This post outlines a quick and easy way to display your Flickr photostream on your personal web site using javascript (no server-side programming necessary). We will use JQuery as the vehicle for making the javascript call to Flickr. The feed will be returned in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format and then displayed on the site using simple javascript.
Don’t understand all of this? Don’t worry…just copy and paste the stuff below and everything will be just fine.
Log into your Flickr account, click on your Photostream main page, and click on the RSS Feed button at the bottom of the page (orange icon). The url that you get to should look like this:
http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=xxxxxxxx@N08&lang=en-us&format=rss_200
Important: You must change the format of the feed to JSON. Simply change the end of the link from “=rss_200″ to “=json&jsoncallback=?”. Your new link will now look like this:
http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=xxxxxxxx@N08&lang=en-us&format=json&jsoncallback=?
Add this code between the <HEAD> tags in your site. Be sure to download JQuery first and put it in your /js/ file directory! Also, be sure to replace “—YOUR FEED URL HERE—” with your own personal feed link that you obtained in Step 1.
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”/js/jquery.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
$(document).ready(function() {
//Flickr Integration
$.getJSON(“—YOUR FEED URL HERE—”, function(data){
$.each(data.items, function(i,item){
if(i<=5){ // <— change this number to display more or less images
$(“<img/>”).attr(“src”, item.media.m).appendTo(“#FlickrImages ul”)
.wrap(“<li><a href=’” + item.link + “‘ target=’_blank’ title=’Flickr’></a></li>”);
}
});
});
});
</script>
Add this between the <BODY> tags of your document where you would like your Flickr Images to Reside:
<div id=”FlickrImages”><ul></ul></div>
Add this code between the <HEAD> tags of your document.
<style type=”text/css”>
#FlickrImages{margin-bottom:1em;float:left;}
#FlickrImages li{
float:left;
padding:8px;
background-color: #eee;
margin: 0 5px 5px 0;
}
#FlickrImages img{
width:120px;
height:80px;
}
</style>
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Thanks – will have to try this out when I finally make my portfolio!