flickcurl - Man Page

call Flickr API

Synopsis

flickcurl -a FROB
flickcurl [-d DELAY] [-h] [-o FILE] [-q] [-v] [-V] [commands] ...

Description

flickcurl is a utility program to call the Flickr APIs via the flickcurl library.  Run flickcurl -h to get a list of the supported commands and their arguments.

The program requires configuring before use to work with the Flickr APIs.  Run flickcurl without any options to get the instructions for registering the application and creating the initial configuration file ~/.flickcurl.conf from the registration information.

Options

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-a FROB, --auth FROB

Authenticate with a FROB and update the authentication file. The program will exit after updating the file.

-d DELAY, --delay DELAY

Set delay between requests to DELAY milliseconds.

-h,  --help

Show summary of options and exit.

-o FILE, --output FILE

Write the results of format feed API calls to FILE

-q,  --quiet

Display less information while the program runs.

-v,  --version

Display the version of the program and exit.

-V,  --verbose

Display more information while the program runs.

Commands

In the following list of commands:
PER-PAGE is photos per result page or '-' for default (10)
PAGE is result page number or '-' for default (1 = first page)

activity.userComments [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get photos commented on by the caller.

activity.userPhotos [TIMEFRAME [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get recent activity on the caller's photos.

auth.checkToken TOKEN

Get the credentials attached to an authentication TOKEN.

auth.getFrob

Get a frob to be used during authentication.

auth.getFullToken MINI-TOKEN

Get the full authentication token for MINI-TOKEN.

auth.getToken TOKEN

Get the auth token for the FROB, if one has been attached.

blogs.getList

Get a list of configured blogs for the calling user.

blogs.getServices

Get a list of blog services.

blogs.postPhoto BLOG-ID PHOTO-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION [BLOG-PASSWORD]

Post PHOTO-ID to blog BLOG-ID with TITLE, Description and optional password.

collections.getInfo COLLECTION-ID

Get information on collection COLLECTION-ID

collections.getTree [COLLECTION-ID|- [USER-ID|-]]

Get tree of collections COLLECTION-ID for USER-ID

commons.getInstitutions

Get list of institutions

contacts.getList [FILTER [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get a list of contacts with optional FILTER

contacts.getListRecentlyUploaded [DATE-LAST-UPLOAD [FILTER]]

Get a list of recent uploading contacts since DATE-LAST-UPLOAD with optional FILTER

contacts.getPublicList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get the contact list for user USER-NSID

contacts.getTaggingSuggestions [PER_PAGE [PAGE [INCLUDE-SELF [INCLUDE-ADDRESS-BOOK]]]]

Get tagging suggestions

favorites.add PHOTO-ID

Adds PHOTO-ID to the current user's favorites.

favorites.getContext PHOTO-ID USER-NSID [NUM-PREV [NUM-NEXT [EXTRAS]]]

Get context photos around USER-ID's favorite PHOTO-ID.

favorites.getList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get a list of USER-NSID's favorite photos.

favorites.getPublicList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get a list of USER-NSID's favorite public photos.

favorites.remove PHOTO-ID

Removes PHOTO-ID to the current user's favorites.

galleries.addPhoto GALLERY-ID PHOTO-ID TEXT

Add photo PHOTO-ID to galleries GALLERY-ID with TEXT

galleries.create TITLE [DESCRIPTION [PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID]

Create a new gallery with TITLE, Description and PRIMARY-PHOTO_ID.

galleries.editMeta GALLERY-ID TITLE [DESCRIPTION]

Set the TITLE and/or Description of a GALLERY-ID.

galleries.editPhoto GALLERY-ID PHOTO-ID COMMENT

Set the COMMENT for PHOTO-ID in GALLERY-ID.

galleries.editPhotos GALLERY-ID PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID PHOTO-IDS,...

