Flickr

Flickr is the long-running photo, group, people, place, tag, gallery, photoset, and Commons platform now owned by SmugMug. Its REST-like API dispatches every operation through a single endpoint (https://api.flickr.com/services/rest?method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}), spanning ~250 methods across 30 namespaces — covering activity, auth, blogs, cameras, collections, commons, contacts, favorites, galleries, groups, group discussions, interestingness, machine tags, panda, people, photos (plus photos.geo / photos.licenses / photos.notes / photos.transform / photos.upload), photosets, places, prefs, profile, push, reflection, stats, tags, test, and URLs. Authentication is API key + OAuth 1.0a (HMAC-SHA1). Commercial use requires a permission-granted commercial key.

Flickr publishes 32 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Activity API, Auth API, Blogs API, and 29 more. Tagged areas include Photography, Photos, Social Media, and Public APIs.

The Flickr catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Flickr’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, and 20 more developer resources.

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58.8/100 strong ▼ -5.6 Agent 37/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessPaidSelf serve

32 APIs 10 Features 7 Use Cases

PhotographyPhotosSocial MediaPublic APIs

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Composite quality — 58.8/100 · strong

Contract Quality 14.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 8.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 8.9 / 13

Governance 8.3 / 12

Discoverability 7.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 37/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 32

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Flickr Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Flickr Finops

FINOPS

Features 10

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Method-Dispatched REST API

Single endpoint with `method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}` selector covering 250+ methods across 30 namespaces.

Photo Search

Rich text/tag/geo/license/date/content-filter search across the public photo corpus.

OAuth 1.0a Authentication

HMAC-SHA1 three-legged OAuth flow for accessing user-owned content.

Sync + Async Photo Upload

Multipart upload endpoint with synchronous or ticket-based asynchronous status polling.

PubSubHubbub Push

Push subscriptions for change-driven workloads instead of polling.

Reflection

flickr.reflection.getMethods and getMethodInfo for programmatic API discovery.

Flickr Commons

Institutional partner program (museums, libraries, archives) with no-known-copyright photos.

Geotagging

Lat/lon attachment plus Places (WOEID) resolution.

Machine Tags

Structured namespace.predicate=value tagging for machine-readable taxonomies.

Stats

Per-day view/comment/favorite counts for owned content.

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JSON Schema 58

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

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JSON Structure 58

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

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Examples 58

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Flickr Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Flickr Agentic Access

53 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 7

What developers build with this provider.

Photo-Powered App

Build a third-party app that searches, displays, or remixes the public Flickr photo corpus.

Photo Backup / Sync

Bulk-upload pipeline pushing a user's photos into Flickr (or pulling them out).

Curator Tooling

Editorial workflows that build galleries, photosets, and collections programmatically.

Community Bot

Group moderation, topic listing, and reply harvesting for community managers.

Cultural Heritage Research

Access Flickr Commons institutional collections for research or aggregation.

Geo-Photo Analytics

Map-based analytics over the geotagged photo corpus by place / WOEID.

Discovery / Recommendation

Interestingness and Panda feeds plus tag clusters for content-discovery surfaces.

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Integrations 5

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

PubSubHubbub

Push subscription protocol used by `flickr.push.*` topics.

OAuth 1.0a

Industry-standard delegated-authorization protocol used for all user-context calls.

Blogger / WordPress

Configured blog services available through `flickr.blogs.*` for cross-posting from Flickr.

SmugMug

Parent company; account ecosystem and import/export flows.

Yahoo Login (legacy)

Historic Yahoo-account login path now superseded by direct Flickr accounts.

Solutions 3

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Non-Commercial API Key

Free API key for personal/non-commercial apps; standard online sign-up.

Commercial API Key

Permission-only commercial API key reviewed individually by Flickr.

Flickr Pro (consumer)

Consumer-side paid Flickr account (out of scope for API pricing).

