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Java Source Code

package com.timvdalen.gizmooi;
/*w  w w  .j  ava 2  s  .c o  m*/
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;

import android.util.Xml;

/**
 * Handles interaction with the Flickr API
 */
public class FlickrAPIHandler{
  // * The API key to use
  private static final String API_KEY = "";

  // * The parameters to send to Flickr
  private static final Map<String, String> values;
  static{
    values = new HashMap<String, String>();
    values.put("group_id", "78249294@N00");
    values.put("license", "1,2,3,4,5,6");
    values.put("safe_search", "1");
    values.put("content_type", "1");
    values.put("media", "photo");
    values.put("per_page", "1");
    values.put("extras", "owner_name,url_o,license");
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the API endpoint
   * @return The API endpoint that is to be used
   */
  private static String getEndpoint(){
    // Construct API endpoint
    String endpoint = "http://ycpi.api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.search";

    for(Map.Entry<String, String> entry : FlickrAPIHandler.values
        .entrySet()){
      endpoint += "&" + entry.getKey() + "=" + entry.getValue();
    }
    endpoint += "&api_key=" + FlickrAPIHandler.API_KEY;

    return endpoint;
  }

  /**
   * Gets a Photo from Flickr
   * 
   * @return The newest Photo available, null if none is available
   * @throws IOException
   *             If the connection fails
   * @throws XmlPullParserException
   *             If the XML is not parsable
   */
  public static Photo getPhoto() throws IOException, XmlPullParserException{
    // Download XML
    URL url = new URL(FlickrAPIHandler.getEndpoint());
    HttpURLConnection urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
    InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(urlConnection.getInputStream());

    // Parse XML
    XmlPullParser parser = Xml.newPullParser();
    parser.setInput(in, null);

    int eventType = parser.getEventType();
    while(eventType != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT){
      if(eventType == XmlPullParser.START_TAG){
        if(parser.getName().equals("photo")){
          return new Photo(parser);
        }
      }
      eventType = parser.next();
    }

    return null;
  }
}

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