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Flickr Explore API

A day of Explore, with the date you asked for and a page of full photo records.

GET /v1/flickr/explore

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About this endpoint

GET /v1/flickr/explore returns data.date and a page of data.photos from Explore. Pass date as YYYY-MM-DD for a past day, or leave it out for the latest published day (yesterday UTC, or the day before while yesterday's list is not out yet; data.date says which). Each row is a full photo record with owner, sizes, counts, dates and tags.

The route exposes about 500 photos for a day, so page through with limit and page.nextCursor until page.hasMore is false. A date before Explore has data returns lookupStatus: found with an empty list; an impossible date is a 400.

Flickr Explore API FAQ

Which dates can I ask for?

A real calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD form, for example 2026-11-01 or 2020-02-29. Impossible dates such as 2026-02-30 are refused with a 400.

How many photos are in a day?

About 500. The route caps a day at that many and page.reachableItems reports the reachable count.

How much does an Explore page cost?

Pricing is documented on the operation in the API registry (shown on this page). Confirm on every response with meta.creditsCharged: that field is the billing source of truth. Each paginated page is a separate billed request.

What is the order of Explore photos?

Explore's order for that day. Use the photo search route if you need a specific sort.

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