Flickr Photos Licenses API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Flickr Activity Photos Licenses 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: Photos Licenses
  description: License catalog and per-photo license assignment
paths:
  /rest/flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo:
    get:
      operationId: photosLicensesGetInfo
      summary: List Photo Licenses
      description: Returns the list of available photo licenses.
      tags:
      - Photos Licenses
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: License catalog
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LicenseList'
              examples:
                PhotosLicensesGetInfo200Example:
                  summary: Default photosLicensesGetInfo 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    license:
                    - id: '52345678901'
                      name: Bay Area Photographers
                      url: https://www.flickr.com/galleries/12345678@N00/72157712345/
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.photos.licenses.setLicense:
    post:
      operationId: photosLicensesSetLicense
      summary: Set Photo License
      description: Sets the license for a photo.
      tags:
      - Photos Licenses
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PhotoId'
      - name: license_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 4
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessResponse'
              examples:
                PhotosLicensesSetLicense200Example:
                  summary: Default photosLicensesSetLicense 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    stat: ok
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  parameters:
    PhotoId:
      name: photo_id
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: '52345678901'
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Application API key.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
  schemas:
    License:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: '52345678901'
        name:
          type: string
          example: Bay Area Photographers
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          example: https://www.flickr.com/galleries/12345678@N00/72157712345/
    LicenseList:
      type: object
      properties:
        license:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/License'
    SuccessResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        stat:
          type: string
          example: ok
  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