Set the PHOTO-IDs of a GALLERY-ID and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.

galleries.getInfo GALLERY-ID

Get information about GALLERY-ID.

galleries.getList USER-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get list of galleries for a USER-ID with optional paging

galleries.getListForPhoto PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get list of galleries PHOTO-ID appears in with optional paging

galleries.getPhotos GALLERY-ID [EXTRAS [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]]

Get the list of photos in GALLERY-ID with options.

getphotoid IMAGE-URL

Get the photo id from a raw flickr farm IMAGE-URL

groups.browse [CAT-ID]

Browse groups below category CAT-ID (or root).

groups.getInfo GROUP-ID [LANG]

Get information on group GROUP-ID with language LANG.

groups.join GROUP-ID [ACCEPT-RULES]

Join a group GROUP-ID with optional accepting of rules.

groups.joinRequest GROUP-ID MESSAGE ACCEPT-RULES

Request to join a group GROUP-ID using MESSAGE and accept rules.

groups.leave GROUP-ID [DELETE-PHOTOS]

Leave a group GROUP-ID and optionally delete photos.

groups.members.getList GROUP-ID [MEMBER-TYPES [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get list of MEMBER-TYPES types members of group GROUP-ID.

groups.pools.add PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID

Add PHOTO-ID in GROUP-ID pool.

groups.pools.getContext PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID

Get next and previous photos for PHOTO-ID in GROUP-ID pool.

groups.pools.getGroups [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get list of groups a user can add to.

groups.pools.getPhotos GROUP-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos in GROUP-ID.

groups.pools.remove PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID

Remove PHOTO-ID from group GROUP-ID.

groups.search TEXT [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Search for groups matching TEXT paging PER-PAGE and PAGE.

interestingness.getList [PARAMS]

Get interesting photos with optional parameters
date DATE
extras EXTRAS
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGE
format FORMAT

machinetags.getNamespaces [PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get a list of namespaces with optional PREDICATE

machinetags.getPairs [NAMESPACE [PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]]

Get a list of unique NAMESPACE and PREDICATE pairs

machinetags.getPredicates [NAMESPACE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get a list of unique predicates optionally by NAMESPACE

machinetags.getRecentValues [NAMESPACE|- [PREDICATE|- [ADDED-SINCE]]]

Get a list of recent machinetags for NAMESPACE and PREDICATE since ADDED-SINCE

machinetags.getValues NAMESPACE PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get a list of unique values for a NAMESPACE and PREDICATE

oauth.create [CALLBACK]

Create OAuth request token/secret pair and show the authentication URL

oauth.upgrade

Upgrade legacy authentication to OAuth

oauth.verify REQUEST-TOKEN REQUEST-TOKEN-SECRET VERIFIER

Verify an OAuth request from `oauth.create'

panda.getList

get the current list of pandas

panda.getPhotos PANDA

ask a PANDA for a list of recent public and safe photos

people.findByEmail EMAIL

get a user's NSID from their EMAIL address

people.findByUsername USERNAME

get a user's NSID from their USERNAME

people.getGroups USER-ID [GROUP-EXTRAS]

Get list of groups USER-ID is a member of

people.getInfo USER-NSID

Get information about one person with id USER-NSID

people.getPhotos USER-NSID

Get photos from user USER-NSID with optional parameters
safe-search 1-3
min-upload-date DATE
max-upload-date DATE
min-taken date DATE
max-taken-date DATE
content-type 1-7
privacy-filter 1-5
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGE
format FORMAT

people.getPhotosOf USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get public photos of a user USER-NSID

people.getPublicGroups USER-NSID

Get list of public groups a user is a member of

people.getPublicPhotos USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get public photos for a user USER-NSID

people.getUploadStatus

Get calling user upload status

photos.addTags PHOTO-ID TAGS

Add TAGS to a PHOTO-ID.

photos.comments.addComment PHOTO-ID TEXT

Add a photo comment TEXT to PHOTO-ID.

photos.comments.deleteComment COMMENT-ID

Delete a photo comment COMMENT-ID.

photos.comments.editComment COMMENT-ID TEXT

Edit a photo comment COMMENT-ID to have new TEXT.

photos.comments.getList PHOTO-ID

Get the comments for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.comments.getRecentForContacts [PARAMS]

Get the list of photos for user contacts with recent comments
since DATE-LAST-COMMENT filter CONTACTS-FILTER
per-page PER-PAGE page PAGE format FORMAT

photos.delete PHOTO-ID

Delete a PHOTO-ID.

photos.geo.getLocation PHOTO-ID

Get the geo location for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.geo.getPerms PHOTO-ID

Get the geo perms for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.geo.removeLocation PHOTO-ID

Remove the location for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.geo.setLocation PHOTO-ID LAT LONG ACCURACY

