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What is Flickr?
Flickr is almos
certainly the bes
online photo management and sharing application in the world. On Flickr , members upload photos, share them securely, supplement their photos with
metadata like license information, geo-location; people, tags; etc.
and interact with their family; friends
contacts Or anyone
the community: Practically all the features on Flickr $
various platfoms
web, mobile and desktop
are accompanied by
longstanding API program  Since 2005, developers have collaborated on top 0f Flickr's APIs to build fun,
creative, and gorgeous experiences around photos that extend beyond Flickr.
Getting the most out of the Flickr API
Flickr API
We encourage all sorts of integraticns, such as features and products that
With over
billion photos (many with
valuable metadata such as tags
Help people make their photos available t0 people who matter to them
geolocation
and Exif data), the Flickr
Enable new ways of organizing photos and videos
community creates wonderfully rich data
The Flickr API is how YOu can access that
Are fun!
data In fact almost all the functionality
The best integrations contribute to the Flickr community by encouraging members
converse , share, and curate. Integrations
that runs ilickr com is available through the
that primarily use Flickr as
photo storage service Or
stock imagery provider miss the point behind photo sharing (as well as
API And the API is completely free
use
service t0 our members a5 well as
violate the Community Guidelines) In other words, participatel
developers and other integrators; 50 they
So how do you participate? We pulled tcgether some guidelines for you here. Since the internet tends t0 be
fast moving place ,
can create even more ways
interact with
please check back here often for updates; and we als0 have
Changelog to help you track changes to these Guidelines:
photos beyond flickrcom:
If you re
developer who would like t0 build something neat with the data on Flickt; everything ycu need tO know to get started is
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