Flickraw
Flickraw is a library to access flickr api in a simple way. It maps exactly the methods described in the official api documentation. It also tries to present the data returned in a simple and intuitive way. The methods are fetched from flickr when loading the library by using introspection capabilities. So it is always up-to-date with regards to new methods added by flickr.
The rubyforge project : rubyforge.org/projects/flickraw
The github repository: github.com/hanklords/flickraw/tree/master
Installation
Type this in a console (you might need to be superuser)
gem install flickraw
You can recreate this documentation by typing this in the source directory:
rake rdoc
Usage
require 'flickraw'
list = flickr.photos.getRecent
id = list[0].id
secret = list[0].secret
info = flickr.photos.getInfo :photo_id => id, :secret => secret
info.title # => "PICT986"
info.dates.taken # => "2006-07-06 15:16:18"
sizes = flickr.photos.getSizes :photo_id => id
original = sizes.find {|s| s.label == 'Original' }
original.width # => "800"
See the examples directory to find more examples.
Notes
If you want to use the api authenticated with several user at the same time, you must pass the authentication token explicitely each time. This is because it is keeping the authentication token internally. As an alternative, you can create new Flickr objects besides Object.flickr which is created for you. Use Flickr.new to this effect.