Zooomr API & Flickr Backwards Compatibility

The Zooomr API speaks a large portion of the Flickr API and thus, is very much backwards-compatible with libraries and code that was built for Flickr.

We want to thank the Flickr Team for making such a cool API that has become most universal way to share information regarding photos and hope to build upon their work through the Zooomr API.

Porting from Flickr to Zooomr

Porting is relatively simple. Zooomr's system supports both zooomr.* and flickr.* method namespaces.

Some Differences

Not a complete list by any means, but here are some things to look-out for when porting from Flickr to Zooomr.

Media Storage Network

Flickr's storage system requires that you specify a Farm and Server ID to retrieve media from their storage network. Zooomr doesn't.

Flickr:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/253/461524967_f3551dfeb0.jpg

Zooomr:
http://static.zooomr.com/images/5217432_7838e9f814.jpg

Storage Limits

Flickr limits non-pro users at 200 photos and a number of megabytes a month in upload. Zooomr Doesn't -- do not worry about displaying any information about bytes remaining, etc.