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Signup

Signup

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 3

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Flickr API Swagger

GitHubRepository

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

FAQ

Support

StatusPage

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Plans

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing

PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

aid: flickr
name: Flickr
description: Flickr is the long-running photo, group, people, place, tag, gallery, photoset, and Commons platform now owned
  by SmugMug. Its REST-like API dispatches every operation through a single endpoint (https://api.flickr.com/services/rest?method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}),
  spanning ~250 methods across 30 namespaces — covering activity, auth, blogs, cameras, collections, commons, contacts, favorites,
  galleries, groups, group discussions, interestingness, machine tags, panda, people, photos (plus photos.geo / photos.licenses
  / photos.notes / photos.transform / photos.upload), photosets, places, prefs, profile, push, reflection, stats, tags, test,
  and URLs. Authentication is API key + OAuth 1.0a (HMAC-SHA1). Commercial use requires a permission-granted commercial key.
url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://combine.swagger.io/flickr.png
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-30'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Photography
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Photography
- Photos
- Social Media
- Public APIs
apis:
- aid: flickr:flickr-activity-api
  name: Flickr Activity API
  description: Recent activity on the calling user's photos and contacts
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Activity
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-activity-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-auth-api
  name: Flickr Auth API
  description: OAuth 1.0a token exchange
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Auth
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-auth-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-blogs-api
  name: Flickr Blogs API
  description: Configured blogs and posting to them
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Blogs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-blogs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-cameras-api
  name: Flickr Cameras API
  description: Camera brand and model metadata
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Cameras
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-cameras-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-collections-api
  name: Flickr Collections API
  description: Hierarchical collections of photosets
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-commons-api
  name: Flickr Commons API
  description: Flickr Commons institutions
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Commons
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-commons-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-contacts-api
  name: Flickr Contacts API
  description: Calling user's contacts and recent contact activity
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Contacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-contacts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-favorites-api
  name: Flickr Favorites API
  description: Photos a user has marked as favorites
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Favorites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-favorites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-galleries-api
  name: Flickr Galleries API
  description: Curated, themed galleries of photos
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Galleries
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-galleries-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-groups-api
  name: Flickr Groups API
  description: Group metadata, membership, and pool management
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-groups-discuss-api
  name: Flickr Groups Discuss API
  description: Group discussion topics and replies
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Groups Discuss
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-groups-discuss-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-interestingness-api
  name: Flickr Interestingness API
  description: The day's most interesting photos
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Interestingness
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-interestingness-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-machine-tags-api
  name: Flickr Machine Tags API
  description: Namespace, predicate, and value lookups for machine tags
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Machine Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-machine-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-panda-api
  name: Flickr Panda API
  description: The Flickr Panda firehose of "interesting" photos
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Panda
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-panda-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-people-api
  name: Flickr People API
  description: People (users), their info, public photos, and groups
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - People
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-people-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-api
  name: Flickr Photos API
  description: Core photo metadata, search, comments, and lifecycle
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-geo-api
  name: Flickr Photos Geo API
  description: Geotagging photos with latitude/longitude
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos Geo
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-geo-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-licenses-api
  name: Flickr Photos Licenses API
  description: License catalog and per-photo license assignment
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos Licenses
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-licenses-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-notes-api
  name: Flickr Photos Notes API
  description: Notes drawn on photos
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos Notes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-notes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-transform-api
  name: Flickr Photos Transform API
  description: Rotate photos server-side
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos Transform
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-transform-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photos-upload-api
  name: Flickr Photos Upload API
  description: Asynchronous upload status polling
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photos Upload
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photos-upload-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-photosets-api
  name: Flickr Photosets API
  description: Photo albums (photosets)
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Photosets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-photosets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-places-api
  name: Flickr Places API
  description: Place IDs, hierarchies, and resolution
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Places
