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Interesting list

Source: R/interesting_list.R
interesting_list.Rd

Returns a Flickr generated list of photographs deemed interesting. For information on how this list is calculated see: http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/online-sharing-social-networking/what-is-flickr-interestingness.html#b

Usage

interesting_list(date = "2019-01-01")

Arguments

date

Character, required. Interestingness list for the date provided. The date should be in the form of "YYYY-MM-DD".

Value

data.frame. Output consists of 57 variables including; latitude and longitude of photograph, date and time it was taken, associated tags and image urls.

Full list of variables returned:

  • id: photograph's unique id number

  • owner: the unique id of the Flickr user

  • secret: photograph unique secret number

  • server: Flickr server data

  • farm: Flickr server data

  • title: photograph title

  • ispublic: whether photograph is public; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • isfriend whether user is friend; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • isfamily whether user is family; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • license: use licence of the image see https://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo.html for details

  • datetaken: date and time of image capture

  • datetakengranularity: accuracy of image date see https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.dates.html for more information on dates

  • datetakenunknown: whether date is unknown see https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.dates.html for more information on dates

  • count_views: number of view the photograph has had,

  • count_comments: number of comments on the photograph

  • count_faves: number of times the photograph has been favourited

  • tags: user defined tags on the photograph

  • latitude: latitude of where the image was taken

  • longitude: longitude of where the image was taken

  • accuracy: accuracy of spatial reference see https://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.search.html for more information

  • context: a numeric value representing the photo's geotagginess beyond latitude and longitude https://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.photos.search.html for more information

  • place_id: unique numeric number representing the location of the photograph

  • woeid: unique numeric number representing the location of the photograph

  • geo_is_family: whether only friends can see geo; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • geo_is_friend: whether only family can see geo; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • geo_is_contact: whether only contact can see geo; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • geo_is_public whether geo is public; 1 = yes, 0 = no

  • url_sq: URL for square image

  • height_sq: height for square image

  • width_sq: width for square image

  • url_t: URL for square image thumbnail image 100 on longest side

  • height_t: height for thumbnail image 100 on longest side,

  • width_t: width for thumbnail image 100 on longest side

  • url_s: URL for small square image 75x75

  • height_s: height for small square image 75x75

  • width_s: width for small square image 75x75

  • url_q: URL for large square image 150x150

  • height_q: height for large square image 150x150

  • width_q: width for large square image 150x150

  • url_m: URL for small image 240 on longest side

  • height_m: height for small image 240 on longest side

  • width_m: width for small image 240 on longest side

  • url_n: URL for small image 320 on longest side

  • height_n: height for small image 320 on longest side

  • width_n: width for small image 320 on longest side

  • url_z: URL for medium image 640 on longest side

  • height_z: height for medium image 640 on longest side

  • width_z: width for medium image 640 on longest side

  • url_c: URL for medium image 800 on longest side

  • height_c: height for medium image 800 on longest side

  • width_c: width for medium image 800 on longest side

  • url_l: URL for large image 1024 on longest side

  • height_l: height for large image 1024 on longest side

  • width_l: width for large image 1024 on longest side

  • url_o: URL for original image, either a jpg, gif or png, depending on source format

  • height_o: height for original image, either a jpg, gif or png, depending on source format

  • width_o: width for original image, either a jpg, gif or png, depending on source format

Details

When running the function you need an API key saved as photosearcher_key.sysdata in your working directory. If this is the first function you run you will be prompted to create and enter your API key. The API key will then be saved as photosearcher_key.sysdata in your working directory and is used for all function.

See also

Other Search for images: photo_search()

Examples

if (FALSE) {

interesting_list(date = "2019-01-01")

interesting_list(date = "2017-05-05")

interesting_list(date = "2011-11-25")

}