Using Flickr's Service

Using Flickr's Service

The Evo Slider plugin allows you to display images from Yahoo's Flickr.

You can use the external option to load data from Flickr.

Flickr parameters:

Name Type Description
data String Set to "flickr" when you want to load content from Flickr.
source String Possible values are: "user", "favorites", "gallery", "photoset", or "group".
api_key String The Flickr API application key. See here for more details.
user_id String This is your Flickr ID, not username. Check here for yours idGettr
tags String A comma-delimited list of tags.
tag_mode String Possible values: "any" or "all"
gallery_id String Gallery id.
photoset_id String Photoset id.
group_id String This is a Group ID, not group name. Check here for yours idGettr
title_length Number Set the number of characters in the title.
desc_length Number Set the number of characters in the text description.

Examples:

Retrieve all of a user's recent photos:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "user",
    user_id: "flickr_user_id"
    }                             
                

Retrieve user photos by tags:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "user",
    user_id: "flickr_user_id",
    tags: "tag1,tag2,...",
    tag_mode: "any"
    }                             
                

Retrieve user favorite photos:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "favorites",
    user_id: "flickr_user_id"
    }                             
                

Retrieve gallery photos:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "gallery",
    gallery_id: "flickr_gallery_id"
    }                             
                

Retrieve photoset photos:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "photoset",
    photoset_id: "flickr_photoset_id"
    }                             
                

Retrieve group photos:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "group",
    group_id: "flickr_group_id"
    }                             
                

Retrieve group photos by tag:

external: {
    data: "flickr",
    api_key: "flickr_api_key",
    source: "group",
    group_id: "flickr_group_id",
    tags: "tag"
    }