yes, that was me. I used python and the flickr api to do this. there is an unofficial release at http://www.parasitaere-kapazitaeten.net/Pd/pd_flickr. (I will have to look into it again and have to clean up the code and give better documentation. I use python to talk to flickr, search for tags and then download the images to a local folder, and parse the local address to pd, so that pd can open the image. there is no way to do all that with native pd objects yet. youtube videos are more tricky, because you would have to convert them from flash to some readable file format. feel free to download and test, (I am not sure, if it still works, but you will get the concept) and I did not include my flickr-api key, (so you have to get one). I will look into it again and can help you with questions... marius.
Joseph Barrows wrote:
hi, i thought i had seen (few months ago) mention of someone using Pd to display images from Flickr, but can not find any mention of it anywhere now
is anyone doing this and if so, how? i'd also like to access youtube videos, but images will do for now.
oh, i also need mysql and email access within puredata/gem; i can't find a good database of externals/patches
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