| method name | description | needs login | needs signing | permissions | args (mandatory) | args (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| flickr.activity.userComments | Returns a list of recent activity on photos commented on by the calling user. Do not poll this method more than once an hour. | 1 | 1 | 1 | per_page page | |
| flickr.activity.userPhotos | Returns a list of recent activity on photos belonging to the calling user. Do not poll this method more than once an hour. | 1 | 1 | 1 | timeframe per_page page | |
| flickr.auth.checkToken | Returns the credentials attached to an authentication token. This call must be signed as specified in the authentication API spec. | 0 | 0 | 0 | auth_token | |
| flickr.auth.getFrob | Returns a frob to be used during authentication. This method call must be signed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.auth.getFullToken | Get the full authentication token for a mini-token. This method call must be signed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | mini_token | |
| flickr.auth.getToken | Returns the auth token for the given frob, if one has been attached. This method call must be signed. | 0 | 0 | 0 | frob | |
| flickr.blogs.getList | Get a list of configured blogs for the calling user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.blogs.postPhoto | 1 | 1 | 2 | blog_id photo_id title description | blog_password | |
| flickr.commons.getInstitutions | Retrieves a list of the current Commons institutions. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.contacts.getList | Get a list of contacts for the calling user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | filter page per_page | |
| flickr.contacts.getListRecentlyUploaded | Return a list of contacts for a user who have recently uploaded photos along with the total count of photos uploaded. | 1 | 1 | 1 | date_lastupload filter | |
| flickr.contacts.getPublicList | Get the contact list for a user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | page per_page |
| flickr.favorites.add | Adds a photo to a user's favorites list. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | |
| flickr.favorites.getList | Returns a list of the user's favorite photos. Only photos which the calling user has permission to see are returned. | 1 | 1 | 1 | user_id min_fave_date max_fave_date extras per_page page | |
| flickr.favorites.getPublicList | Returns a list of favorite public photos for the given user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | min_fave_date max_fave_date extras per_page page |
| flickr.favorites.remove | Removes a photo from a user's favorites list. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | |
| flickr.groups.browse | Browse the group category tree, finding groups and sub-categories. | 1 | 1 | 1 | cat_id | |
| flickr.groups.getInfo | Get information about a group. | 0 | 0 | 0 | group_id | lang |
| flickr.groups.members.getList | Get a list of the members of a group. The call must be signed on behalf of a Flickr member, and the ability to see the group membership will be determined by the Flickr member's group privileges. | 1 | 1 | 1 | group_id | membertypes per_page page |
| flickr.groups.pools.add | Add a photo to a group's pool. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id group_id | |
| flickr.groups.pools.getContext | Returns next and previous photos for a photo in a group pool. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id group_id | |
| flickr.groups.pools.getGroups | Returns a list of groups to which you can add photos. | 1 | 1 | 1 | page per_page | |
| flickr.groups.pools.getPhotos | Returns a list of pool photos for a given group, based on the permissions of the group and the user logged in (if any). | 0 | 0 | 0 | group_id | tags user_id extras per_page page |
| flickr.groups.pools.remove | Remove a photo from a group pool. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id group_id | |
| flickr.groups.search | Search for groups. 18+ groups will only be returned for authenticated calls where the authenticated user is over 18. | 0 | 0 | 0 | text | per_page page |
| flickr.interestingness.getList | Returns the list of interesting photos for the most recent day or a user-specified date. | 0 | 0 | 0 | date extras per_page page | |
| flickr.machinetags.getNamespaces | Return a list of unique namespaces, optionally limited by a given predicate, in alphabetical order. | 0 | 0 | 0 | predicate per_page page | |
| flickr.machinetags.getPairs | Return a list of unique namespace and predicate pairs, optionally limited by predicate or namespace, in alphabetical order. | 0 | 0 | 0 | namespace predicate per_page page | |
| flickr.machinetags.getPredicates | Return a list of unique predicates, optionally limited by a given namespace. | 0 | 0 | 0 | namespace per_page page | |
| flickr.machinetags.getValues | Return a list of unique values for a namespace and predicate. | 0 | 0 | 0 | namespace predicate | per_page page |
| flickr.panda.getList | Return a list of Flickr pandas, from whom you can request photos using the flickr.panda.getPhotos API method. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.panda.getPhotos | Ask the Flickr Pandas for a list of recent public (and "safe") photos. | 0 | 0 | 0 | panda_name | |
| flickr.people.findByEmail | Return a user's NSID, given their email address | 0 | 0 | 0 | find_email | |
| flickr.people.findByUsername | Return a user's NSID, given their username. | 0 | 0 | 0 | username | |
| flickr.people.getInfo | Get information about a user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.people.getPublicGroups | Returns the list of public groups a user is a member of. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.people.getPublicPhotos | Get a list of public photos for the given user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | safe_search extras per_page page |
