I wrote a script to help you get the API key. THIS CODE REQUIRES THAT THE API KEY BE OF THE "Desktop" VARIETY...not the web variety as is suggested above. If you want to do it the manual way, leave the key as a web app key.
Here it is:
#!/usr/bin/perl
# Written by Matt MacKenzie, matt AT mattmackenzie DOT com.
use Flickr::API;
use Flickr::API::Response;
# CONFIG: FILL THESE IN
my $key = '';
my $secret = '';
# END STUFF YOU NEED TO MESS WITH.
my $api = new Flickr::API({'key' => $key,
'secret' => $secret});
my $response = $api->execute_method('flickr.auth.getFrob');
my $frob = $response->{tree}->{children}->[1]->{children}->[0]->{content};
Update...
I wrote a script to help you get the API key. THIS CODE REQUIRES THAT THE API KEY BE OF THE "Desktop" VARIETY...not the web variety as is suggested above. If you want to do it the manual way, leave the key as a web app key.
Here it is:
# Written by Matt MacKenzie, matt AT mattmackenzie DOT com.
use Flickr::API;
use Flickr::API::Response;
# CONFIG: FILL THESE IN
my $key = '';
my $secret = '';
# END STUFF YOU NEED TO MESS WITH.
my $api = new Flickr::API({'key' => $key,
'secret' => $secret});
my $response = $api->execute_method('flickr.auth.getFrob');
my $frob = $response->{tree}->{children}->[1]->{children}->[0]->{content};
$auth_url = $api->request_auth_url('read', $frob);
print "Please visit: " . $auth_url . " and then press.\n";
my $enter = <>;
$response = $api->execute_method('flickr.auth.getToken', {'frob' => $frob});
my $auth_key = $response->{tree}->{children}->[1]->{children}->[1]->{children}->[0]->{content};
print "Your auth key is: " . $auth_key . "\n";