Set the location for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.geo.setPerms PHOTO-ID IS-PUBLIC IS-CONTACT IS-FRIEND IS-FAMILY

Set the geo perms for a photo PHOTO-ID.

photos.getAllContexts PHOTO-ID

Get all visible sets and pools the PHOTO-ID belongs to.

photos.getContactsPhotos

Get a list of recent photos from the calling users' contacts

photos.getContactsPublicPhotos USER-NSID [FORMAT]

Get a list of recent public photos from USER-NSID's contacts

photos.getContext PHOTO-ID

Get next and previous photos for a PHOTO-ID in a photostream.

photos.getCounts DATES TAKEN-DATES

Get the counts for a set of DATES or TAKEN-DATES.

photos.getExif PHOTO-ID

Get EXIF information about one photo with id PHOTO-ID

photos.getFavorites PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get favourites information about one photo with id PHOTO-ID

photos.getInfo PHOTO-ID [SECRET]

Get information about one photo PHOTO-ID with optional SECRET

photos.getNotInSet [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos that are not in any set

photos.getPerms PHOTO-ID

Get a photo viewing and commenting permissions

photos.getRecent [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of recent photos

photos.getSizes PHOTO-ID

Get sizes of a PHOTO-ID

photos.getUntagged [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos that are not tagged

photos.getWithGeoData [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos that have geo data

photos.getWithoutGeoData [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos that do not have geo data

photos.licenses.getInfo

Get list of available photo licenses

photos.licenses.setLicense PHOTO-ID LICENSE-ID

Get photo PHOTO-ID license to LICENSE-ID

photos.notes.add PHOTO-ID X Y W H TEXT

Add a note (X, Y, W, H, TEXT) to a photo with id PHOTO-ID

photos.notes.delete NOTE-ID

Delete a note with id NOTE-ID

photos.notes.edit NOTE-ID X Y W H TEXT

Edit note NOTE-ID to (X, Y, W, H, TEXT)

photos.people.add PHOTO-ID USER-ID X Y W H

Mark USER-ID appearing in PHOTO-ID at (X, Y, W, H)

photos.people.delete PHOTO-ID USER-ID

Mark USER-ID as not appearing in PHOTO-ID

photos.people.deleteCoords PHOTO-ID USER-ID

Mark USER-ID as not appearing at coordinates in PHOTO-ID

photos.people.editCoords PHOTO-ID USER-ID X Y W H

Update USER-ID appearing in PHOTO-ID to coords (X, Y, W, H)

photos.people.getList PHOTO-ID

Get list of users appearing in PHOTO-ID

photos.recentlyUpdated MIN-DATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]

Get list of photos that were recently updated

photos.removeTag PHOTO-ID TAG-ID

Remove a tag TAG-ID from a photo.

photos.search [PARAMS] tags TAGS...

Search for photos/videos with many optional parameters
user USER
tag-mode any|all
text TEXT
(min|max)-(upload|taken)-date DATE
license LICENSE
privacy PRIVACY
bbox a,b,c,d
sort date-(posted|taken)-(asc|desc)|interestingness-(desc|asc)|relevance
accuracy 1-16
safe-search 1-3
type 1-4
machine-tags TAGS
machine-tag-mode any|all
group-id ID
place-id ID
extras EXTRAS
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGES
media all|photos|videos
has-geo
lat LAT lon LON radius RADIUS radius-units km|mi
contacts (all|ff)
format FORMAT
woeid WOEID
geo-context 1-2
in-commons
in-gallery

photos.setContentType PHOTO-ID TYPE

Set photo TYPE to one of 'photo', 'screenshot' or 'other'

photos.setDates PHOTO-ID POSTED TAKEN GRANULARITY

Set a photo POSTED date, TAKEN date with GRANULARITY

photos.setMeta PHOTO-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION

Set a photo TITLE and Description

photos.setPerms PHOTO-ID IS-PUBLIC IS-FRIEND IS-FAMILY PERM-COMMENT PERM-ADDMETA

Set a photo viewing and commenting permissions

photos.setSafetyLevel PHOTO-ID SAFETY-LEVEL HIDDEN

Set a photo's SAFETY-LEVEL and HIDDEN flag

photos.setTags PHOTO-ID TAGS

Set the tags for a PHOTO-ID to TAGS.

photos.transform.rotate PHOTO-ID DEGREES

Rotate PHOTO-ID by 90/180/270 DEGREES

photos.upload.checkTickets TICKET-IDS...

