Class: FlickRaw::Flickr

Inherits:
Request show all
Defined in:
lib/flickraw.rb

Overview

Root class of the flickr api hierarchy.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Methods inherited from Request

build_request, flickr_methods, flickr_objects, request_name

Constructor Details

#initialize ⇒ Flickr

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/flickraw.rb', line 143

def initialize # :nodoc:
  super self
  @token = nil
end

Instance Method Details

#call(req, args = {}) ⇒ Object

This is the central method. It does the actual request to the flickr server.

Raises RestClient::Exception if the response status is failed.



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# File 'lib/flickraw.rb', line 151

def call(req, args={})
  opts = {
    :user_agent       => "flickraw/#{VERSION}",
    :accept_encoding  => "gzip"
  }
  
  path = REST_PATH + build_args(args, req).collect { |a, v| "#{a}=#{v}" }.join('&')
  http_response = RestClient.get(FLICKR_HOST + path, opts)
  parse_response(http_response, req)
end

#upload_photo(file, args = {}) ⇒ Object

Use this to upload the photo in file.

flickr.upload_photo '/path/to/the/photo', :title => 'Title', :description => 'This is the description'

See www.flickr.com/services/api/upload.api.html for more information on the arguments.



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# File 'lib/flickraw.rb', line 167

def upload_photo(file, args={})
  photo = File.open(file, 'rb') { |f| f.read }
  boundary = MD5.md5(photo).to_s

  header = {'Content-type' => "multipart/form-data, boundary=#{boundary} ", 'User-Agent' => "Flickraw/#{VERSION}"}
  query = ''
  build_args(args).each { |a, v|
    query <<
      "--#{boundary}\r\n" <<
      "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"#{a}\"\r\n\r\n" <<
      "#{v}\r\n"
  }
  query <<
    "--#{boundary}\r\n" <<
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"photo\"; filename=\"#{file}\"\r\n" <<
    "Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\n" <<
    "Content-Type: image/jpeg\r\n\r\n" <<
    photo <<
    "\r\n" <<
    "--#{boundary}--"

  http_response = Net::HTTP.start(FLICKR_HOST) { |http| http.post(UPLOAD_PATH, query, header) }
  xml = http_response.body
  if xml[/stat="(\w+)"/, 1] == 'fail'
    msg = xml[/msg="([^"]+)"/, 1]
    code = xml[/code="([^"]+)"/, 1]
    raise FailedResponse.new(msg, code, 'flickr.upload')
  end
  Response.structify( {:stat => 'ok', :photoid => xml[/<photoid>(\w+)<\/photoid>/, 1], :ticketid => xml[/<ticketid>([^<]+)<\/ticketid>/, 1]})
end