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FLICKCURL(1) DragonFly General Commands Manual FLICKCURL(1)
NAME
flickcurl - call Flickr API
SYNOPSIS
flickcurl -a FROB
flickcurl [-d DELAY] [-h] [-o FILE] [-q] [-v] [-V] [commands] ...
DESCRIPTION
flickcurl is a utility program to call the Flickr APIs via the
flickcurl library. Run flickcurl -h to get a list of the supported
commands and their arguments.
The program requires configuring before use to work with the Flickr
APIs. Run flickcurl without any options to get the instructions for
registering the application and creating the initial configuration file
~/.flickcurl.conf from the registration information.
OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is
included below.
-a FROB, --auth FROB
Authenticate with a FROB and update the authentication file.
The program will exit after updating the file.
-d DELAY, --delay DELAY
Set delay between requests to DELAY milliseconds.
-h, --help
Show summary of options and exit.
-o FILE, --output FILE
Write the results of format feed API calls to FILE
-q, --quiet
Display less information while the program runs.
-v, --version
Display the version of the program and exit.
-V, --verbose
Display more information while the program runs.
COMMANDS
In the following list of commands:
PER-PAGE is photos per result page or '-' for default (10)
PAGE is result page number or '-' for default (1 = first page)
activity.userComments [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get photos commented on by the caller.
activity.userPhotos [TIMEFRAME [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get recent activity on the caller's photos.
auth.checkToken TOKEN
Get the credentials attached to an authentication TOKEN.
auth.getFrob
Get a frob to be used during authentication.
auth.getFullToken MINI-TOKEN
Get the full authentication token for MINI-TOKEN.
auth.getToken TOKEN
Get the auth token for the FROB, if one has been attached.
blogs.getList
Get a list of configured blogs for the calling user.
blogs.getServices
Get a list of blog services.
blogs.postPhoto BLOG-ID PHOTO-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION [BLOG-PASSWORD]
Post PHOTO-ID to blog BLOG-ID with TITLE, DESCRIPTION and
optional password.
collections.getInfo COLLECTION-ID
Get information on collection COLLECTION-ID
collections.getTree [COLLECTION-ID|- [USER-ID|-]]
Get tree of collections COLLECTION-ID for USER-ID
commons.getInstitutions
Get list of institutions
contacts.getList [FILTER [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get a list of contacts with optional FILTER
contacts.getListRecentlyUploaded [DATE-LAST-UPLOAD [FILTER]]
Get a list of recent uploading contacts since DATE-LAST-UPLOAD
with optional FILTER
contacts.getPublicList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get the contact list for user USER-NSID
contacts.getTaggingSuggestions [PER_PAGE [PAGE [INCLUDE-SELF
[INCLUDE-ADDRESS-BOOK]]]]
Get tagging suggestions
favorites.add PHOTO-ID
Adds PHOTO-ID to the current user's favorites.
favorites.getContext PHOTO-ID USER-NSID [NUM-PREV [NUM-NEXT [EXTRAS]]]
Get context photos around USER-ID's favorite PHOTO-ID.
favorites.getList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get a list of USER-NSID's favorite photos.
favorites.getPublicList USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get a list of USER-NSID's favorite public photos.
favorites.remove PHOTO-ID
Removes PHOTO-ID to the current user's favorites.
galleries.addPhoto GALLERY-ID PHOTO-ID TEXT
Add photo PHOTO-ID to galleries GALLERY-ID with TEXT
galleries.create TITLE [DESCRIPTION [PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID]
Create a new gallery with TITLE, DESCRIPTION and PRIMARY-
PHOTO_ID.
galleries.editMeta GALLERY-ID TITLE [DESCRIPTION]
Set the TITLE and/or DESCRIPTION of a GALLERY-ID.
galleries.editPhoto GALLERY-ID PHOTO-ID COMMENT
Set the COMMENT for PHOTO-ID in GALLERY-ID.
galleries.editPhotos GALLERY-ID PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID PHOTO-IDS,...