Get the status of upload TICKET-IDS

photosets.addPhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID

Add PHOTO-ID to a PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.comments.addComment PHOTOSET-ID TEXT

Add a comment TEXT to photoset PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.comments.deleteComment COMMENT-ID

Delete a photoset comment COMMENT-ID.

photosets.comments.editComment COMMENT-ID TEXT

Edit a photoset comment COMMENT-ID to have new TEXT.

photosets.comments.getList PHOTOSET-ID

Get the comments for a photoset PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.create TITLE DESCRIPTION PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID

Create a photoset with TITLE, Description and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.

photosets.delete PHOTOSET-ID

Delete a photoset with PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.editMeta PHOTOSET-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION

Set the TITLE and/or Description of a PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.editPhotos PHOTOSET-ID PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID PHOTO-IDS,...

Set the PHOTO-IDs of a PHOTOSET-ID and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.

photosets.getContext PHOTO-ID PHOTOSET-ID

Get next and previous photos for PHOTO-ID in PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.getInfo PHOTOSET-ID

Get information about PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.getList [USER-NSID]

Get the list of photosets for the USER-NSID.

photosets.getPhotos PHOTOSET-ID [EXTRAS [PRIVACY [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]]]

Get the list of photos in PHOTOSET-ID with options.

photosets.orderSets PHOTOSET-IDS...

Set the order of sets PHOTOSET-IDS.

photosets.removePhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID

Remove PHOTO-ID from PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.removePhotos PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-IDS...

Remove PHOTO-IDS from PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.reorderPhotos PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-IDS...

Reorder PHOTO-IDS from PHOTOSET-ID.

photosets.setPrimaryPhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID

Set photoset PHOTOSET-ID primary photo to PHOTO-ID.

places.find TEXT

Find places by TEXT query.

places.findByLatLon LAT LON ACCURACY

Find places by LAT and LON with ACCURACY 1-16.

places.getChildrenWithPhotosPublic PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]

Find child places with public photos by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID

places.getInfo PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]

Find place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID

places.getInfoByUrl URL

Find place by place URL

places.getPlaceTypes URL

Get a list of available place types

places.getShapeHistory PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]

Get history of shapes for a place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID

places.getTopPlacesList PLACE-TYPE [DATE [WOE-ID|- [PLACE-ID]]]

Get the top 100 most geotagged places for a DATE (or yesterday).

places.placesForBoundingBox PLACE-TYPE MIN-LONG MIN-LAT MAX-LONG MAX-LAT

Find user places of PLACE-TYPE in bbox.

places.placesForContacts PLACE-TYPE WOE-ID|- PLACE-ID|- THRESHOLD [PARAMS]

Find top 100 unique places clustered by a given PLACE-TYPE for a
user's contacts with optional parameters
contacts CONTACTS
min-upload MIN-UPLOAD-DATE
max-upload MAX-UPLOAD-DATE
min-taken MIN-TAKEN-DATE
max-taken MAX-TAKEN-DATE

places.placesForUser PLACE-TYPE [WOE-ID] [PLACE-ID [THRESHOLD]]]

Find user places of PLACE-TYPE.

places.resolvePlaceId PLACE-ID  / WOE-ID

Find places information by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID (number).

places.resolvePlaceURL PLACE-URL

Find places information by PLACE-URL.

places.tagsForPlace PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]

Get tags for a place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID with optional parameters
min-upload MIN-UPLOAD-DATE
max-upload MAX-UPLOAD-DATE
min-taken MIN-TAKEN-DATE
max-taken MAX-TAKEN-DATE

prefs.getContentType

Get default content type preference for user.

prefs.getGeoPerms

Get default privacy level for geographic info for user.

prefs.getHidden

Get default hidden preference for user.

prefs.getPrivacy

Get default privacy preference for user.

prefs.getSafetyLevel

Get default safety level for user.

reflection.getMethodInfo NAME

Get information about an API method NAME

reflection.getMethods

Get API methods

replace FILE PHOTO-ID [async]

