The AOL Pictures ATOM Feed

With the explostion of Web 2.0 and Mashups, Feeds are forming the data glue that help build the mashups and enable social networking via the Web. AOL Pictures has incorporated this functionality for individuals and partners, to integrate with it. The goal is to be able to consume Feeds exposed by AOL Pictures and use it in interesting ways outside of the Pictures product. Pictures in public galleries can be subscribed to and URL's can be used by Feed readers to display the pictures.

The Pictures Atom Feed returns XML and is available for the following 3 categories

• Galleries
• Tags
• Comments

URL Feeds and Examples

•  Gallery Feed
•  http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/~[screenname]/atom.xml

                     Example - http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/afeedtest/atom.xml

• Tag Feed - There are two types of Tag Feeds

  • Screen name tag Feed

    • http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/[screenname]/tags/[tag name]/atom.xml

      Example - http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/afeedtest/tags/crusin/atom.xml

  • Global Tag Feed

    • http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/tags/[tag name]/atom.xml

      Example - http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/tags/snow/atom.xml

• Comment Feed - There are two types of Comment Feeds

  • Comment Feed for a Picture

    • http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/[screenname]/[picture id]/comments/atom.xml

      Example - http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/afeedtest/
      1010afkxE-6w6KWOUk7fNh6Lcu0C3FUl4p1yv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D/comments/atom.xml

  • Comment Feed for a Scree name

    • http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/[screenname]/comments/atom.xml

      Example - http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/afeedtest/comments/atom.xml

Note - Use the actual screen name in place of screenname, actual tag in place of the tag name and actual picture id in place of picture id in the URLs above

Sample Comment Feed XML

Returns an Atom 1.0 format response.
<pre>
   <entry>
     <title type="text">Picture Caption</title>
     <id>tag:pictures.aol.com,2006:/galleries/screenname/c1c02HLNsD07aDFNleoYZ1gjZkfXrdGAfwYB</id>
     <published>2006-08-18T15:59:56Z</published>
     <updated>2006-08-18T15:59:56Z</updated>
     <link rel="alternate"
           type="text/html"
           href="~http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/screenname/c1c02HLNsD07aDFNleoYZ1gjZkfXrdGAfwYB">
     <content type="html">
       <p class="contentPrefix">
         A new picture has been added to
         <a href="~http://shovel.jgc.aol.com/galleries/gkozy0122">
           screenname's AOL Pictures Public Gallery
         </a>
       </p>
       <a href="~http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/screenname/c1c02HLNsD07aDFNleoYZ1gjZkfXrdGAfwYB"
          class="contentLink">
          <img width="160"
               height="120"
               src="imageurl.jpg"
               alt="Picture Caption"
               title="Picture Caption"
              class="contentImg"/>
       </a>
     </content>
  </entry>
</pre>