Flickr Favourites API
The photos one person saved as favourites, with the same full record as a photo lookup.
GET /v1/flickr/users/{userId}/favorites1 credit Failed requests are free
About this endpoint
GET /v1/flickr/users/{userId}/favorites returns a page of data.photos with lookupStatus and page. The rows are full photo records, so each carries the photographer summary, sizes, counts, dates, licence, tags and geo. The route accepts an NSID or a path alias.
Use it to see what a photographer collects as well as what they publish. Paging is cursor based and limited to 100 rows a page; an unknown person returns not_found with an empty list.
Flickr Favourites API FAQ
What is a favourite here?
A photo the person saved to their favourites list. The page is the list of those photos, not the people who favourited a given photo.
Are private favourites included?
No. Only public favourites are available. A missing or private list comes back as an empty found page or not_found for an unknown person.
How much does a favourites 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.
Can I see who favourited a photo instead?
Yes. Use GET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}/favorites for the people who favourited one photo.
Other Flickr endpoints
- PhotoGET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}
- CommentsGET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}/comments
- EXIFGET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}/exif
- Favourited byGET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}/favorites
- ContextsGET /v1/flickr/photos/{photoId}/contexts
- UserGET /v1/flickr/users/{userId}
- PhotostreamGET /v1/flickr/users/{userId}/photos
- AlbumsGET /v1/flickr/users/{userId}/albums