http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:09:59 GMT DZone Snippets: rexml code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2468 // To make this work, you need to get your own flickr api key. <br />// Get one here: http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html <br />// Other than that, just plug and chug and have fun! <br />// The "b" in "wb" in the second open method may not be necessary in <br />// non-windows environments. <br /> <br /><code> <br />require 'open-uri' <br />require 'rexml/document' <br /> <br />open('http://www.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getRecent&api_key=YOUR_KEY_HERE') { |f| <br /> doc = REXML::Document.new f.read <br /> i = 0 <br /> doc.elements.each("rsp/photos/photo") { |element| <br /> if i < 3 <br /> open("images/file" << i.to_s << ".jpg", "wb"). <br /> write(open("http://static.flickr.com/" << \ <br /> element.attributes["server"] << "/" << \ <br /> element.attributes["id"] << "_" << \ <br /> element.attributes["secret"] << "_o.jpg").read) <br /> else <br /> break <br /> end <br /> i = i + 1 <br /> } <br />} <br /> <br />puts "Done!" <br /></code> Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:51:25 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2468 TDonaghe (Terry Donaghe)