s07-Day 6: APIs, web services and the Flickr API
Goals for the class:
- Learn the basics of XML web services by studying Flickr.
Exercises:In addition to working on your project proposals, please send me the answers to the following questions:
Formulate a REST query that gives the following. Also note where the answer can be found in the Flickr UI, if it is there.
* NSID of Raymond Yee
* URL for Raymond Yee’s photos, using NSID (using the fact that the photos are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/raymondyee/)
* the number of public photos that Raymond Yee has
* the NSID of the ” Mixing and Remixing Information 2007″ group (http://flickr.com/groups/inforemix07/) and the corresponding URL for the group using the NSID