The process of moving a collection from MDL Reflections to Flickr has a few steps. This is the outline of these steps.

Get Authorized

Using the Flickr API requires that you allow the MDL+Flickr scripts to have access to your Flickr account. In other words, you must first authorize them to use your account.

First, log into Flickr with your account.

Then, click on this link to authorize your account. Once a click on that link takes you directly to http://views.mndigital.org you are authorized.

Create a Configuration

The configuration for each MDL+Flickr workflow lives in the "flickr-config.php" file (currently on "tempest" at "/home/eric/www/mdlf"). You have to have server access to edit this file. The most important element in this configuration is the "token" which should be set based on the Flickr account you want to use for the workflow.

To get this token, invoke the getToken.php script here. Copy this token into the configuration file.

Create the Flickr Set

The configuration specified a "set" to use on Flickr. Make sure this set exists. You may have to put up a temporary image in order to create the set. You can always delete that photo later.

Transfer the images

You should now be ready to transfer the images. Try the batch workflow.