Search public Flickr photos by free text with pagination. Each result carries the photo id, owner, title, description, tags (list of strings), view count, dates (ISO 8601, UTC), license (id and name), media type, the photopage URL and a thumbnail image URL. Sorting, tag, user, group, license, safe-search and content-type filters are supported. A valid empty result (no matches) is a successful response.
Run this endpoint
Endpoint
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.
9 optional filters available.
string
Required
Free-text search query. Example: mountain sunrise.
mountain sunrise
integer
Optional
1-based page number. Defaults to 1.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page (1-500). Defaults to 10.
3
string
Optional
relevance, date-posted-desc or interestingness-desc.
relevance
string
Optional
Limit results to one Flickr NSID (e.g. 135660584@N08).
1234567890
string
Optional
Limit results to one Flickr group NSID.
1234567890
string
Optional
License filter (0-9).
example
integer
Optional
1 = safe, 2 = moderate, 3 = restricted.
10
integer
Optional
1 = photos, 2 = screenshots, 3 = other, 7 = all.
10
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3",
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
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3', 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));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3',
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);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3")
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
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/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
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/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3")
.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());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3", 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))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3"
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/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/flickr/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
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/search?text=mountain+sunrise&per_page=3")
.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
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"page": 1,
"pages": 193217,
"per_page": 3,
"total": 579651,
"has_more": true,
"results": [
{
"id": "55586741331",
"owner": "8013880@N06",
"title": "Andorra rural: La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra",
"description": "Cortals de Sispony, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees",
"tags": [
"lamassanaparroquia",
"canoneos5dmarkiii"
],
"views": 9,
"date_taken": "2016-04-07T11:36:45Z",
"date_upload": "2026-10-13T11:48:29Z",
"license": 0,
"license_name": "All Rights Reserved",
"media": "photo",
"owner_name": "lutzmeyer",
"url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/8013880@N06/55586741331",
"image_url": "https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55586741331_5afa1c0895_t.jpg"
}
]
},
"meta": {
"endpoint_family": "search",
"billable": true
}
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A public parameter or range is invalid. This response is not billable.
{
"errors": {
"text": [
"The text field is required."
]
},
"message": "The request validation failed"
}Upstream Unavailable
The Flickr API returned a failure (stat:fail) or was unreachable. This response is not billable.
{
"meta": {
"billable": false,
"retryable": true,
"endpoint_family": "search"
},
"error": {
"code": "UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE",
"message": "The Flickr API is temporarily unavailable. Please retry."
},
"success": false
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