Snippet to demonstrate the usage of flickraw to get recent activity on a photostream. Assumes that the user is authenticated.

flickraw_usage_snippet.rb

recent_activity = flickr.activity.userPhotos(:timeframe => timeframe)

 recent_activity.each do |x|
      message = ''      
      x.activity.event.each do |z|
        case
        when z.type == "comment" then
        begin
            unless @displayed_comments.include? z.commentid
              @displayed_comments.push z.commentid
              message << "Comment: " << z._content << "\n"
            end
        end
        when z.type == "fave" then
          message << "Added as a favorite\n"
        end
        unless (message == '')
          message << "User: " << z.username << "\n"
          time_added = Time.at(z.dateadded.to_i)
          message << time_added.to_s << "\n"
        end
  end