// To make this work, you need to get your own flickr api key.
// Get one here: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html
// Other than that, just plug and chug and have fun!
// The "b" in "wb" in the second open method may not be necessary in
// non-windows environments.
// Get one here: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html
// Other than that, just plug and chug and have fun!
// The "b" in "wb" in the second open method may not be necessary in
// non-windows environments.
require 'open-uri' require 'rexml/document' open('http://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getRecent&api_key=YOUR_KEY_HERE') { |f| doc = REXML::Document.new f.read i = 0 doc.elements.each("rsp/photos/photo") { |element| if i < 3 open("images/file" << i.to_s << ".jpg", "wb"). write(open("http://static.flickr.com/" << \ element.attributes["server"] << "/" << \ element.attributes["id"] << "_" << \ element.attributes["secret"] << "_o.jpg").read) else break end i = i + 1 } } puts "Done!"
TDonaghe posts on Aug 25, 2006 at 15:53
For more information about this snippet, please see my post at Rubynoob.com
http://www.rubynoob.com/articles/2006/08/23/how-to-use-the-flickr-api-with-a-simple-ruby-script