| flickr.people.getUploadStatus | Returns information for the calling user related to photo uploads. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.photos.addTags | Add tags to a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id tags | |
| flickr.photos.comments.addComment | Add comment to a photo as the currently authenticated user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id comment_text | |
| flickr.photos.comments.deleteComment | Delete a comment as the currently authenticated user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | comment_id | |
| flickr.photos.comments.editComment | Edit the text of a comment as the currently authenticated user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | comment_id comment_text | |
| flickr.photos.comments.getList | Returns the comments for a photo | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | min_comment_date max_comment_date |
| flickr.photos.delete | Delete a photo from flickr. | 1 | 1 | 3 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.geo.batchCorrectLocation | Correct the places hierarchy for all the photos for a user at a given latitude, longitude and accuracy. Batch corrections are processed in a delayed queue so it may take a few minutes before the changes are reflected in a user's photos. |
1 | 1 | 2 | lat lon accuracy | place_id woe_id |
| flickr.photos.geo.correctLocation | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | place_id woe_id | |
| flickr.photos.geo.getLocation | Get the geo data (latitude and longitude and the accuracy level) for a photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.geo.getPerms | Get permissions for who may view geo data for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 1 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.geo.photosForLocation | Return a list of photos for a user at a specific latitude, longitude and accuracy | 1 | 1 | 1 | lat lon | accuracy extras per_page page |
| flickr.photos.geo.removeLocation | Removes the geo data associated with a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.geo.setContext | Indicate the state of a photo's geotagginess beyond latitude and longitude. Note : photos passed to this method must already be geotagged (using the flickr.photos.geo.setLocationmethod). |
1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id context | |
| flickr.photos.geo.setLocation | Sets the geo data (latitude and longitude and, optionally, the accuracy level) for a photo. Before users may assign location data to a photo they must define who, by default, may view that information. Users can edit this preference at http://www.flickr.com/account/geo/privacy/. If a user has not set this preference, the API method will return an error. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id lat lon | accuracy context |
| flickr.photos.geo.setPerms | Set the permission for who may view the geo data associated with a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | is_public is_contact is_friend is_family photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.getAllContexts | Returns all visible sets and pools the photo belongs to. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.getContactsPhotos | Fetch a list of recent photos from the calling users' contacts. | 1 | 1 | 1 | count just_friends single_photo include_self extras | |
| flickr.photos.getContactsPublicPhotos | Fetch a list of recent public photos from a users' contacts. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | count just_friends single_photo include_self extras |
| flickr.photos.getContext | Returns next and previous photos for a photo in a photostream. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.getCounts | Gets a list of photo counts for the given date ranges for the calling user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | dates taken_dates | |
| flickr.photos.getExif | Retrieves a list of EXIF/TIFF/GPS tags for a given photo. The calling user must have permission to view the photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | secret |
| flickr.photos.getFavorites | Returns the list of people who have favorited a given photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | page per_page |
| flickr.photos.getInfo | Get information about a photo. The calling user must have permission to view the photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | secret |
| flickr.photos.getNotInSet | Returns a list of your photos that are not part of any sets. | 1 | 1 | 1 | min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date privacy_filter media extras per_page page | |
| flickr.photos.getPerms | Get permissions for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 1 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.getRecent | Returns a list of the latest public photos uploaded to flickr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | extras per_page page | |
| flickr.photos.getSizes | Returns the available sizes for a photo. The calling user must have permission to view the photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | |
| flickr.photos.getUntagged | Returns a list of your photos with no tags. | 1 | 1 | 1 | min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date privacy_filter media extras per_page page | |
| flickr.photos.getWithGeoData | Returns a list of your geo-tagged photos. | 1 | 1 | 1 | min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date privacy_filter sort media extras per_page page | |
| flickr.photos.getWithoutGeoData | Returns a list of your photos which haven't been geo-tagged. | 1 | 1 | 1 | min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date privacy_filter sort media extras per_page page | |
| flickr.photos.licenses.getInfo | Fetches a list of available photo licenses for Flickr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.photos.licenses.setLicense | Sets the license for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id license_id | |
