Flickr REST API
The Flickr API can be used to retrieve photos from the Flickr photo sharing service using a variety of feeds - public photos and videos, favorites, friends, group pools, discussions, and more. The API can also be used to upload photos and video.The Flickr API supports many protocols including REST, SOAP, XML-RPC. Responses can be formatted in XML, XML-RPC, JSON and PHP. Documentation is included for 14 API Kit libraries.

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Specs
Yes
OAuth 1
Recommended (active, supported)
No
Web/Internet
Single purpose API
No
REST
URI Query String/CRUD, XML, PHP, XML-RPC
JSON, XML, PHP, XML-RPC
No
Yes
No
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Which APIs are the most popular with developers? There are a lot of ways to come to an answer; this month we are using our directory data to offer one. Every API in our directory has a track functionality and by looking at the data we can see which APIs our readers have shown the most interest in.
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