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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) AJAX and APIs What Is an API?

Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points
Posted by Nicholas Wallen
Nicholas Wallen
12,278 Points

Was Flickr a thing in 2014, or does Treehouse just have some sort of partnership with them?

It's mentioned quite a few times over several of the courses I have taken here. Just curious.

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

My guess is that it is just an available service that provides free API endpoints with pictures that makes for a pretty good teaching example.

Also, it might of been a fairly popular cloud based pic store back in the day (not sure because I didn't use it).

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

I was never a user either, but what I heard of it made it seem popular. Is it not still popular, and is there a similar newer service that is popular today?

2 Answers

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

I've been a paid member of Flickr for years - it's a photo website, essentially. Why not just take a look?

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

You don't need any special partnership with them to use their API.