function call($method, $args = array())
{
$args = array_merge(array('method' => $method, 'api_key' => $this->key), $args);
ksort($args);
$args = array_merge($args, array('api_sig' => $this->sign($args)));
ksort($args);
$call = new RemoteRequest($this->endpoint, 'POST');
$args['api_key'] = $this->key;
if ($method == 'upload') {
$call = new RemoteRequest($this->uploadendpoint, 'POST');
if (is_file($args['photo'])) {
// we have a valid file and filename
$call->set_file('photo', $args['photo']);
unset($args['photo']);
}
}
$call->set_timeout($this->conntimeout);
$call->set_postdata($args);
try {
$result = $call->execute();
} catch (RemoteRequest_Timeout $t) {
Session::error('Currently unable to connect to Flickr.', 'flickr API');
return false;
} catch (Exception $e) {
// at the moment we're using the same error message, though this is more catastrophic
Session::error('Currently unable to connect to Flickr.', 'flickr API');
return false;
}
$response = $call->get_response_body();
try {
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($response);
return $xml;
} catch (Exception $e) {
Session::error('Unable to process Flickr response.', 'flickr API');
return false;
}
}