How can I call an API (for example Flickr API) in Ruby on Rails? Newbie question

Question

Im building my first app in rails and I would like to call Flickr\'s API

I know I can use flickr-fu, rflickr or other gem but I want to do it myself from scratch to lear

Answer 1

include 'rubygems'
include 'httparty'

class Flickr
  include HTTParty

  base_uri 'api.flickr.com'

  def self.getPhotos(uid)
    return get('/services/rest/', :query => {
      :method => 'flickr.people.getPublicPhotos',
      :api_key => 'api key goes here',
      :user_id => uid})
  end
end

and then call

Flickr.getPhotos('12345678')