[swx] flickr api keys, secrets and tokens

[Hans Elgelid]

Thanks for telling about auth.php and getToken.php in the phpFlickr 
library .
After adding my api key and shared secret and browsing to:
http://localhost/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/getToken.php
I get redirected to the url entered when signing up at Flickr followed 
by a frob, looking something like:
http://mysite.com/?frob=7215576083917047-896834e23f0049f-14877455&extra=%2Fswx%2Fphp%2Flib%2FphpFlickr%2FgetToken.php

Recognising this and perhaps know the solution?

Since the subject of this thread is spot on I continue the token hunt...
I'm trying to use the authentication protocol descibed in method 
authGetFrob() in Flickr.php
authGetFrob()             works fine and returns a frob
authGetUrl(frob)         works fine and returns an url which when pasted 
into a browser takes me to my Flickr acount where I'm asked to accept 
that my application uses Flickr.
authGetToken(frob)   shows in SWX Data Analyser:  message=Invalid Frob 
code=108 error=true

I'm using the same frob returned from authGetFrob() which seemed to be 
OK since authGetUrl(frob) is working.

Any ideas?

/Hans


Aidann Bowley wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> First, let me say I'm really impressed by SWX - it seems to be really useful 
> and fairly easy to use.
>
> A tip for those trying to get Flickr to work who are as inexperienced as me.
>
> Obviously you need your own api key, shared secret and auth token. You'll 
> probably need to edit auth.php and getToken.php in the phpFlickr library in 
> the api once you've got the key and secret from Flickr, and then hit 
> getToken.php in your browser to generate the auth token - the service 
> explorer didn't work for me.
>
> Then, aswell as editing line 41 in Flickr.php in the services folder with 
> your new key and secret, make sure you also add the following to line 42 of 
> Flickr.php so that it reads:
>
> $this->api->setToken("your auth token here");
>
> add appropriate token between the inverted commas. If you don't, methods 
> that require authentication won't work, and those that also require 
> authentication if they they're dealing with private images but otherwise 
> work fine might give you misleading error messages.
>
> Oh, also be handy to add a link to this mailing list on the official site 
> somewhere (or maybe I missed it), and perhaps a forum or wiki...
>
> Cheerio folks,
>
> Aidann
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