Gem no longer works about flickraw

[hanklords]

Flickraw api key seem to have been banned. You need to apply for an api key with flickr yourself.

http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/

[bananastalktome]

Be sure to create FlickRawOptions prior to the require 'flickraw' statement as described in the readme (I only use "api_key" and "timeout"):

FlickRawOptions = {
"api_key" => "... Your API key ...",
"shared_secret" => "... Your shared secret ...",
"auth_token" => "... Your saved token..." # if you set this you will be automatically loggued
"lazyload" => true, # This delay the loading of the library until the first call

# Proxy support. alternatively, you can use the http_proxy environment variable
"proxy_host" => "proxy_host",
"proxy_port" => "proxy_port",
"proxy_user" => "proxy_user",
"proxy_password" => "proxy_password",

"timeout" => 5,                # Set the request timeout
"auth_token" => "SAVED_TOKEN"  # Set the initial token

}
require 'flickraw'

I found this out the hard way... :)

[BrianTheCoder]

Looks like this can be fixed by setting FlickrawOptions variables before requiring. Not the best design IMHO

[hanklords]

I am considering making lazyload the default option. As an alternative you can use flickraw-cached.
Also I am trying to get back my key from flickr.

[robinbortlik]

I had the same problem, so I read the flickr documentations and see this.
http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.reflection.getMethods.html

The flickr.reflection.getMethods require api_key, but at the method "call" in class Flickr, args are empty. So, you need to pass you api_key to this method.

[andruby]

This is my dirty fix:

begin
  require 'flickraw'
rescue
  FlickRaw.api_key       = 'key'
  FlickRaw.shared_secret = 'secret'
  require 'flickraw'
end

[thebeardbe]

Another very dirty fix for rails3 beta

remove flickraw from your gemfile
and add

begin
  require 'flickraw'
rescue
  FlickRaw.api_key       = 'key'
  FlickRaw.shared_secret = 'secret'
end

to your config/boot.rb

it is a very dirty fix, but that's the only way I found to add your api-key before flickraw is loaded by GemFile

[boncey]

I made a post about this on the Flickr API group.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157623996405390/

Anyway, my quick and dirty fix involved editing the flickraw.rb file and replacing the expired key with the working one from my app. :-)

[hanklords]

I pushed version 0.8.2 which should fix the problem.

[robinbortlik]

Thank's, now it works great.

[fidothe]

I'm still seeing the expired API error with 0.8.2...

[hanklords]

Do you initialize it with your own API key ?

You have 2 ways:

FlickRawOptions = {
  "api_key" => "... Your API key ...",
  "shared_secret" => "... Your shared secret ..."
}
require "filckraw"

or

require 'flickraw'

FlickRaw.api_key       = 'key'
FlickRaw.shared_secret = 'secret'

[harrylove]

@fidothe, do you have it installed as a plugin? If so, update your plugin or switch to the gem version. You also need your own valid API key defined somewhere.

[fidothe]

@hanklords, @harrylove - my bad, I misread and thought that 0.8.2 restored the gem-default API key... panic over...