dFlickr: Delphi API Kit for Flickr

About

dFlickr wraps most functions of the Flickr API and provides the necessary classes to access users/photos/photosets/groups/pools/blogs in Flickr. It is released under an MIT license.

dFlickr is developed by Dimitris Giannitsaros.

Download

Click here to download version 0.9.3b (2005-11-14 / 394kb)
Includes a simple demo application both in binary and source format.

dFlickr Demo screenshot, click to enlarge

Libraries

dFlickr requires:

The Indy component suite (normally comes with Delphi).
The XML Parser by Stefan Heymann (included in the download).
The TMsMultiPartFormDataStream class by Shiv Kumar (included in the download).
The MD5 Message-Digest unit (included in the download).

It has been tested on Delphi 2005/Indy10, Delphi 6/Indy 9, Delphi 5.

Applications using dFlickr

GLFlickrShow: GLFlickrShow uses OpenGL to produce fullscreen slideshows with smooth, candy-to-your-eyes, transition effects. GLFlickrShow feeds for pictures on the Flickr online photo-sharing service using the Flickr API.
Fleace: The Flickr-Enabled Automatic Changer for Everyone, is a free wallpaper changer that retrieves pictures from Flickr based on topics of your choice.

Changelog

Version: 0.9.3b, 2005-11-14 (download)
- Updated ZIP file, to include a missing file

Version: 0.9.3, 2005-10-07 (download)
- Most code for this release was developed by Paul Traynier
- Support for new authentication
- Added TFlickrPhoto.Urls
- Added TFlickrPhoto.Rotation
- Added TFlickrPhoto.LastUpdate
- Added TFlickrPeople.IconServer
- Fixed TFlickrPhoto.IsFriend/IsFamily/IsPublic (removed underscore)
- Support for Delphi5 in demo application
- Calls to flickr.com use POST instead of GET

Version: 0.9.2, 2005-04-12 (download)
- Added support for extras field in PhotosSearch()

Version: 0.9.1, 2005-03-11 (download)
- Object functions that change properties, invalidate the cache
- Minor changes in some function names

Version: 0.9, 2005-03-09 (download)
- Upload support
Version: 0.8, 2005-03-06 (download)
- Initial version

Example

var
  Flickr: TFlickr; // this is our basic object
  People: TFlickrPeople;
begin
  // you need an API key. You can get one from Flickr
  Flickr := TFlickr.Create(EdtAPIKey.Text);
  // authentication is needed for some calls
  Flickr.Authenticate(EdtEmail.Text, EdtPassword.Text);
  try
    // this will return a TPeople object, with some properties filled (e.g. Id)
    People := Flickr.PeopleFindByEmail('[email protected]'); // connects to Flickr
    Print(People.Id);
    // some other properties must make a new connection to Flickr to get filled
    // these details are cached for future calls
    Print(People.Realname); // connects to Flickr
    Print(People.Location); // no need to connect to Flickr
    PrintList(People.PublicPhotos); // connects to Flickr
    Print(People.PublicPhotos.GetPhoto(0).Title); // no need to connect to Flickr
  except
    on E: Exception do Print('Error: ' + E.Message);
  end;