Class: Flickr::PhotoCollection

Inherits:
Array
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/flickr.rb

Overview

A collection of photos is returned as a PhotoCollection, a subclass of Array. This allows us to retain the pagination info returned by Flickr and make it accessible in a friendly way

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(photos_api_response = {}, api_key = nil) ⇒ PhotoCollection

builds a PhotoCollection from given params, such as those returned from photos.search API call. Note all the info is contained in the value of the first (and only) key-value pair of the response. The key will vary depending on the original object the photos are related to (e.g ‘photos’, ‘photoset’, etc)



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# File 'lib/flickr.rb', line 234

def initialize(photos_api_response={}, api_key=nil)
  photos = photos_api_response.values.first 
  [ "page", "pages", "perpage", "total" ].each { |i| instance_variable_set("@#{i}", photos[i])} 
  collection = photos['photo'] || []
  collection = [collection] if collection.is_a? Hash
  collection.each { |photo| self << Photo.new(photo.delete('id'), api_key, photo) }
end

Instance Attribute Details

#page ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute page.



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# File 'lib/flickr.rb', line 227

def page
  @page
end

#pages ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute pages.



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# File 'lib/flickr.rb', line 227

def pages
  @pages
end

#perpage ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute perpage.



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# File 'lib/flickr.rb', line 227

def perpage
  @perpage
end

#total ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute total.



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# File 'lib/flickr.rb', line 227

def total
  @total
end