| flickr.photos.notes.add | Add a note to a photo. Coordinates and sizes are in pixels, based on the 500px image size shown on individual photo pages. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id note_x note_y note_w note_h note_text | |
| flickr.photos.notes.delete | Delete a note from a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | note_id | |
| flickr.photos.notes.edit | Edit a note on a photo. Coordinates and sizes are in pixels, based on the 500px image size shown on individual photo pages. | 1 | 1 | 2 | note_id note_x note_y note_w note_h note_text | |
| flickr.photos.recentlyUpdated | Return a list of your photos that have been recently created or which have been recently modified. Recently modified may mean that the photo's metadata (title, description, tags) may have been changed or a comment has been added (or just modified somehow :-) |
1 | 1 | 1 | min_date | extras per_page page |
| flickr.photos.removeTag | Remove a tag from a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | tag_id | |
| flickr.photos.search | Return a list of photos matching some criteria. Only photos visible to the calling user will be returned. To return private or semi-private photos, the caller must be authenticated with 'read' permissions, and have permission to view the photos. Unauthenticated calls will only return public photos. | 0 | 0 | 0 | machine_tag_mode | user_id tags tag_mode text min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date license sort privacy_filter bbox accuracy safe_search content_type machine_tags group_id contacts woe_id place_id media has_geo geo_context lat lon radius radius_units is_commons extras per_page page |
| flickr.photos.setContentType | Set the content type of a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id content_type | |
| flickr.photos.setDates | Set one or both of the dates for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | date_posted date_taken date_taken_granularity |
| flickr.photos.setMeta | Set the meta information for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id title description | |
| flickr.photos.setPerms | Set permissions for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id is_public is_friend is_family perm_comment perm_addmeta | |
| flickr.photos.setSafetyLevel | Set the safety level of a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id | safety_level hidden |
| flickr.photos.setTags | Set the tags for a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id tags | |
| flickr.photos.transform.rotate | Rotate a photo. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photo_id degrees | |
| flickr.photos.upload.checkTickets | Checks the status of one or more asynchronous photo upload tickets. | 0 | 0 | 0 | tickets | |
| flickr.photosets.addPhoto | Add a photo to the end of an existing photoset. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id photo_id | |
| flickr.photosets.comments.addComment | Add a comment to a photoset. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id comment_text | |
| flickr.photosets.comments.deleteComment | Delete a photoset comment as the currently authenticated user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | comment_id | |
| flickr.photosets.comments.editComment | Edit the text of a comment as the currently authenticated user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | comment_id comment_text | |
| flickr.photosets.comments.getList | Returns the comments for a photoset. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photoset_id | |
| flickr.photosets.create | Create a new photoset for the calling user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | title primary_photo_id | description |
| flickr.photosets.delete | Delete a photoset. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id | |
| flickr.photosets.editMeta | Modify the meta-data for a photoset. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id title | description |
| flickr.photosets.editPhotos | Modify the photos in a photoset. Use this method to add, remove and re-order photos. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id primary_photo_id photo_ids | |
| flickr.photosets.getContext | Returns next and previous photos for a photo in a set. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id photoset_id | |
| flickr.photosets.getInfo | Gets information about a photoset. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photoset_id | |
| flickr.photosets.getList | Returns the photosets belonging to the specified user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.photosets.getPhotos | Get the list of photos in a set. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photoset_id | extras privacy_filter per_page page media |
| flickr.photosets.orderSets | Set the order of photosets for the calling user. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_ids | |
| flickr.photosets.removePhoto | Remove a photo from a photoset. | 1 | 1 | 2 | photoset_id photo_id | |
| flickr.places.find | Return a list of place IDs for a query string. The flickr.places.find method is not a geocoder. It will round upto the nearest place type to which place IDs apply. For example, if you pass it a street level address it will return the city that contains the address rather than the street, or building, itself. |
0 | 0 | 0 | query | |
| flickr.places.findByLatLon | Return a place ID for a latitude, longitude and accuracy triple. The flickr.places.findByLatLon method is not meant to be a (reverse) geocoder in the traditional sense. It is designed to allow users to find photos for "places" and will round up to the nearest place type to which corresponding place IDs apply. For example, if you pass it a street level coordinate it will return the city that contains the point rather than the street, or building, itself. It will also truncate latitudes and longitudes to three decimal points. |