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-places-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-prefs-api
  name: Flickr Prefs API
  description: Calling user's posting preferences
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Prefs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-prefs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-profile-api
  name: Flickr Profile API
  description: User profile fields
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Profile
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-profile-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-public-api
  name: Flickr Public API
  description: The Public API from Flickr — 25 operation(s) for public.
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Public
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-public-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-push-api
  name: Flickr Push API
  description: PubSubHubbub push subscriptions
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Push
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-push-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-reflection-api
  name: Flickr Reflection API
  description: Programmatic discovery of available API methods
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Reflection
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-reflection-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-stats-api
  name: Flickr Stats API
  description: View counts and referrers for photos/photosets/collections
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Stats
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-stats-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-tags-api
  name: Flickr Tags API
  description: Tag clusters, hot lists, and tag-based lookups
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-test-api
  name: Flickr Test API
  description: Echo, login, and null test methods
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - Test
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-test-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
- aid: flickr:flickr-urls-api
  name: Flickr URLs API
  description: Look up Flickr URLs by user, group, gallery
  humanURL: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  baseURL: https://api.flickr.com/services
  tags:
  - URLs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/flickr-urls-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/auth.oauth.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-sdk
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/flickr-api/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/flickr/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/flickr-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/flickr-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/flickr-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/flickr-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/flickr-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.flickr.com/
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.flickr.com/help/privacy
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.flickr.net/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.flickr.com/services/developer/changelog/
- type: FAQ
  url: https://flickrhelp.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://flickrhelp.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://www.flickr.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/flickr
- type: GitHubRepository
  title: Flickr API Swagger
  url: https://github.com/flickr/flickr-api-swagger
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/flickr-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/flickr-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/flickr-context.jsonld
- type: Plans
  url: plans/flickr-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/flickr-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/flickr-finops.yml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Method-Dispatched REST API
    description: Single endpoint with `method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}` selector covering 250+ methods across 30 namespaces.
  - name: Photo Search
    description: Rich text/tag/geo/license/date/content-filter search across the public photo corpus.
  - name: OAuth 1.0a Authentication
    description: HMAC-SHA1 three-legged OAuth flow for accessing user-owned content.
  - name: Sync + Async Photo Upload
    description: Multipart upload endpoint with synchronous or ticket-based asynchronous status polling.
  - name: PubSubHubbub Push
    description: Push subscriptions for change-driven workloads instead of polling.
  - name: Reflection
    description: flickr.reflection.getMethods and getMethodInfo for programmatic API discovery.
  - name: Flickr Commons
    description: Institutional partner program (museums, libraries, archives) with no-known-copyright photos.
  - name: Geotagging
    description: Lat/lon attachment plus Places (WOEID) resolution.
  - name: Machine Tags
    description: Structured namespace.predicate=value tagging for machine-readable taxonomies.
  - name: Stats
    description: Per-day view/comment/favorite counts for owned content.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Photo-Powered App
    description: Build a third-party app that searches, displays, or remixes the public Flickr photo corpus.
  - name: Photo Backup / Sync
    description: Bulk-upload pipeline pushing a user's photos into Flickr (or pulling them out).
  - name: Curator Tooling
    description: Editorial workflows that build galleries, photosets, and collections programmatically.
  - name: Community Bot
    description: Group moderation, topic listing, and reply harvesting for community managers.
  - name: Cultural Heritage Research
    description: Access Flickr Commons institutional collections for research or aggregation.
  - name: Geo-Photo Analytics
    description: Map-based analytics over the geotagged photo corpus by place / WOEID.
  - name: Discovery / Recommendation
    description: Interestingness and Panda feeds plus tag clusters for content-discovery surfaces.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: PubSubHubbub
    description: Push subscription protocol used by `flickr.push.*` topics.
  - name: OAuth 1.0a
    description: Industry-standard delegated-authorization protocol used for all user-context calls.
  - name: Blogger / WordPress
    description: Configured blog services available through `flickr.blogs.*` for cross-posting from Flickr.
  - name: SmugMug
    description: Parent company; account ecosystem and import/export flows.
  - name: Yahoo Login (legacy)
    description: Historic Yahoo-account login path now superseded by direct Flickr accounts.
- type: Solutions
  data:
  - name: Non-Commercial API Key
    description: Free API key for personal/non-commercial apps; standard online sign-up.
  - name: Commercial API Key
    description: Permission-only commercial API key reviewed individually by Flickr.
  - name: Flickr Pro (consumer)
    description: Consumer-side paid Flickr account (out of scope for API pricing).
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Flickr

APIs 32

Postman Collections 32

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

FinOps 1

Features 10

Method-Dispatched REST API

Photo Search

OAuth 1.0a Authentication

Sync + Async Photo Upload

PubSubHubbub Push

Reflection

Flickr Commons

Geotagging

Machine Tags

Stats

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 58