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March 17, 2012 17:21
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Get random flickr picture from given user id and append to given div id (needs jquery and flickr api key)
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function getPicture(the_user_id, your_div_id){ | |
var apiKey = "YOUR-API-KEY"; // replace this with your API key | |
var url_to_a_photo_head = "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getSizes&api_key="+apiKey+"&photo_id="; | |
var url_to_a_photo_tail = "&format=json&jsoncallback=?"; | |
// get an array of random photos | |
$.getJSON( | |
"http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/", | |
{ | |
method: 'flickr.people.getPublicPhotos', | |
api_key: apiKey, | |
user_id: the_user_id, | |
format: 'json', | |
nojsoncallback: 1, | |
per_page: 10 // you can increase this to get a bigger array | |
} | |
function(data){ | |
// if everything went good | |
if(data.stat == 'ok'){ | |
// get a random id from the array | |
var photoId = data.photos.photo[ Math.floor( Math.random() * data.photos.photo.length ) ]; | |
// now call the flickr API and get the picture with a nice size | |
$.getJSON( | |
"http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/", | |
{ | |
method: 'flickr.photos.getSizes'. | |
api_key: apiKey, | |
photo_id: photoId, | |
format: 'json', | |
nojsoncallback: 1 | |
} | |
function(response){ | |
if(response.stat == 'ok'){ | |
var the_url = response.sizes.size[5].source; | |
$("#"+your_div_id).append('<img src="' + the_url + '" />'); | |
} | |
else{ | |
console.log(" The request to get the picture was not good :\ ") | |
} | |
} | |
); | |
} | |
else{ | |
console.log(" The request to get the array was not good :( "); | |
} | |
} | |
); | |
}; |
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