A project that uses the Flickr image search API and shows the results in a 3-column scrollable collection view
FlickrImagesDemo
FlickrImagesDemo is a project that uses the Flickr image search API and shows the results in a 3-column scrollable collection view.
Description:
- Enter queries such as “kittens” in search bar to search images from Flickr.
- Use infinite scrolling to automatically requesting and displaying more images when the user scrolls to the bottom of the view.
- Use Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) Architecture.
- Use Image caching for the photos displayed in the app to save network and time.
- Use Storyboard Auto-layout.
About Flickr API
To search images, API endpoint used is:
Replace {yourSearchQuery} with search keyword.
Generate your api_key here
More documentation about the search endpoint can be found [here](https:// www.flickr.com/services/api/explore/flickr.photos.search)
It returns a JSON object with a list of Flickr photo models. Each Flickr photo model is defined as below:
{
"id": "23451156376",
"owner": "28017113@N08",
"secret": "8983a8ebc7",
"server": "578",
"farm": 1,
"title": "Merry Christmas!",
"ispublic": 1,
"isfriend": 0,
"isfamily": 0
}
To load the photo, you can build the full URL following this pattern:
http://farm{farm}.static.flickr.com/{server}/{id}_{secret}.jpg
Thus, using our Flickr photo model example above, the full URL would be:
https://farm1.static.flickr.com/578/23451156376_8983a8ebc7.jpg
