Flickr

Flickr People API

People (users), their info, public photos, and groups

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Operations 3

GET /rest/flickr.people.getInfo Get Person Info #

GET /rest/flickr.people.getPhotos Get A User's Photos #

GET /rest/flickr.people.findByEmail Find User By Email #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Flickr Activity People 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: People
  description: People (users), their info, public photos, and groups
paths:
  /rest/flickr.people.getInfo:
    get:
      operationId: peopleGetInfo
      summary: Get Person Info
      description: Returns information about a person.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person info
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
              examples:
                PeopleGetInfo200Example:
                  summary: Default peopleGetInfo 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    id: '52345678901'
                    nsid: 12345678@N00
                    username: shutterbug
                    realname: Jane Photographer
                    location: San Francisco, CA
                    photosurl: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12345678@N00/
                    profileurl: https://www.flickr.com/people/12345678@N00/
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.people.getPhotos:
    get:
      operationId: peopleGetPhotos
      summary: Get A User's Photos
      description: Returns photos from the given user's photostream.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/UserId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Extras'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Photos
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PhotoList'
              examples:
                PeopleGetPhotos200Example:
                  summary: Default peopleGetPhotos 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    page: 1
                    pages: 12
                    perpage: 100
                    total: 1183
                    photo:
                    - id: '52345678901'
                      owner: 12345678@N00
                      secret: abc1234def
                      server: '65535'
                      farm: 66
                      title: Golden Gate Sunset
                      ispublic: 1
                      isfriend: 0
                      isfamily: 0
                      datetaken: '2026-04-12 18:24:11'
                      url_o: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52345678901_abc1234def_o.jpg
                      height_o: 4032
                      width_o: 6048
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.people.findByEmail:
    get:
      operationId: peopleFindByEmail
      summary: Find User By Email
      description: Look up a Flickr user by email.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: find_email
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
        example: jane@example.com
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
              examples:
                PeopleFindByEmail200Example:
                  summary: Default peopleFindByEmail 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    id: '52345678901'
                    nsid: 12345678@N00
                    username: shutterbug
                    realname: Jane Photographer
                    location: San Francisco, CA
                    photosurl: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12345678@N00/
                    profileurl: https://www.flickr.com/people/12345678@N00/
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Application API key.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
    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
    Extras:
      name: extras
      in: query
      description: Comma-delimited list of extra fields (e.g. owner_name, url_o, geo).
      schema:
        type: string
      example: owner_name,description,url_o,date_taken,geo
    UserId:
      name: user_id
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: 12345678@N00
  schemas:
    Photo:
      type: object
      description: A photo.
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: '52345678901'
        owner:
          type: string
          example: 12345678@N00
        secret:
          type: string
          example: abc1234def
        server:
          type: string
          example: '65535'
        farm:
          type: integer
          example: 66
        title:
          type: string
          example: Golden Gate Sunset
        ispublic:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        isfriend:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        isfamily:
          type: integer
          example: 0
        datetaken:
          type: string
          example: '2026-04-12 18:24:11'
        url_o:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52345678901_abc1234def_o.jpg
        height_o:
          type: integer
          example: 4032
        width_o:
          type: integer
          example: 6048
    PhotoList:
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          type: integer
          example: 1
        pages:
          type: integer
          example: 12
        perpage:
          type: integer
          example: 100
        total:
          type: integer
          example: 1183
        photo:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Photo'
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: '52345678901'
        nsid:
          type: string
          example: 12345678@N00
        username:
          type: string
          example: shutterbug
        realname:
          type: string
          example: Jane Photographer
        location:
          type: string
          example: San Francisco, CA
        photosurl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/12345678@N00/
        profileurl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://www.flickr.com/people/12345678@N00/
  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