README.md

Ideato\FlickrApiBundle

How to use it

• Add the api_key and the user_id as parameters in yout services configuration:

   <parameters>
       <parameter key="flickr_api.user_id">44774306@N00</parameter>
       <parameter key="flickr_api.api_key">a6d472134d5877b51a38070c7c631956</parameter>
   </parameters>
  

• To retrieve the photo sets in your controller:

  $photo_sets = $this->get('flickr_api.photogallery_repository')->getPhotoGalleriesPreview();

and to display them:

<ul>
    {% for photo_set in photo_sets %}
    <li>
        <a href="{{ path('photogallery', { 'photoset_id' : photo_set.id }) }}">
            <img alt="{{ photo_set.title }}" src="{{ photo_set.preview }}">
        </a>
        <h4>{{ photo_set.title }}</h4>
        <p>{{ photo_set.description }}</p>
    </li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>

• To retrieve only a specific photo set in your controller:

  $photo_set = $this->get('flickr_api.photogallery_repository')->getPhotoGallery($photoset_id); if (!$photo_set) { return new Response('Error message!', 404); }

and to diplay it:

<ul>
    {% for photo in photo_set.photos %}
    <li>
        <a href="{{ photo.url }}">
            <img alt="{{ photo.title }}" src="{{ photo.preview }}">
        </a>
        <h4>{{ photo.title }}</h4>
        <p>{{ photo.description }}</p>
    </li>
    {% endfor %}
</ul>

• You can access the flickr api directly througt the service "flickr_api.api":

  $container->get('flickr_api.api');

Update 2011-07-05

• Get the most recent photos for the given account:

  $photos = $this->get('flickr_api.photogallery_repository')->getLatestPhotos($limit);

$limit default is 9

Update 2011-08-26

• Added a way to run the tests outside a symfony2 project:

  phpunit -c .