Flickr API Schema

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Media No Auth Free & Open media

A subset of Flickr's API defined in Swagger format.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET getFavoritesContextByID

Returns next and previous favorites for a photo in a user's favorites

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&user_id=1&photo_id=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&user_id=1&photo_id=example"

import requests
params = {
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "user_id": "1",
    "photo_id": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext');
url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('user_id', '1');
url.searchParams.set('photo_id', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("user_id", "1")
	q.Set("photo_id", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "user_id" => "1",
  "photo_id" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getContext?" . http_build_query([
    "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "user_id" => "1",
    "photo_id" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET getFavoritesByPersonID

Returns a list of the user's favorite photos. Only photos which the calling user has permission to see are returned.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList?page=1&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&user_id=1&per_page=10&max_fave_date=1&min_fave_date=1

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList?page=1&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&user_id=1&per_page=10&max_fave_date=1&min_fave_date=1"

import requests
params = {
    "page": "1",
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "user_id": "1",
    "per_page": "10",
    "max_fave_date": "1",
    "min_fave_date": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('user_id', '1');
url.searchParams.set('per_page', '10');
url.searchParams.set('max_fave_date', '1');
url.searchParams.set('min_fave_date', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("page", "1")
	q.Set("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("user_id", "1")
	q.Set("per_page", "10")
	q.Set("max_fave_date", "1")
	q.Set("min_fave_date", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "page" => "1",
  "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "user_id" => "1",
  "per_page" => "10",
  "max_fave_date" => "1",
  "min_fave_date" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.favorites.getList?" . http_build_query([
    "page" => "1",
    "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "user_id" => "1",
    "per_page" => "10",
    "max_fave_date" => "1",
    "min_fave_date" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET getGalleryPhotosByID

Returns a list of photos in a gallery.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&gallery_id=example

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&gallery_id=example"

import requests
params = {
    "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "gallery_id": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos');
url.searchParams.set('api_key', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
url.searchParams.set('gallery_id', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("api_key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	q.Set("gallery_id", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
  "gallery_id" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/flickr.com/1.0.0/rest?method=flickr.galleries.getPhotos?" . http_build_query([
    "api_key" => "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "gallery_id" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with Flickr API Schema?

Flickr API Schema is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Flickr API Schema is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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