Flickr for Web Developers

This page describes how website owners or bloggers can reuse photos posted to groups in our Flickr project.

Introduction

Any website owner can easily make Flickr photos appear on his or her website. For example, maybe you manage a student organization website or you write your own blog. By following step-by-step instructions, you can easily generate HTML code which, when inserted into your web pages, inserts Flickr photos onto your web page.

Why pull Flickr photos into your site?

Since Flickr provides a way to programmatically extract photos from flickr.com, you insert code once, and then visitors to your site will always see the latest photos that have been uploaded to the group's photostream. Members of your organization can upload photos at any hour of the day, submit them to your group, and then instantly see them appear on your website -- no additional work on the webmaster's part is necessary. Flickr is currently the only photo-sharing website which makes this possible.

Code Examples

1. Flickr Slideshow in Flash
2. Flickr Badge in Flash
3. Flickr Badge in HTML

More Options

• SlideFlickr
• flickrshow
• Christian Heilmann's FJB
• Rudin Swagerman's BananAlbum
• Still more, including APIs: Flickr Services

Questions?

• Browse the Flickr FAQ.
• Search Flickr Help.
• Post a new topic in the FlickrHelp forum.
• See Flickr (Wikipedia).
• Ask Web Developer Eric Davila at davilae@pharmacy.ucsf.edu or 415/476-3845.

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