• From: Michigan
  • Registered: 2012-05-01
  • Posts: 3

Topic: Flickr

Hi All

I really like the Flickr widget and was willing to spend some time to try and figure a
way around the chumby.com requirement.

The following Chumby.com pages look to just return a list of photos from Flickr:

SETS_URL = "http://mungboy.chumby.com/cgi-bin/flick … php?token=";
RECENT_URL = "http://mungboy.chumby.com/cgi-bin/flick … php?token=";
FAVS_URL = "http://mungboy.chumby.com/cgi-bin/flick … php?token=";

I assume this was done to allow caching of the photos.

Can anyone help me get the source of these pages?
Otherwise if I emulate the output of these pages somewhere else would that work?

Srtoys

  • Duane
  • Duane
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  • Registered: 2006-08-24
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Re: Flickr

"mungboy" is a server that interfaces with content partners that require special handling - typically because of a "secret" API token or protocol not friendly to Flash.

In the case of Flickr, "mungboy" forwards the request to the Flickr servers, appending the API key that was assigned to Chumby.  If you want to replace the server, you'll need to obtain your own API key from them.

If you get the API documentation from Flickr, the code for reproducing the mungboy functionality will be obvious.

mungboy does not cache or proxy the photos themselves.

Duane's Website

  • From: Michigan
  • Registered: 2012-05-01
  • Posts: 3

Re: Flickr

That's about what I figured, looking at the Flickr API docs I now have a good idea of the next steps.

BTW whichever of your compatriots there at Chumby wrote the app created an impressive widget. smile

Thanks for your help Duane

Srtoys

  • From: Michigan
  • Registered: 2012-05-01
  • Posts: 3

Re: Flickr

I've been successful in adapting the Flickr widget to work with the offline firmware.

Basically I emulated the mungboy server on the chumby by adding php and creating several files.

If there's interest I will work on putting together detailed instructions
and clean up the files to integrate with the chumby profile.

  • Registered: 2007-10-17
  • Posts: 150

Re: Flickr

I'd definitely be interested in that! i have several instances of the Flickr widget running on my Chumby pulling down various sets and tag groups. I'd be gutted to lose that functionality.

  • anam
  • anam
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  • From: With the outlaws in sherwood
  • Registered: 2008-06-20
  • Posts: 5

Re: Flickr

I'd also be interested

  • aris
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  • Registered: 2009-12-11
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Re: Flickr

Please keep me up to date too.  The only thing I use my chumby for is Flikr and I'm a bit lost without it.

  • Registered: 2011-03-20
  • Posts: 50

Re: Flickr

So, the Flickr widget works fine as of 08/12?  I thought I read somewhere it was broken?