0 | 0 | 0 | lat lon | accuracy |
| flickr.places.getChildrenWithPhotosPublic | Return a list of locations with public photos that are parented by a Where on Earth (WOE) or Places ID. | 0 | 0 | 0 | place_id woe_id | |
| flickr.places.getInfo | Get informations about a place. | 0 | 0 | 0 | place_id woe_id | |
| flickr.places.getInfoByUrl | Lookup information about a place, by its flickr.com/places URL. | 0 | 0 | 0 | url | |
| flickr.places.getPlaceTypes | Fetches a list of available place types for Flickr. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.places.getShapeHistory | Return an historical list of all the shape data generated for a Places or Where on Earth (WOE) ID. | 0 | 0 | 0 | place_id woe_id | |
| flickr.places.placesForBoundingBox | Return all the locations of a matching place type for a bounding box. The maximum allowable size of a bounding box (the distance between the SW and NE corners) is governed by the place type you are requesting. Allowable sizes are as follows:
|
0 | 0 | 0 | bbox | place_type place_type_id |
| flickr.places.placesForContacts | Return a list of the top 100 unique places clustered by a given placetype for a user's contacts. | 1 | 1 | 1 | place_type place_type_id woe_id place_id threshold contacts min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date | |
| flickr.places.placesForTags | Return a list of the top 100 unique places clustered by a given placetype for set of tags or machine tags. | 0 | 0 | 0 | place_type_id | woe_id place_id threshold tags tag_mode machine_tags machine_tag_mode min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date |
| flickr.places.placesForUser | Return a list of the top 100 unique places clustered by a given placetype for a user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | place_type_id place_type woe_id place_id threshold min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date | |
| flickr.places.resolvePlaceId | Find Flickr Places information by Place ID. This method has been deprecated. It won't be removed but you should use flickr.places.getInfo instead. |
0 | 0 | 0 | place_id | |
| flickr.places.resolvePlaceURL | Find Flickr Places information by Place URL. This method has been deprecated. It won't be removed but you should use flickr.places.getInfoByUrl instead. |
0 | 0 | 0 | url | |
| flickr.places.tagsForPlace | Return a list of the top 100 unique tags for a Flickr Places or Where on Earth (WOE) ID | 0 | 0 | 0 | woe_id place_id min_upload_date max_upload_date min_taken_date max_taken_date | |
| flickr.prefs.getContentType | Returns the default content type preference for the user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.prefs.getGeoPerms | Returns the default privacy level for geographic information attached to the user's photos and whether or not the user has chosen to use geo-related EXIF information to automatically geotag their photos.
Possible values, for viewing geotagged photos, are:
Possible values for whether or not geo-related EXIF information will be used to geotag a photo are:
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1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.prefs.getHidden | Returns the default hidden preference for the user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.prefs.getPrivacy | Returns the default privacy level preference for the user.
Possible values are:
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1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.prefs.getSafetyLevel | Returns the default safety level preference for the user. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.reflection.getMethodInfo | Returns information for a given flickr API method. | 0 | 0 | 0 | method_name | |
| flickr.reflection.getMethods | Returns a list of available flickr API methods. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.tags.getClusterPhotos | Returns the first 24 photos for a given tag cluster | 0 | 0 | 0 | tag cluster_id | |
| flickr.tags.getClusters | Gives you a list of tag clusters for the given tag. | 0 | 0 | 0 | tag | |
| flickr.tags.getHotList | Returns a list of hot tags for the given period. | 0 | 0 | 0 | period count | |
| flickr.tags.getListPhoto | Get the tag list for a given photo. | 0 | 0 | 0 | photo_id | |
| flickr.tags.getListUser | Get the tag list for a given user (or the currently logged in user). | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.tags.getListUserPopular | Get the popular tags for a given user (or the currently logged in user). | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id count | |
| flickr.tags.getListUserRaw | Get the raw versions of a given tag (or all tags) for the currently logged-in user. | 0 | 0 | 0 | tag | |
| flickr.tags.getRelated | Returns a list of tags 'related' to the given tag, based on clustered usage analysis. | 0 | 0 | 0 | tag | |
| flickr.test.echo | A testing method which echo's all parameters back in the response. | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| flickr.test.login | A testing method which checks if the caller is logged in then returns their username. | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.test.null | Null test | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| flickr.urls.getGroup | Returns the url to a group's page. | 0 | 0 | 0 | group_id | |
| flickr.urls.getUserPhotos | Returns the url to a user's photos. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.urls.getUserProfile | Returns the url to a user's profile. | 0 | 0 | 0 | user_id | |
| flickr.urls.lookupGroup | Returns a group NSID, given the url to a group's page or photo pool. | 0 | 0 | 0 | url | |
| flickr.urls.lookupUser | Returns a user NSID, given the url to a user's photos or profile. | 0 | 0 | 0 | url |