New Flickr API Output Format: LOL

Looks like there is a new Flickr API output format: LOL. Not my work, no idea who built this, but I really like it.

Here’s an example of returned data (?tags=cats&format=lol):

HAI
IM IN UR BUCKETS MAKING UP FORMATS
GIMME PHOTOS FROM EVERYONE TAGGED CATS WITH GEODATA
I CAN HAS PHOTO IMG_2326
ITZ AT http://www.flickr.com/photos/blush_response/1377293729/
INVISIBLE METADATA
LOL
KTHX.
I CAN HAS PHOTO IMG_2329
ITZ AT http://www.flickr.com/photos/blush_response/1378198718/
INVISIBLE METADATA
LOL
KTHX.
I IS BORED
KTHXBYE.

Grab the data as usual, the format attribute is lol, apparently.

So… If you always thought about teaching your cat how to parse Flickr data, now might be the right time to jump in. Progress!

∞ posted 2 years ago in API Code en Flickr Humor Internet lolcats Pictures Yahoo!

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The personal blog of Carlo Zottmann, a freelance software developer from Munich, Germany.

He builds "applications" or "sites" for them so-called "internets". Currently notable projects are TwerpScan and Ephemera, a Mac tool for Instapaper enthusiasts with ebook readers.

His hobbies include taming dolphins, riding lemurs and collecting spores, molds and fungus — the food of the future.