Flickr Test API

Echo, login, and null test methods

OpenAPI Specification

flickr-test-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Flickr Activity Test 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: Test
  description: Echo, login, and null test methods
paths:
  /rest/flickr.test.echo:
    get:
      operationId: testEcho
      summary: Echo Test Parameters
      description: Echoes the parameters back to the caller as a test of connectivity and authentication.
      tags:
      - Test
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Echo response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EchoResponse'
              examples:
                TestEcho200Example:
                  summary: Default testEcho 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: {}
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.test.login:
    get:
      operationId: testLogin
      summary: Test Authentication
      description: Returns information about the calling authenticated user.
      tags:
      - Test
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Logged-in user
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoginInfo'
              examples:
                TestLogin200Example:
                  summary: Default testLogin 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    user:
                      id: '52345678901'
                      username:
                        _content: '100'
                      path_alias: shutterbug
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    EchoResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
    LoginInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        user:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
              example: '52345678901'
            username:
              type: object
              properties:
                _content:
                  type: string
                  example: '100'
            path_alias:
              type: string
              example: shutterbug
  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