title: $:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial/docs/flickr-macros
caption: Flickr macros
tags: $:/tags/GeospatialDocs

!! Flickr Macros

!!! Photo Tiddlers

The macros that retrieve photos from Flickr create a separate tiddler for each retrieved photo. The field values of these photo tiddlers are specified through a photo tiddler template that specifies a filter expression for each field that is to be included.

A [[default photo tiddler template|$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial/macros/Flickr/DefaultPhotoTemplate]] is used if one is not specified. The default template makes the following assignments:

|!Field |!Description |
|title |Set to "Flickr Photo " appended with Flickr's ID for the photograph |
|tags |`$:/tags/GeoMarker` and `$:/tags/FlickrPhoto` |
|caption |The title of the photograph |
|lat |The latitude of the image (blank for non-geocoded photographs) |
|long |The longitude of the image (blank for non-geocoded photographs) |
|alt |0 |
|photo-url |The URL of the "large" image size of the photograph (longest side will be a maximum of 1024px) |
|icon-url |The URL of the "small thumbnail" image size of the photograph (cropped to a square of maximum size 75px)  |

The photo tiddler template can reference the following variables. See [[Flickr's documentation|https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.urls.html]] to learn how these values can be combined to construct URLs to access photographs.

|!Variable |!Description |
|photoData |Raw JSON data returned from Flickr API |
|photoFarm |Flickr photo farm associated with the photograph |
|photoServer | Flickr server associated with the photograph |
|photoID |Flickr photo ID for the photograph |
|photoSecret |The URL secret associated with the photograph |

!!! `flickr-get-photos-of-user-items` macro

Retrieves photographs of a particular user, identified by their user ID.

|!Parameter |!Description |
|userID |ID of the user of whom to retrieve photos (eg 35468148136@N01) |
|photoTiddlerTemplate |Optional title of tiddler specifying field values for the created photo tiddlers |

For example:

<$testcase>
<$data $tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial"/>
<$data title="Description" text="Get photographs of user"/>
<$data title="Output" text="""<$button>
<$macrocall $name="flickr-get-photos-of-user-items" userID="35468148136@N01"/>
Click to get photos of user
</$button>

<$geomap
	state=<<qualify "$:/state/demo-map">>
	markers="[all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/FlickrPhoto]]"
/>
"""/>
</$testcase>

!!! `flickr-get-group-items` macro

Retrieves photographs from a group, identified by the group ID.

|!Parameter |!Description |
|groupID |ID of the group from which to retrieve photos (eg 22075379@N00) |
|photoTiddlerTemplate |Optional title of tiddler specifying field values for the created photo tiddlers |

For example:

<$testcase>
<$data $tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial"/>
<$data title="Description" text="Get photographs from group"/>
<$data title="Output" text="""<$button>
<$macrocall $name="flickr-get-group-items" groupID="22075379@N00"/>
Click to get photos from group
</$button>

<$geomap
	state=<<qualify "$:/state/demo-map">>
	markers="[all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/FlickrPhoto]]"
/>
"""/>
</$testcase>

!!! `flickr-get-album-items` macro

Retrieves photographs from an album, identified by the album ID.

|!Parameter |!Description |
|albumID |ID of the album from which to retrieve photos (eg 72157630297432522) |
|photoTiddlerTemplate |Optional title of tiddler specifying field values for the created photo tiddlers |

For example:

<$testcase>
<$data $tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial"/>
<$data title="Description" text="Get photographs from album"/>
<$data title="Output" text="""<$button>
<$macrocall $name="flickr-get-album-items" albumID="72157630297432522"/>
Click to get photos from album
</$button>

<$geomap
	state=<<qualify "$:/state/demo-map">>
	markers="[all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/FlickrPhoto]]"
/>
"""/>
</$testcase>

!!! `flickr-get-interesting-items` macro

Retrieves Flickr's current list of the 500 most "interesting" photographs. 

|!Parameter |!Description |
|photoTiddlerTemplate |Optional title of tiddler specifying field values for the created photo tiddlers |

For example:

<$testcase>
<$data $tiddler="$:/plugins/tiddlywiki/geospatial"/>
<$data title="Description" text="Get interesting photographs"/>
<$data title="Output" text="""<$button>
<$macrocall $name="flickr-get-interesting-items"/>
Click to get interesting photos
</$button>

<$geomap
	state=<<qualify "$:/state/demo-map">>
	markers="[all[tiddlers+shadows]tag[$:/tags/FlickrPhoto]]"
/>
"""/>
</$testcase>