Flash and the Flickr API Kelvin Luck

Flash and the Flickr API

Kelvin Luck

What? An ActionScript 2 wrapper around the Flickr API. Hides XML parsing and implementation details and provides nice objects like Photos, Photosets and Tags. Provides higher level functionality like request queuing, caching.

An ActionScript 2 wrapper around the Flickr API.

Hides XML parsing and implementation details and provides nice objects like Photos, Photosets and Tags.

Provides higher level functionality like request queuing, caching.

Who? Flash developers with an understanding of Action Script 2.

Flash developers with an understanding of Action Script 2.

Why? Quicker and easier than rolling your own every time. Benefits of widely tested codebase. Exposes some “hidden” Flickr API functionality.

Quicker and easier than rolling your own every time.

Benefits of widely tested codebase.

Exposes some “hidden” Flickr API functionality.

How? Simple example app walkthrough... http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/barcamp/

Simple example app walkthrough... http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/barcamp/

Where? Sourcecode / documentation available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/ Upcoming 0.5 release available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/ Files from this presentation available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/barcamp.zip

Sourcecode / documentation available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/

Upcoming 0.5 release available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/

Files from this presentation available from: http://flashr.kelvinluck.com/assets/0.5/barcamp.zip

In the wild! Islands Of Consciousness by Mario Klingemann http://incubator.quasimondo.com/flash/islands_of_consciousness.php Selfportraitr by me http://www.pacemacgill.com/exhibitions_flickr06.php Flappr by Buck DeFore http://bcdef.org/flappr/ Interesting v4 by me http://kelvinluck.com/assets/flickr_api/0.5/interesting4.php

Islands Of Consciousness by Mario Klingemann http://incubator.quasimondo.com/flash/islands_of_consciousness.php

Selfportraitr by me http://www.pacemacgill.com/exhibitions_flickr06.php

Flappr by Buck DeFore http://bcdef.org/flappr/

Interesting v4 by me http://kelvinluck.com/assets/flickr_api/0.5/interesting4.php

Questions?