other remote storage protocols, such as SFTP.
- Username and password, or an app password
- One or more remote folders
- Whether subfolders should be included
- Read-only of course
- Thumbnail caching (using built-in EXIF pictures)
- Video support
The selected folders should appear in Gallery as a separate source, for example:
text
Gallery
├── Photos
├── Videos
├── Screenshots
├── Android™storage
└── MyNAS
├ 2026
└ Screenshots
The WebDAV photos should not simply be imported into the normal local “Photos” collection. They should remain associated with the configured WebDAV account and be displayed as a separate Gallery source or album.
A possible implementation could use the existing Nextcloud account and Gallery integration as a starting point. Nextcloud already uses WebDAV for file access, so parts of its account, credential-storage, synchronization, or Gallery-extension code might be reusable. However, the proposed feature should support generic WebDAV servers, not only Nextcloud.