Replace a photo PHOTO-ID with a new FILE (async)

shorturi PHOTO-ID

Get the http://flic.kr short uri for PHOTO-ID

stats.getCollectionDomains DATE [COLLECTION-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get collection domains stats

stats.getCollectionReferrers DATE DOMAIN [COLLECTION-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get collection referrers stats

stats.getCollectionStats DATE COLLECTION-ID

Get collection view count stats

stats.getPhotoDomains DATE [PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get photo domains stats

stats.getPhotoReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get photo referrers stats

stats.getPhotoStats DATE PHOTO-ID

Get photo view count stats

stats.getPhotosetDomains DATE [PHOTOSET-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get photoset domains stats

stats.getPhotosetReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PHOTOSET-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]

Get photoset referrers stats

stats.getPhotosetStats DATE PHOTOSET-ID

Get photoset view count stats

stats.getPhotostreamDomains DATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get photostream domains stats

stats.getPhotostreamReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]

Get photostream referrers stats

stats.getPhotostreamStats DATE

Get photostream view count stats

stats.getPopularPhotos [DATE [SORT [PER-PAGE [PAGE [EXTRAS]]]]]

Get popular photos stats

stats.getTotalViews [DATE]

Get total stats

tags.getClusters TAG

Get list of tag clusters for TAG

tags.getHotList [PERIOD [COUNT]]

Get the list of hot tags for the given PERIOD (day, week)

tags.getListPhoto PHOTO-ID

Get the tag list for a PHOTO-ID.

tags.getListUser [USER-NSID]

Get the tag list for a USER-NSID (or current user).

tags.getListUserPopular [USER-NSID [COUNT]]

Get the popular tag list for a USER-NSID (or current user).

tags.getListUserRaw [TAG]

Get the raw versions of a TAG (or all tags) for the current user.

tags.getMostFrequentlyUsed

Get the most frequently used tags for the current user.

tags.getRelated TAG

Get a list of tags 'related' to TAG based on clustered usage analysis.

test.echo KEY VALUE

Test echo API call; echos KEY VALUE

test.login

Test login API call: returns username

test.null KEY VALUE

Test null API call: no return

upload FILE [PARAMS...]

Upload a photo FILE with optional parameters PARAM or PARAM VALUE
title TITLE
description DESC
safety_level 'safe' (default) or 'moderate' or 'restricted'
content_type 'photo' (default) or screenshot' or 'other'
hidden 'public' (default) or 'hidden'
friend
public
family
tags TAGS... [must be last param]

urls.getGroup GROUP-ID

Get the url of the group page for GROUP-ID.

urls.getUserPhotos USER-NSID

Get the url of the photo page for USER-NSID.

urls.getUserProfile USER-NSID

Get the url of the profile page for USER-NSID.

urls.lookupGroup URL

Get a group NSID from the URL to a group's page or photo pool.

urls.lookupUser URL

Get a user NSID from the URL to a user's photo

Extras Fields

The EXTRAS parameter can take a comma-separated set of the following values

date_taken

Date item was taken

date_upload

Date item was uploaded

geo

Geotagging latitude, longitude and accuracy

icon_server

Item owner icon fields

last_update

Date item was last updated

license

Item License

machine_tags

Machine tags

media

Item Format: photo or video

o_dims

Original item dimensions

original_format

Original item secret and format

owner_name

Item owner ID

path_alias

Path alias for owner like /photos/USERNAME

tags

Item clean tags (safe for HTML, URLs)

url_c

URL of medium 800, 800 on longest size image

url_m

URL of small, medium size image

url_n

URL of small, 320 on longest side size image

url_o

URL of original size image

url_q

URL of large square 150x150 size image

url_s

URL of small suqare 75x75 size image

url_sq

URL of square size image

url_t

URL of thumbnail, 100 on longest side size image

views

Number of times item has been viewed

Photos List Feed Formats

The FORMAT parameter can take any of the following values

feed-rss_100

RSS 1.0

feed-rss_200

RSS 2.0

feed-atom_10

Atom 1.0

feed-georss

RSS 2.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos

feed-geoatom

Atom 1.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos

feed-geordf

RSS 1.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos

feed-kml

KML 2.1

feed-kml_nl

KML 2.1 network link

See Also

flickrdf(1).

Author

flickcurl was written by David Beckett.

This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah <akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

Referenced By

flickrdf(1).

1 September 2008