Flickr

Flickr Public API

The Public API from Flickr — 25 operation(s) for public.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 25

GET /rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList Get favorites by person ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.people.getPhotos Get media by person ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photosets.getList Get albums by person ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext Get favorites context by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.getInfo Get group by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.pools.getPhotos Get group photos by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.discuss.topics.getList Get group discussions by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.discuss.replies.getInfo Get group topic replies by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.discuss.topics.getInfo Get group topic by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.groups.pools.getContext Get group photos by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photolist.getContext Get photolist context by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.getContext Get photostream context by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo Get license by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.people.getInfo Get person by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.getExif Get photo exif by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.getInfo Get photo by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.getSizes Get photo sizes by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photosets.getContext Get album context by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photosets.getPhotos Get album by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos Get gallery photos by ID #
GET /rest?method=flickr.photos.search Get media by search #
POST /upload Upload photo #
GET /rest?method=flickr.test.echo Echo #
GET /oauth/request_token Get request token #
GET /oauth/access_token Get access token #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
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APIReference
https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
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Authentication
https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
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GettingStarted
https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flickr/refs/heads/main/openapi/flickr-public-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SDKs
https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
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SDKs
https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/

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OpenAPI Specification

flickr-public-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Flickr API Schema Public API
  description: A subset of Flickr's API defined in Swagger format.
  termsOfService: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.flickr.com/services
tags:


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