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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Flickr Activity Photos Upload 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 Upload
description: Asynchronous upload status polling
paths:
/rest/flickr.photos.upload.checkTickets:
get:
operationId: photosUploadCheckTickets
summary: Check Async Upload Tickets
description: Returns the status of one or more asynchronous photo upload tickets.
tags:
- Photos Upload
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
- name: tickets
in: query
required: true
description: Comma-delimited list of ticket IDs.
schema:
type: string
example: 1234567,1234568
responses:
'200':
description: Ticket statuses
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/TicketList'
examples:
PhotosUploadCheckTickets200Example:
summary: Default photosUploadCheckTickets 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
ticket:
- id: '52345678901'
complete: 1
photoid: '52345678901'
invalid: 0
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/upload:
post:
operationId: photosUpload
summary: Upload A Photo Or Video
description: 'Uploads a photo or video. Uses `https://up.flickr.com/services/upload`
with a multipart/form-data POST. Returns the new photo ID (synchronous)
or ticket ID (asynchronous).
'
tags:
- Photos Upload
servers:
- url: https://up.flickr.com/services
requestBody:
required: true
content:
multipart/form-data:
schema:
type: object
required:
- photo
properties:
photo:
type: string
format: binary
title:
type: string
description:
type: string
tags:
type: string
is_public:
type: integer
is_friend:
type: integer
is_family:
type: integer
safety_level:
type: integer
content_type:
type: integer
hidden:
type: integer
async:
type: integer
examples:
PhotosUploadRequestExample:
summary: Default photosUpload request body
x-microcks-default: true
value:
photo: <binary>
title: Golden Gate Sunset
description: Detailed photo metadata.
tags: example
is_public: 1
is_friend: 1
is_family: 1
safety_level: 1
content_type: 1
hidden: 1
async: 1
responses:
'200':
description: Upload response
content:
text/xml:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UploadResponse'
examples:
PhotosUpload200Example:
summary: Default photosUpload 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
stat: ok
photoid: '52345678901'
ticketid: '1234567'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
UploadResponse:
type: object
description: XML upload response containing `<photoid>` or `<ticketid>`.
properties:
stat:
type: string
example: ok
photoid:
type: string
example: '52345678901'
ticketid:
type: string
example: '1234567'
TicketList:
type: object
properties:
ticket:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Ticket'
Ticket:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
example: '52345678901'
complete:
type: integer
example: 1
photoid:
type: string
example: '52345678901'
invalid:
type: integer
example: 0
parameters:
ApiKey:
name: api_key
in: query
required: true
description: Application API key.
schema:
type: string
example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
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