# Flickr Screencast not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 22, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201 "2006-10-22T20:22:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201/1 "2006-10-22T20:22:27Z")

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ok I am sure we’ve all tried to get the flickr screencast from the main  
ruby on rails site working. I followed along and tried to get it up  
and got nothing…

When i hit search i get an error message saying “Invalid API Key (Key  
has expired)”. I’ve searched all over the internet trying to look for  
the answer to this problem with no luck. Any help you can offer would  
be appreciated…

Keith

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**Author:** ![keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201/2 "2006-10-22T20:30:41Z")

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On 10/22/06, Keith [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> ok I am sure we’ve all tried to get the flickr screencast from the main  
> ruby on rails site working. I followed along and tried to get it up  
> and got nothing…
> 
> When i hit search i get an error message saying “Invalid API Key (Key  
> has expired)”. I’ve searched all over the internet trying to look for  
> the answer to this problem with no luck. Any help you can offer would  
> be appreciated…

the crappy flickr gem needs some love.

–  
Rick O.  
[http://weblog.techno-weenie.net](http://weblog.techno-weenie.net)  
[http://mephistoblog.com](http://mephistoblog.com)

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**Author:** ![keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201/3 "2006-10-22T21:50:58Z")

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Soo what do i do? whats a better way?

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**Author:** ![keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201/4 "2006-10-23T17:49:35Z")

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the flickr gem is fine. you need to get your own API key to replace  
the expired one which is hardcoded into the flickr.rb file. They don’t  
call it “simple” for nothing.

[http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys/apply/](http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys/apply/)

The flickr.rb file should be located in the following or similar folder

lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/flickr-1.0.0/

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**Author:** ![keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@keith](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keith)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/flickr-screencast-not-working/73201/5 "2006-10-25T19:32:21Z")

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Brian G. wrote:

> the flickr gem is fine. you need to get your own API key to replace  
> the expired one which is hardcoded into the flickr.rb file. They don’t  
> call it “simple” for nothing.
> 
> [Flickr Login](http://www.flickr.com/services/api/keys/apply/)
> 
> The flickr.rb file should be located in the following or similar folder
> 
> lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/flickr-1.0.0/

I change my API key in that file and now works perfectly

thanks