ZendService\Flickr

Introduction

ZendService\Flickr\Flickr is a simple API for using the Flickr REST Web Service. In order to use the Flickr web services, you must have an API key. To obtain a key and for more information about the Flickr REST Web Service, please visit the Flickr API Documentation.

In the following example, we use the tagSearch() method to search for photos having “php” in the tags.

Simple Flickr Photo Search

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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr('MY_API_KEY');

$results = $flickr->tagSearch("php");

foreach ($results as $result) {
    echo $result->title . '<br />';
}

Note

Optional parameter

tagSearch() accepts an optional second parameter as an array of options.

Finding Flickr Users’ Photos and Information

ZendService\Flickr\Flickr provides several ways to get information about Flickr users:

  • userSearch(): Accepts a string query of space-delimited tags and an optional second parameter as an array of search options, and returns a set of photos as a ZendService\Flickr\ResultSet object.
  • getIdByUsername(): Returns a string user ID associated with the given username string.
  • getIdByEmail(): Returns a string user ID associated with the given email address string.

Finding a Flickr User’s Public Photos by E-Mail Address

In this example, we have a Flickr user’s e-mail address, and we search for the user’s public photos by using the userSearch() method:

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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr('MY_API_KEY');

$results = $flickr->userSearch($userEmail);

foreach ($results as $result) {
    echo $result->title . '<br />';
}

Finding photos From a Group Pool

ZendService\Flickr\Flickr allows to retrieve a group’s pool photos based on the group ID. Use the groupPoolGetPhotos() method:

Retrieving a Group’s Pool Photos by Group ID

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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr('MY_API_KEY');

    $results = $flickr->groupPoolGetPhotos($groupId);

    foreach ($results as $result) {
        echo $result->title . '<br />';
    }

Note

Optional parameter

groupPoolGetPhotos() accepts an optional second parameter as an array of options.

Retrieving Flickr Image Details

ZendService\Flickr\Flickr makes it quick and easy to get an image’s details based on a given image ID. Just use the getImageDetails() method, as in the following example:

Retrieving Flickr Image Details

Once you have a Flickr image ID, it is a simple matter to fetch information about the image:

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$flickr = new ZendService\Flickr\Flickr('MY_API_KEY');

$image = $flickr->getImageDetails($imageId);

echo "Image ID $imageId is $image->width x $image->height pixels.<br />\n";
echo "<a href=\"$image->clickUri\">Click for Image</a>\n";

ZendService\Flickr Result Classes

The following classes are all returned by tagSearch() and userSearch():

ZendService\Flickr\ResultSet

Represents a set of Results from a Flickr search.

Note

Implements the SeekableIterator interface for easy iteration (e.g., using foreach()), as well as direct access to a specific result using seek().

Properties

ZendServiceFlickrResultSet Properties
Name Type Description
totalResultsAvailable int Total Number of Results available
totalResultsReturned int Total Number of Results returned
firstResultPosition int The offset in the total result set of this result set

ZendService\Flickr\ResultSet::totalResults()

int:totalResults()

Returns the total number of results in this result set.

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ZendService\Flickr\Result

A single Image result from a Flickr query

Properties

ZendServiceFlickrResult Properties
Name Type Description
id string Image ID
owner string The photo owner’s NSID.
secret string A key used in url construction.
server string The servername to use for URL construction.
title string The photo’s title.
ispublic string The photo is public.
isfriend string The photo is visible to you because you are a friend of the owner.
isfamily string The photo is visible to you because you are family of the owner.
license string The license the photo is available under.
dateupload string The date the photo was uploaded.
datetaken string The date the photo was taken.
ownername string The screenname of the owner.
iconserver string The server used in assembling icon URLs.
Square ZendServiceFlickrImage A 75x75 thumbnail of the image.
Thumbnail ZendServiceFlickrImage A 100 pixel thumbnail of the image.
Small ZendServiceFlickrImage A 240 pixel version of the image.
Medium ZendServiceFlickrImage A 500 pixel version of the image.
Large ZendServiceFlickrImage A 640 pixel version of the image.
Original ZendServiceFlickrImage The original image.

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ZendService\Flickr\Image

Represents an Image returned by a Flickr search.

Properties

ZendServiceFlickrImage Properties
Name Type Description
uri string URI for the original image
clickUri string Clickable URI (i.e. the Flickr page) for the image
width int Width of the Image
height int Height of the Image

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