methods->method as $method) { //print "${method}\n"; $method_list[] = (string) $method; } return $method_list; } # get info about a given method($api_key, $method_name) function getMethodInfo($api_key,$method_name) { $url = "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.reflection.getMethodInfo&api_key={$api_key}&method_name={$method_name}"; $xml = flickrCall($url, 3); return $xml; } # store the data function store_api_data($fname, $methods, $methods_info) { $to_store['methods'] = $methods; $to_store['methods_info'] = $methods_info; $to_store_str = serialize($to_store); $fh = fopen($fname,'wb') OR die ("can't open $fname!"); $numbytes = fwrite($fh, $to_store_str); fclose($fh); } # restore the data function restore_api_data($fname) { $fh = fopen($fname,'rb') OR die ("can't open $fname!"); $contents = fread($fh, filesize($fname)); fclose($fh); return unserialize($contents); } #----------------------------------------------------------- function download_Flickr_API ($api_key, $fname) { $methods = getMethods($api_key); // now loop to grab info for each method $limit = 1000; $count = 0; foreach ($methods as $method) { $count += 1; if ($count > $limit) { break; } //print "${method}\n"; $xml = getMethodInfo($api_key,$method); // print_r($xml); $method_array["needslogin"] = (integer) $xml->method["needslogin"]; $method_array["needssigning"] = (integer) $xml->method["needssigning"]; $method_array["requiredperms"] = (integer) $xml->method["requiredperms"]; $method_array["description"] = (string) $xml->method->description; $method_array["response"] = (string) $xml->method->response; // loop through the arguments $args = array(); foreach ($xml->arguments->argument as $argument) { $arg["name"] = (string) $argument["name"]; $arg["optional"] = (integer) $argument["optional"]; $arg["text"] = (string) $argument; $args[] = $arg; } $method_array["arguments"] = $args; // loop through errors $errors = array(); foreach ($xml->errors->error as $error) { $err["code"] = (string) $error["code"]; $err["message"] = (integer) $error["message"]; $err["text"] = (string) $error; $errors[] = $err; } $method_array["errors"] = $errors; $methods_info[$method] = $method_array; } // var_dump($methods_info); store_api_data($fname, $methods, $methods_info); } // download_Flickr_API #----------------------------------------------------------- $fname = 'flickr.methods.info.txt';; // download_Flickr_API($api_key, $fname); $m = restore_api_data($fname); $methods = $m["methods"]; $methods_info = $m["methods_info"]; // print_r($methods_info); ?> $method) { $description = $method["description"]; # calc mandatory and optional arguments $m_args = ""; $o_args = ""; foreach ($method["arguments"] as $arg){ //print "arg: {$arg['name']}\n"; //print_r ($arg); // don't list api_key since it is mandatory for all calls if ($arg['name'] != 'api_key') { if ($arg["optional"] == '1') { $o_args .= " {$arg['name']}"; } else { $m_args .= " {$arg['name']}"; } } //if } print << EOT; } ?>

method name	description	needs login	needs signing	permissions	args (mandatory)	args (optional)
{$name}	{$description}	{$method["needslogin"]}	{$method["needssigning"]}	{$method["requiredperms"]}	{$m_args}	{$o_args}