Flickr Hacks, Prototypes and APIsBörkur SigurbjörnssonResearch ScientistYahoo! Research, BarcelonaHackU – UPC – February 10th 2011
Sopa de Letras +Flickr Photos = PhotoSoup“Coolest Hack” at Yahoo! internal hack dayhttp://photosoup.games.yahoo.com/Photo by nmarritz on Flickr
PhotoSoupFor a given topic, e.g.“zoo” create a soup of lettersPhotos serve as “hints”Highlight “tiger”Show matching photoFade thumbnail
PhotoSoup … under the hoodCall Flickr search API to get Zoo photoshttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=KEY&tags=zoo&extras=tags
PhotoSoup … under the hoodCollect the frequent tags from the photos returnedbarcelona birthday zoo lion animalzoo tiger lionkatetiger zoo summer 2009 animal…Create a soup from the frequent tagsChoose a photo for each frequent tagMix to create a PhotoSoup
PhotoSoup
TagExplorer: Explore photos using tagshttp://tagexplorer.sandbox.yahoo.com/
TagExplorer: Zoom in
TagExplorer: Zoom out
Example Flickr API callsGet photos from Londonhttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=KEY&text=london&sort=relevanceGet tags related to Londonhttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.tags.getRelated&api_key=KEY&tag=londonGet more information for a photohttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getInfo&api_key=KEY&photo_id=363484762And many many more …
And more APIs …And even more … http://www.flickr.com/services/api/
And more apps … And more example apps: http://www.flickr.com/services/
Flickr API How-toApp Garden: http://www.flickr.com/services/Get an API keyStart hackingPhoto by rlerdof on Flickr

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Yahoo! HackU at UPC

  • 1. Flickr Hacks, Prototypes and APIsBörkur SigurbjörnssonResearch ScientistYahoo! Research, BarcelonaHackU – UPC – February 10th 2011
  • 2. Sopa de Letras +Flickr Photos = PhotoSoup“Coolest Hack” at Yahoo! internal hack dayhttp://photosoup.games.yahoo.com/Photo by nmarritz on Flickr
  • 3. PhotoSoupFor a given topic, e.g.“zoo” create a soup of lettersPhotos serve as “hints”Highlight “tiger”Show matching photoFade thumbnail
  • 4. PhotoSoup … under the hoodCall Flickr search API to get Zoo photoshttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=KEY&tags=zoo&extras=tags
  • 5. PhotoSoup … under the hoodCollect the frequent tags from the photos returnedbarcelona birthday zoo lion animalzoo tiger lionkatetiger zoo summer 2009 animal…Create a soup from the frequent tagsChoose a photo for each frequent tagMix to create a PhotoSoup
  • 7. TagExplorer: Explore photos using tagshttp://tagexplorer.sandbox.yahoo.com/
  • 10. Example Flickr API callsGet photos from Londonhttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=KEY&text=london&sort=relevanceGet tags related to Londonhttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.tags.getRelated&api_key=KEY&tag=londonGet more information for a photohttp://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getInfo&api_key=KEY&photo_id=363484762And many many more …
  • 11. And more APIs …And even more … http://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  • 12. And more apps … And more example apps: http://www.flickr.com/services/
  • 13. Flickr API How-toApp Garden: http://www.flickr.com/services/Get an API keyStart hackingPhoto by rlerdof on Flickr