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//(function(){
//Refer http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/docs/2.0/reference.html
// Album url can be obtained by getting the rss feed of a Public or Limited album
var album_url = "https://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/104873802064687726116/albumid/5710488196657525265?"+ // The base url
//Query Parameters
"alt=json"+ // Options are json and rss ,
"&kind=photo"+
"&authkey=Gv1sRgCIC0zJCjrbqplwE"+//Necessary only because the album's visibility is Limited , link only
"&hl=en_GB"+//Language
"&prettyprint=true"+ // Only enable in Development mode
"&imgmax=1600"; // Max size of each of the images
var PicList = new Array();
var slide_show_pic = $("body");
function _generateRandomImageNumber(){
// Not for public use
return Math.floor(Math.random() * PicList.length);
}
function getRandomImage(){
var img = new Image();
img.src = PicList[_generateRandomImageNumber()];
return img;
}
function paintImage(img){
// @param : an object of type Image
img.onload = function(){
slide_show_pic.css('background','url('+img.src+')');
};
}
function paintRandomImage(){
paintImage(getRandomImage());
}
$(document).ready(function(){
//Get the Feed data from Picasa
$.getJSON(album_url, function(data) {
//Push the Url of each image
$.each(data.feed.entry, function(key, val) {
PicList.push(val.content.src);
});
// Paint on Page and feed loads
paintRandomImage();
// Paint new image every x milli seconds
setInterval(paintRandomImage,1000 * 10 );
});
});
//})();
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