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I would like to access my photos in iCloud from a webiste running Asp.Net.

Is there a way to access them outside of the web interface?

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Afraid not. There are no images in the "iCloud account". Photostream is simply a way of saving you the bother of importing, images are kept on it for no longer than 30 days. And it's not accessible via the web.

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This isn't entirely accurate now that there are Shared Photo Streams, which can be made accessible via a URL. That said, I don't know whether they can be used effectively by another application. – Dan J Oct 25 '12 at 19:55
good point, but they still have that 1k photos / 30 day limitation – terrydev Oct 26 '12 at 14:38
We're talking about two different features with very similar names: Photo Stream is the iCloud feature that automatically syncs photos between your iOS devices and Macs. The 1000 photo / 30-day limitation is related specifically to storage on iOS devices (see this FAQ under "How many photos are stored on my..."). This is distinct from Shared Photo Streams, which are explicitly created by a user, contain as many photos as they choose to add, and exist until the user deletes them (FAQ). – Dan J Oct 26 '12 at 16:44
Excellent, Thanks for the clarification – terrydev Oct 26 '12 at 18:56
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You could access the public link of your shared photostream, parse the HTML, and get the pictures from the iCloud server. You would need to save this files to your server or database (as stream or blob datatype).

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