Flickr · Authentication Profile

Flickr Authentication

Authentication

Flickr secures its APIs with apiKey and oauth2 across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the authorizationCode flow(s).

PhotographyPhotosSocial-MediaPublic APIs

Methods: apiKey, oauth2 Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: authorizationCode API key in: query

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey

· in: query (api_key)

OAuth1 oauth2

· flows: authorizationCode

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/flickr-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - oauth2
  api_key_in:
  - query
  oauth2_flows:
  - authorizationCode
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: Application API key for non-authenticated and read-only public requests.
  sources:
  - openapi/flickr-openapi.yml
- name: OAuth1
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/access_token
    scopes: 3
  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
  sources:
  - openapi/flickr-openapi.yml

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