// FLICKR AUTHENTICATION HELPER FUNCTIONS
// Attempts to authneticate with a given token
public void authenticateWithToken(String _token) {
AuthInterface authInterface = flickr.getAuthInterface();
// make sure the token is legit
try {
authInterface.checkToken(_token);
} catch (Exception e) {
println("Token is bad, getting a new one");
getAuthentication();
return;
}
auth = new Auth();
RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getRequestContext();
requestContext.setSharedSecret(secretKey);
requestContext.setAuth(auth);
auth.setToken(_token);
auth.setPermission(Permission.WRITE);
flickr.setAuth(auth);
println("Authentication success");
}
// Goes online to get user authentication from Flickr.
public void getAuthentication() {
AuthInterface authInterface = flickr.getAuthInterface();
try {
frob = authInterface.getFrob();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try {
URL authURL = authInterface.buildAuthenticationUrl(Permission.WRITE, frob);
// open the authentication URL in a browser
open(authURL.toExternalForm());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
println("You have 15 seconds to approve the app!");
int startedWaiting = millis();
int waitDuration = 15 * 1000; // wait 10 seconds
while ((millis() - startedWaiting) < waitDuration) {
// just wait
}
println("Done waiting");
try {
auth = authInterface.getToken(frob);
println("Authentication success");
// This token can be used until the user revokes it.
token = auth.getToken();
// save it for future use
saveToken(token);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// complete authentication
authenticateWithToken(token);
}