[swx] flickr api keys, secrets and tokens (Hans Elgelid)

Wed Oct 31 07:07:29 PDT 2007

Hi Hans,

No worries.

>From your earlier mail, in your install the swx folder is located here:
 http://localhost/swx/
just open that up in a browser and you'll see what I mean about the checks.

Thanks for the lowdown on webhotel.

Cheerio,

Aidann

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans Elgelid" <helgelid at telia.com>
To: "SWX Mailing List" <swx at osflash.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [swx] flickr api keys, secrets and tokens (Hans Elgelid)

> Hi Aidann
> Thanks for your help.
>>> Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect
>>>
>> Reckon that's an open_basedir problem ;-) When I go to the /swx/ page in 
>> my
>> install it runs through a bunch of PHP checks, one of which is for that.
>> Apparently
>>
> I'm green when it comes to PHP. How can you tell about the PHP checks?
> Didn't see anything in php_error.log
>
>> Oh, a question: what is a 'webhotell'?
>>
> Webhotel, webhosting and server provider are the same thing. I sometimes
> look at it as my operatingsystem.
>
> Time to give it a shot.
> /Hans
>
>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Hans Elgelid" <helgelid at telia.com>
>> To: "SWX Mailing List" <swx at osflash.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:26 AM
>> Subject: Re: [swx] flickr api keys, secrets and tokens (Hans Elgelid)
>>
>>
>>
>>> Don't worry about the digest mode. I'm always online but still slower 
>>> than
>>> you :-)
>>> (Had to celebrate the angels winning football gold here in Gothenburg)
>>>
>>> I got the token now and file upload works fine. Thanks.
>>>
>>> It took some time because my first two tries went like this:
>>>
>>> After updating my Flikr callback address with my localhost IP address I
>>> get the following.
>>> Forbidden.
>>> You don't have permission to access
>>> /resources/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/auth.php on this server.
>>> Turned off windows firwall but no change. Mayby WAMP won't allow 
>>> outsiders
>>> to access Apache by default, or is it Flickr..
>>>
>>> When trying my cheap webhotell with coresponding Flikr callback to
>>> auth.php I get the following:
>>>
>>> Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect.
>>> File(/usr/local/lib/php/PEAR.php) is not within the allowed path(s):
>>> (/home/virtual/mysite.tv:/home/virtual/_tmp) in
>>> /home/virtual/mysite.tv/public_html/osflash/resources/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/PEAR/HTTP/Request.php
>>> on line 46
>>>
>>> Warning: main(PEAR.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: 
>>> Operation
>>> not permitted in
>>> /home/virtual/mysite.tv/public_html/osflash/resources/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/PEAR/HTTP/Request.php
>>> on line 46
>>>
>>> Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required 
>>> 'PEAR.php'
>>> (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/virtual/mysite.tv/public_html/osflash/resources/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/PEAR')
>>> in
>>> /home/virtual/mysite.tv/public_html/osflash/resources/swx/php/lib/phpFlickr/PEAR/HTTP/Request.php
>>> on line 46
>>>
>>> Maybe some chmod'ing needed?
>>>
>>>
>>> Finally when doing the same thing on my better webhotell a token is
>>> returned and life goes on. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Still wondering about authGetToken(frob) ? Do I need it now when I got 
>>> the
>>> token?
>>>
>>> /Hans
>>>
>>>
>>> Aidann Bowley wrote:
>>> Sorry for breaking the thread - had subscribed in digest mode. Changed
>>> now.
>>>
>>> Aral,
>>> no problem. I ran round in circles for ages with both the Explorer and
>>> then
>>> when I'd been using phpFlickr instead the setToken method.
>>>
>>> Hans,
>>> Very sorry, one more thing I should have added if you're doing all this
>>> with
>>> phpFlickr (Aral, if you're updating your docs, please add this too). 
>>> Once
>>> you've got your api key and secret, before you go to getToken.php, in
>>> Flickr
>>> you should also update the Callback URL field for the relevant key in
>>> Flickr
>>> here. You'll need to click 'edit details', then you'll find it near the
>>> bottom
>>> http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys/
>>>
>>> Put the address for your copy of auth.php (not sure if it'll work with
>>> your
>>> localhost address). Then when getToken goes to Flickr it knows where to
>>> validate against for your secret and key and thus knows you're okay to
>>> proceed.
>>>
>>> Not really sure about the authGetFrob.
>>>
>>> Cheerio for now,
>>>
>>> Aidann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> =========================
>>> 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
>>>
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