Module: ETFC::Flickr

Defined in:
lib/etfc/flickr.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.search(keyword) ⇒ Object

Public: Search for the most interesting image on flickr for a keyword

keyword - the keyword to search for

Examples:

search('something interesting')
#=> 'http://farm9.staticflickr.com/1234/11111111111_2222222222_b.jpg'

search('something that totally wont match')
#=> nil

Returns a String (URL) for an image or nil if no image was found



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# File 'lib/etfc/flickr.rb', line 24

def search(keyword)
  # See https://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.search.html /
  # http://hanklords.github.io/flickraw/FlickRaw/Flickr/Photos.html#method-i-search
  results = flickr.photos.search(sort: 'interestingness-desc',
                                 text: keyword,
                                 page: 1,
                                 per_page: 1,
                                 media: 'photos',
                                 content_type: 1,
                                 extras: 'url_l')

  results.first['url_l'] if results.size > 0
end