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Flickr Group API

One group with its description, rules, counts, privacy and activity.

GET /v1/flickr/groups/{groupId}

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About this endpoint

GET /v1/flickr/groups/{groupId} accepts a group NSID such as 34427469792@N01 or a path alias such as central. On found, data.group carries name, description, rules, counts.members, counts.poolPhotos and counts.topics, privacy (public, private or invite_only), createdAt, lastActivityAt, isEighteenPlus, invitationOnly, isPoolModerated, roles, iconUrl, coverPhoto, classification, restrictions, activitySignals, blast and throttle. blast.text is the pinned announcement as HTML.

restrictions uses named boolean flags (photosOk, videosOk, ...), and activitySignals uses camelCase fields with ISO dates (lastActivityAt, lastComputedAt, photosThisWeek, ...). A member-only group returns lookupStatus: private and an age-restricted group returns restricted, both without exposing the group body. An unknown group returns not_found.

Flickr Group API FAQ

How do I name the group?

Pass the NSID, for example 34427469792@N01, or the path alias, for example central or blackandwhitegallery.

What does private mean here?

The group is member-only, so its record is not public. Use lookupStatus private rather than treating it as an outage.

How much does a group lookup 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.

What are restrictions and activity signals?

restrictions is a map of permission flags such as who may add photos. activitySignals is a map of weekly activity values. Both are maps, so read the keys you need rather than a fixed list.

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