OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
title: Flickr Activity Groups Discuss API
description: 'The Flickr API exposes the photo, group, people, place, tag, gallery, and
photoset capabilities that power flickr.com. Almost all flickr.com
functionality is reachable through a single REST-like endpoint
`https://api.flickr.com/services/rest` using a `method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}`
query parameter and `format=json&nojsoncallback=1` for JSON output.
This OpenAPI specification models a curated set of the most widely used
methods across the Flickr API''s 250+ method namespaces (activity, auth,
blogs, cameras, collections, commons, contacts, favorites, galleries,
groups, groupsDiscuss, interestingness, machinetags, panda, people, photos,
photos.geo, photos.licenses, photos.notes, photos.transform, photos.upload,
photosets, places, prefs, profile, push, reflection, stats, tags, test, urls).
Authentication is API key + OAuth 1.0a (HMAC-SHA1). Commercial use of the
API requires prior permission from Flickr.
'
version: 1.0.0
termsOfService: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
contact:
name: Flickr API Support
url: https://www.flickr.com/help/api/
license:
name: Flickr API Terms of Use
url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
x-generated-from: documentation
x-last-validated: '2026-05-30'
servers:
- url: https://api.flickr.com/services
description: Flickr REST API
- url: https://up.flickr.com/services
description: Flickr Upload endpoint
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
- OAuth1:
- read
- write
- delete
tags:
- name: Groups Discuss
description: Group discussion topics and replies
paths:
/rest/flickr.groups.discuss.topics.getList:
get:
operationId: groupsDiscussTopicsGetList
summary: List Group Discussion Topics
description: Returns discussion topics for a group.
tags:
- Groups Discuss
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
- name: group_id
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: 12345678@N00
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
responses:
'200':
description: Topics
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TopicList'
examples:
GroupsDiscussTopicsGetList200Example:
summary: Default groupsDiscussTopicsGetList 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
page: 1
pages: 12
total: 1183
topic:
- id: '52345678901'
subject: Tips for sunset photography
author: 12345678@N00
author_name: shutterbug
datecreate: '1715000000'
count_replies: 7
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/rest/flickr.groups.discuss.replies.getList:
get:
operationId: groupsDiscussRepliesGetList
summary: List Replies For A Discussion Topic
description: Returns the replies for a discussion topic.
tags:
- Groups Discuss
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
- name: topic_id
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: '72157712345'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
responses:
'200':
description: Replies
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TopicReplyList'
examples:
GroupsDiscussRepliesGetList200Example:
summary: Default groupsDiscussRepliesGetList 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
page: 1
pages: 12
total: 1183
reply:
- id: '52345678901'
author: 12345678@N00
message:
_content: '100'
datecreate: '1715000000'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
parameters:
PerPage:
name: per_page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 100
maximum: 500
example: 100
Page:
name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
example: 1
ApiKey:
name: api_key
in: query
required: true
description: Application API key.
schema:
type: string
example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
schemas:
TopicReply:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
example: '52345678901'
author:
type: string
example: 12345678@N00
message:
type: object
properties:
_content:
type: string
example: '100'
datecreate:
type: string
example: '1715000000'
TopicReplyList:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: integer
example: 1
pages:
type: integer
example: 12
total:
type: integer
example: 1183
reply:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TopicReply'
TopicList:
type: object
properties:
page:
type: integer
example: 1
pages:
type: integer
example: 12
total:
type: integer
example: 1183
topic:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Topic'
Topic:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
example: '52345678901'
subject:
type: string
example: Tips for sunset photography
author:
type: string
example: 12345678@N00
author_name:
type: string
example: shutterbug
datecreate:
type: string
example: '1715000000'
count_replies:
type: integer
example: 7
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: api_key
description: Application API key for non-authenticated and read-only public requests.
OAuth1:
type: oauth2
description: 'Flickr uses OAuth 1.0a (HMAC-SHA1). The OpenAPI 3 schema cannot model
OAuth 1.0a directly, so this entry approximates the flow. Token URLs:
- Request token: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/request_token
- Authorize: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/authorize
- Access token: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/access_token
'
flows:
authorizationCode:
authorizationUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/authorize
tokenUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/access_token
scopes:
read: Read access to private content owned by the user
write: Modify content owned by the user
delete: Delete content owned by the user