Authentication with FlickrJ

When you know about username and password logins, the whole Flickr authentication process for web applications seems a little weird on first sight, nevertheless it is logical and necessary after you have done some reading (for example the official Flickr WebApp Auth HowTo).
To get started and into coding quickly (using FlickrJ and Java) I recommend this page. Especially the code example is excellent in my opinion! Thanks Andy Sacher!

flickTrick

The flickr Services API is quite amazing. So I made a little application called flickTrick using phpFlickr.
tI is capable of producing either image mosaics on the basis of public photos of a given flickr account, or it it can generate a collage as the one you can see in the header part of this page, by simply adding follow CSS to it.

background-image: url(http://svenbuschbeck.net/flickTrick/collage.php?username=sven%20buschbeck&width=500&height=200&size=square&shuffle=true&maximum=24&alpha=40);

— edit 2009/03/15 —
As creating a collage can take several seconds, I implemented a caching version. It firstly returns the last image stored for the given parameters and then creates a new image. This version can be accessed by using “fast-collage.php” instead of “collage.php”.

» try it (alpha version) »