Haxing Flickr
Jes’ Codex has a bookmarklet that performs a reverse lookup on any isolated Flickr image URI and shoots you off to the Flickr page for that image:
http://jessewolfe.blogspot.com/2008/12/flickr-reverse-lookup-bookmarklet.html.
Just drag the bookmarklet link to your bookmarks toolbar and click it whenever you need to find a the page for a Flickr image (it takes the URL from the address bar).
If you ever find yourself without the bookmarklet, here’s how to do it manually.
For example, given:
http://static.flickr.com/72/184582779_5ba5cf7adf.jpg
- Extract the photo ID. That’s the part of the filename before the underscore. In this case, 184582779.
- Plug the photo ID into the flickr.photos.getinfo call of the Flickr API Explorer at http://www.flickr.com/services/api/explore/?method=flickr.photos.getInfo
- View the results, including the user who owns the picture and the page the picture resides on.
While we’re on the topic of Flickr, the Flickr photo page enhancer script for Greasemonkey Firefox extension is super handy. The script adds direct links to all of an image’s sizes (regardless of copyright or privacy), as well as a “Quick Link” box to quickly copy and paste the HTML for a thumbnail link. It also automatically loads your most used tags whenever you click to add a tag to an image.
:D
