Flickr Reflection API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Flickr Activity Reflection 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: Reflection
  description: Programmatic discovery of available API methods
paths:
  /rest:
    get:
      operationId: invokeFlickrMethod
      summary: Invoke Any Flickr Method
      description: 'Dispatches a call to any flickr.* method. The `method` query parameter

        selects which method to invoke and the remaining query parameters are

        the arguments for that method. This single endpoint backs every

        per-method operation defined below.

        '
      tags:
      - Reflection
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Method'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Format'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NoJsonCallback'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Method response (shape depends on method)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MethodResponse'
              examples:
                InvokeFlickrMethod200Example:
                  summary: Default invokeFlickrMethod 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: {}
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/FlickrError'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.reflection.getMethods:
    get:
      operationId: reflectionGetMethods
      summary: List Available API Methods
      description: Returns a list of available Flickr API methods.
      tags:
      - Reflection
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Methods
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MethodList'
              examples:
                ReflectionGetMethods200Example:
                  summary: Default reflectionGetMethods 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    methods:
                      method:
                      - _content: '100'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.reflection.getMethodInfo:
    get:
      operationId: reflectionGetMethodInfo
      summary: Get API Method Info
      description: Returns information about a particular API method including its arguments and errors.
      tags:
      - Reflection
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: method_name
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: flickr.photos.search
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Method info
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MethodInfo'
              examples:
                ReflectionGetMethodInfo200Example:
                  summary: Default reflectionGetMethodInfo 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    method:
                      name: Bay Area Photographers
                      needslogin: 0
                      needssigning: 1
                      requiredperms: 0
                      description:
                        _content: '100'
                    arguments:
                      argument:
                      - name: Bay Area Photographers
                        optional: 0
                        _content: '100'
                    errors:
                      error:
                      - code: 100
                        message: Invalid API Key
                        _content: '100'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    MethodInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        method:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
              example: Bay Area Photographers
            needslogin:
              type: integer
              example: 0
            needssigning:
              type: integer
              example: 1
            requiredperms:
              type: integer
              example: 0
            description:
              type: object
              properties:
                _content:
                  type: string
                  example: '100'
        arguments:
          type: object
          properties:
            argument:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  name:
                    type: string
                    example: Bay Area Photographers
                  optional:
                    type: integer
                    example: 0
                  _content:
                    type: string
                    example: '100'
        errors:
          type: object
          properties:
            error:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  code:
                    type: integer
                    example: 100
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Invalid API Key
                  _content:
                    type: string
                    example: '100'
    MethodList:
      type: object
      properties:
        methods:
          type: object
          properties:
            method:
              type: array
              items:
                type: object
                properties:
                  _content:
                    type: string
                    example: '100'
    MethodResponse:
      type: object
      description: Generic method response (varies by method).
      additionalProperties: true
    FlickrError:
      type: object
      properties:
        stat:
          type: string
          example: fail
        code:
          type: integer
          example: 100
        message:
          type: string
          example: Invalid API Key
  parameters:
    Format:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: Response format (json/xml/php_serial/rest).
      schema:
        type: string
        default: json
      example: json
    Method:
      name: method
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Fully qualified flickr method, e.g. `flickr.photos.search`.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: flickr.photos.search
    NoJsonCallback:
      name: nojsoncallback
      in: query
      description: Set to 1 to receive raw JSON instead of JSONP.
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 1
      example: 1
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Application API key.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
  responses:
    FlickrError:
      description: Flickr error response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlickrError'
  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