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[...]... Use Minimizing API calls Flickr Resources Flickr Services Page Flickr Developer Support Group Flickr API Group Summary Exercises 82 83 83 83 84 84 84 84 Chapter 5: Flickr Feeds 87 What Is a Feed? Available Flickr Feeds Feed Formats 87 89 89 RSS Atom PHP Serialized PHP JSON 91 92 94 94 95 xiii 02_097748 ftoc.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page xiv Contents CSV YAML SQL CDF Creating a Flickr Badge Designing the... available to us — without them, building mashups such as those featured in this book would be nigh impossible I’d especially like to thank Dan Coulter, whose phpFlickr library is used extensively throughout this book Flickr isn’t just about the photos — it’s also about the community, the people who take part Without them, Flickr would be a very different place Through Flickr I’ve met a wide variety of people,... a variety of ways to build software that interacts in some way with Flickr You’ll see how to use feeds to retrieve information, how to use Greasemonkey to change the Flickr web site to suit your own needs, and how to use the Flickr API to build whole systems that use Flickr as a source of information As this book is being written, Flickr is in what the developers call, in typical tongue-in-cheek fashion,... new aspect of building mashups with Flickr, guiding you through the process of creating your own working application Part II focuses on remixes — taking content from Flickr and presenting it on your own web site, or even changing the look of the Flickr web site itself by using Firefox and Greasemonkey Part III concentrates on mashing In this section you will take content from both Flickr and a variety... you can use it 4 05_097748 ch01.qxp 12/14/06 5:53 PM Page 5 Chapter 1: Rewriting the Web On Flickr, and some other systems, the matter is slightly more complicated The content made available by Flickr isn’t typically owned by Flickr itself — it’s actually the property of Flickr s users The photos you see on Flickr are owned by millions of people across the globe Obviously, use of your own photos is... speed with the world of mashups, and getting you ready to start building them Chapter 1 talks about remixes and mashups, and the differences between them It describes the world of Web 2.0 and introduces many of the technologies you will be using during the course of this book Chapter 2 then takes you on a short guided tour of Flickr — even if you’re already familiar with the Flickr web site, this chapter... can supplement the services they provide to get just what you need, regardless of how bizarre or offbeat that need is Flickr is a great starting point for building mashups — a picture is worth a thousand words, and pictures are something Flickr has in abundance You only have to visit Flickr fleetingly to realize that it is packed full of great photographs — pictures of pretty much everywhere in the... flast.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page xxiv 03_097748 flast.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page xxv Flickr Mashups 03_097748 flast.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page xxvi 04_097748 pp01.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page 1 Part I Building a New Internet Chapter 1: Rewriting the Web Chapter 2: Flickr: A Short Tour Chapter 3: Getting Ready to Mash Chapter 4: The Flickr API 04_097748 pp01.qxp 12/14/06 5:52 PM Page 2 05_097748 ch01.qxp 12/14/06... displaying them as an overlay onto Google Maps would be creating a mashup of Flickr content (the photos and the location information held against them) and Google’s mapping data Remixes and mashups aren’t necessarily distinct — all mashups, for example, could well be considered to be remixes, but remixes may or may not also be mashups, depending on the number of data sources they use In practice, the... Chapter 4: The Flickr API What Is an API? Talking to Flickr Character Encoding Request Format REST SOAP XML-RPC Flickr Methods and Objects Methods and Responses Building URLs 61 61 61 62 62 62 66 68 71 71 75 The Photostream URL The Profile URL The Photo Page URL The Image URL Photoset URLs The Buddy Icon URL The Group Icon URL 75 75 76 77 78 78 79 Using the API Explorer Using an API Kit Be a Good Flickr Citizen . 79 Using an API Kit 82 Be a Good Flickr Citizen 82 Commercial Use 82 Minimizing API calls 83 Flickr Resources 83 Flickr Services Page 83 Flickr Developer Support Group 84 Flickr API Group 84 Summary. Page i 01_097748 ffirs.qxp 12/14/06 5:51 PM Page ii Flickr ™ Mashups David Wilkinson 01_097748 ffirs.qxp 12/14/06 5:51 PM Page iii Flickr ™ Mashups Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Flickr ™ Mashups David Wilkinson 01_097748 ffirs.qxp 12/14/06 5:51 PM Page iii 01_097748 ffirs.qxp 12/14/06 5:51 PM Page ii Flickr ™ Mashups 01_097748 ffirs.qxp 12/14/06