Unity Flickr API [WIP]

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For those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter, I wanted to let you take a peek of something I cooked up yesterday. This code directly accesses the Flickr API and parses the returned JSON (custom parser = no bloat!). I haven’t seen many games with Flickr integration, but the possibilities seem quite cool to me.

Currently the API handles downloading pictures from Flickr by username or ID. After I get some proper error handling in (in the current version, if the app receives an error from Flickr, it just hangs), I will move onto authentication and file uploading. So without further technobabble, here are a couple of demos I tossed together.

Unity Gallery
Flickr Blocks!

First and foremost, I want to know what you think. Is Flickr integration even a good idea. If so, what features would you like to see in an API like this?

Thanks for the feedback!

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I don’t have any Flickr ID’s I know. Can you set it up with a default set? So we can quickly see the demos workings? I think it is a great idea and certainly will find members of this community to put it to use.

BTH

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@Bluster T Hogwash - Thanks for the feedback. I just updated both demos with the ability to use comma separated tags to search for photos. IDs can still be used, but are no longer required.

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Hi there,

Did you implement uploading?