openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Flickr Activity Places API
  description: 'The Flickr API exposes the photo, group, people, place, tag, gallery, and

    photoset capabilities that power flickr.com. Almost all flickr.com

    functionality is reachable through a single REST-like endpoint

    `https://api.flickr.com/services/rest` using a `method=flickr.{namespace}.{method}`

    query parameter and `format=json&nojsoncallback=1` for JSON output.


    This OpenAPI specification models a curated set of the most widely used

    methods across the Flickr API''s 250+ method namespaces (activity, auth,

    blogs, cameras, collections, commons, contacts, favorites, galleries,

    groups, groupsDiscuss, interestingness, machinetags, panda, people, photos,

    photos.geo, photos.licenses, photos.notes, photos.transform, photos.upload,

    photosets, places, prefs, profile, push, reflection, stats, tags, test, urls).


    Authentication is API key + OAuth 1.0a (HMAC-SHA1). Commercial use of the

    API requires prior permission from Flickr.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  termsOfService: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
  contact:
    name: Flickr API Support
    url: https://www.flickr.com/help/api/
  license:
    name: Flickr API Terms of Use
    url: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/tos/
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-30'
servers:
- url: https://api.flickr.com/services
  description: Flickr REST API
- url: https://up.flickr.com/services
  description: Flickr Upload endpoint
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
- OAuth1:
  - read
  - write
  - delete
tags:
- name: Places
  description: Place IDs, hierarchies, and resolution
paths:
  /rest/flickr.places.find:
    get:
      operationId: placesFind
      summary: Find Place By Query
      description: Searches places by text query.
      tags:
      - Places
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        example: San Francisco
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Places
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaceList'
              examples:
                PlacesFind200Example:
                  summary: Default placesFind 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    place:
                    - place_id: kH8dLOBTUrHLjKxQqw
                      woeid: '2487956'
                      latitude: 37.7749
                      longitude: -122.4194
                      place_url: /United+States/California/San+Francisco
                      place_type: locality
                      _content: '100'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /rest/flickr.places.findByLatLon:
    get:
      operationId: placesFindByLatLon
      summary: Find Place By Lat/Lon
      description: Resolves a latitude/longitude pair to the smallest enclosing Place.
      tags:
      - Places
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: lat
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
        example: 37.7749
      - name: lon
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: number
        example: -122.4194
      - name: accuracy
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 16
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Place
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlaceList'
              examples:
                PlacesFindByLatLon200Example:
                  summary: Default placesFindByLatLon 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    place:
                    - place_id: kH8dLOBTUrHLjKxQqw
                      woeid: '2487956'
                      latitude: 37.7749
                      longitude: -122.4194
                      place_url: /United+States/California/San+Francisco
                      place_type: locality
                      _content: '100'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: api_key
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Application API key.
      schema:
        type: string
      example: ab1234567890cdef1234567890abcd12
  schemas:
    Place:
      type: object
      properties:
        place_id:
          type: string
          example: kH8dLOBTUrHLjKxQqw
        woeid:
          type: string
          example: '2487956'
        latitude:
          type: number
          example: 37.7749
        longitude:
          type: number
          example: -122.4194
        place_url:
          type: string
          example: /United+States/California/San+Francisco
        place_type:
          type: string
          example: locality
        _content:
          type: string
          example: '100'
    PlaceList:
      type: object
      properties:
        place:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Place'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: Application API key for non-authenticated and read-only public requests.
    OAuth1:
      type: oauth2
      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

        '
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/access_token
          scopes:
            read: Read access to private content owned by the user
            write: Modify content owned by the user
            delete: Delete content owned by the user