phpFlickr and the Flickr API
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Looking through some of the snazzy Web 2.0 APIs that are available right now, i settled into the Flickr API. I wanted to get my hands dirty for a while now, and the Flickr API is both well documented enough and has a wealth of data available for someone just starting with APIs. I’ve been toying with the phpFlickr wrapper, which lets you communicate with the API in a more user friendly way and handles the results fairly well, even made a simple page that pulls a user’s latest photos for display.
It’s not very exciting right now but i’m brainstorming ideas on getting a Flickr based app going as an exercise for both web APIs & PHP. My first idea was a simple way to integrate your Flickr photos in your homepage, along with groups you own or are part of. It’s a decent project but there’s already a number of solutions available and i wouldn’t be adding anything new to what is out there.
Flickr Color Selectr is a great tool when you have a base color and need some inspiration, it pools Creative Commons photos from Flickr based on an RGB value.