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Flickr Photo Detail API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763

Retrieve one public Flickr photo: title, description (plain text), owner, dates (ISO 8601, UTC), view count, comment count, license (id and name), tags (list of strings), the photopage URL, media type and public geo location when available, plus every available image size with width, height and direct source URLs. A valid photo with zero views is a successful response.

Flickr Photo Detail API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
photo_id = 40328850763
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": "40328850763",
        "owner": {
            "nsid": "151302305@N08",
            "username": "rudyeleazardubon",
            "path_alias": "rudydubon"
        },
        "title": "Sunrise",
        "description": "I wake up early, so please fave this one for the waking!",
        "date_taken": "2019-02-19T06:38:23Z",
        "date_upload": "2019-03-05T23:02:08Z",
        "views": 2078,
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

photo_id string Required

Flickr photo ID (numeric string). Example: 40328850763.

Example value 40328850763

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/photo?photo_id=40328850763")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

success data meta
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": "40328850763",
        "owner": {
            "nsid": "151302305@N08",
            "username": "rudyeleazardubon",
            "path_alias": "rudydubon"
        },
        "title": "Sunrise",
        "description": "I wake up early, so please fave this one for the waking!",
        "date_taken": "2019-02-19T06:38:23Z",
        "date_upload": "2019-03-05T23:02:08Z",
        "views": 2078,
        "comments_count": 2,
        "license": 0,
        "license_name": "All Rights Reserved",
        "tags": [
            "sunrise"
        ],
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudydubon/40328850763/",
        "media": "photo",
        "sizes": [
            {
                "label": "Square",
                "width": 75,
                "height": 75,
                "source": "https://live.staticflickr.com/7809/40328850763_7f873eb923_s.jpg",
                "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudydubon/40328850763/sizes/sq/",
                "media": "photo"
            }
        ]
    },
    "meta": {
        "endpoint_family": "photo_detail",
        "billable": true
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

404

Photo Not Found

The requested Flickr Photo was not found. This response is not billable.

{
    "meta": {
        "billable": false,
        "endpoint_family": "photo_detail"
    },
    "error": {
        "code": "NOT_FOUND",
        "message": "The requested Flickr resource was not found."
    },
    "success": false
}
422

Validation Error

A public parameter or range is invalid. This response is not billable.

{
    "errors": {
        "photo_id": [
            "The photo_id must be a numeric string."
        ]
    },
    "message": "The request validation failed"
}

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