flickr does not generate the "large" version in all cases. it depends on
the pixel-size of the original.

i don't know what the exact size threshold is, but if the original dimension
is smaller than a certain size (which is larger than "large" = 1024px),
flickr won't generate the "large" version.

maybe the threshold is 1500px?

-t

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cristian Vitalariu" <cristian.vitalariu@...>
To: <yws-flickr@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 23:46
Subject: Re: [yws-flickr] Retrieving original image url from
photosets.getPhotos()


Hi,
Thank you both for your help. You were right:
- the original image has an "originalsecret" property which is
different from the "secret" property
- you can get the original secret either by calling photos.getInfo or
(in my case) photosets.getPhotos with an extra parameter of "url_o"
- as3flickrlib is a library for actionscript. I'm not sure if these
are bugs but they handle farms incorectly and I cannot send the
"extras" request in photosets.getPhotos (this is actually the source
of all of my problems...)

Regarding the original/large photos, it seems I really don't have a
"large" version:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cristianvitalariu/3947180459/sizes/o/
Why is that?

Thank you again,

On Nov 5, 2009, at 3:12 PM, cristian_vitalariu wrote:

> Hi,
> I've been working on a Flex (Flex3, Cairngorm and as3flickrlib)
> project that acts as an image gallery using your flickr sets and
> photos.
> I am able to retrieve sets and photos in sets, organize them the way
> that I want and display them.
> The url structure I'm using right now is:
> url = "http://static.flickr.com/" + tempPhoto.server + "/" +
> tempPhoto.id + "_" + tempPhoto.secret + ".jpg";
> (tempPhoto is a as3flickrlib Photo object)
>
> The problem is that I cannot seem to be able to retrieve the
> original image url.
> I've tried adding "_o.jpg" at the end of the url (that gives me an
> "image not available" white image)
> My images are public and the original images are actually there (i
> can see them inside a browser).
>
> Do I need to authenticate and get a token before I can access those
> urls?
> If so, I was able to get the frob, login and get the token, but I'm
> not really sure what to do with it next.
> How is the photosets.getPhotos() response going to change?
>
> I HAVE searched the lists and google and couldn't come up with an
> answer.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>