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+"""
+    module: api
+    
+    This module provide an interface to the REST API through a
+    syntax mimicking the method names described on Flickr site.
+
+    The hierarchy of methods is built once when the module is loaded.
+
+    Author : Alexis Mignon (c)
+    email  : alexis.mignon_at_gmail.com
+    Date   : 08/08/2011
+
+"""
+
+from .method_call import call_api
+from . import auth
+from . import reflection
+
+__methods__ = reflection.__methods__.keys()
+__methods__.sort()
+
+__proxys__ = {}
+
+
+def _get_proxy(name):
+    """
+        return the FlickrMethodProxy object with called 'name' from 
+        the __proxys__ global dictionnary. Creates the objects if needed.
+    """
+    if name in __proxys__ :
+        return __proxys__[name]
+    else :
+        p = FlickrMethodProxy(name)
+        __proxys__[name] = p
+        return p
+
+def _get_children_methods(name):
+    """
+        Get the list of method names having 'name' for prefix
+    """
+    return [ m for m in __methods__ if m.startswith(name + ".") ]
+
+class FlickrMethodProxy(object):
+    """
+        Proxy object to perform seamless direct calls to Flickr
+        API.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        children = _get_children_methods(name)
+        for child in children :
+            child_node = child[(len(self.name) + 1):].split(".")[0]
+            child_prefix = "%s.%s" % (self.name, child_node)
+            self.__dict__[child_node] = _get_proxy(child_prefix)
+        if self.name in __methods__ :
+            self.__doc__ = reflection.make_docstring(self.name)
+
+    def __call__(self, **kwargs):
+        return call_api(auth_handler=auth.AUTH_HANDLER, raw=True,
+                        method=self.name, **kwargs)
+    
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return self.name
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self)
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def set_auth_handler(token):
+        auth.set_auth_handler(token)
+        
+if __methods__ :
+    flickr = _get_proxy("flickr")
+