It has been a while since I messed with my Flickr Google module. This is mostly because I went down a wrong path exploring the NSXL API as a way to inline the module. I have sine found a script that is better suited to my needs (pulling specific data from the XML for later [...]

Some time ago Terra, my fiance, and I put our name on the waiting list for a plot in the Lower Lonsdale Community Gardens. Yesterday we received a call to inform us that we had been selected for a plot in the garden. We are really excited! We will have a place to compost our [...]

Yellow Staghorn Fungus (Calocera viscosa)

Originally uploaded by Brettf.
Found this one in the Lynn Canyon Park in North Vancouver. Botany Photo of the Day for January 05, 2006.

I have taken the time to process some of my RAWs and upload them to my Flickr account. I have also taken the plunge and upgraded to a Flickr Pro account. Now I am just waiting for it to authorize and I will do a massive Flickr update.

This example will discuss how to use the NXSL API within a google module.
The following code imports the NXSL API, uses _IG_FetchContent() to make a REST request of a Flickr service and processes the returned XML document.

<script src=”http://www.google.com/js/nxsl.1.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
  _IG_FetchContent(’http://www.flickr.com/services/rest/
?api_key=YourKey&method=flickr.people.findByUsername
&username=brettf’, function (responseText){
    var nxsl = xmlParse(responseText)
    var user_id = xmlParse(’<div select=”//user” content=”@id”></div>’);
    nxslProcess(nxsl, user_id);
    alert(xmlText(user_id));
   };
  );
</script>

And the returned Flickr document

<rsp [...]