Set the PHOTO-IDs of a GALLERY-ID and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.
galleries.getInfo GALLERY-ID
Get information about GALLERY-ID.
galleries.getList USER-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get list of galleries for a USER-ID with optional paging
galleries.getListForPhoto PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get list of galleries PHOTO-ID appears in with optional paging
galleries.getPhotos GALLERY-ID [EXTRAS [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]]
Get the list of photos in GALLERY-ID with options.
getphotoid IMAGE-URL
Get the photo id from a raw flickr farm IMAGE-URL
groups.browse [CAT-ID]
Browse groups below category CAT-ID (or root).
groups.getInfo GROUP-ID [LANG]
Get information on group GROUP-ID with language LANG.
groups.join GROUP-ID [ACCEPT-RULES]
Join a group GROUP-ID with optional accepting of rules.
groups.joinRequest GROUP-ID MESSAGE ACCEPT-RULES
Request to join a group GROUP-ID using MESSAGE and accept rules.
groups.leave GROUP-ID [DELETE-PHOTOS]
Leave a group GROUP-ID and optionally delete photos.
groups.members.getList GROUP-ID [MEMBER-TYPES [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get list of MEMBER-TYPES types members of group GROUP-ID.
groups.pools.add PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID
Add PHOTO-ID in GROUP-ID pool.
groups.pools.getContext PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID
Get next and previous photos for PHOTO-ID in GROUP-ID pool.
groups.pools.getGroups [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get list of groups a user can add to.
groups.pools.getPhotos GROUP-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos in GROUP-ID.
groups.pools.remove PHOTO-ID GROUP-ID
Remove PHOTO-ID from group GROUP-ID.
groups.search TEXT [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Search for groups matching TEXT paging PER-PAGE and PAGE.
interestingness.getList [PARAMS]
Get interesting photos with optional parameters
date DATE
extras EXTRAS
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGE
format FORMAT
machinetags.getNamespaces [PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get a list of namespaces with optional PREDICATE
machinetags.getPairs [NAMESPACE [PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]]
Get a list of unique NAMESPACE and PREDICATE pairs
machinetags.getPredicates [NAMESPACE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get a list of unique predicates optionally by NAMESPACE
machinetags.getRecentValues [NAMESPACE|- [PREDICATE|- [ADDED-SINCE]]]
Get a list of recent machinetags for NAMESPACE and PREDICATE
since ADDED-SINCE
machinetags.getValues NAMESPACE PREDICATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get a list of unique values for a NAMESPACE and PREDICATE
oauth.create [CALLBACK]
Create OAuth request token/secret pair and show the
authentication URL
oauth.upgrade
Upgrade legacy authentication to OAuth
oauth.verify REQUEST-TOKEN REQUEST-TOKEN-SECRET VERIFIER
Verify an OAuth request from `oauth.create'
panda.getList
get the current list of pandas
panda.getPhotos PANDA
ask a PANDA for a list of recent public and safe photos
people.findByEmail EMAIL
get a user's NSID from their EMAIL address
people.findByUsername USERNAME
get a user's NSID from their USERNAME
people.getGroups USER-ID [GROUP-EXTRAS]
Get list of groups USER-ID is a member of
people.getInfo USER-NSID
Get information about one person with id USER-NSID
people.getPhotos USER-NSID
Get photos from user USER-NSID with optional parameters
safe-search 1-3
min-upload-date DATE
max-upload-date DATE
min-taken date DATE
max-taken-date DATE
content-type 1-7
privacy-filter 1-5
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGE
format FORMAT
people.getPhotosOf USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get public photos of a user USER-NSID
people.getPublicGroups USER-NSID
Get list of public groups a user is a member of
people.getPublicPhotos USER-NSID [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get public photos for a user USER-NSID
people.getUploadStatus
Get calling user upload status
photos.addTags PHOTO-ID TAGS
Add TAGS to a PHOTO-ID.
photos.comments.addComment PHOTO-ID TEXT
Add a photo comment TEXT to PHOTO-ID.
photos.comments.deleteComment COMMENT-ID
Delete a photo comment COMMENT-ID.
photos.comments.editComment COMMENT-ID TEXT
Edit a photo comment COMMENT-ID to have new TEXT.
photos.comments.getList PHOTO-ID
Get the comments for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.comments.getRecentForContacts [PARAMS]
Get the list of photos for user contacts with recent comments
since DATE-LAST-COMMENT filter CONTACTS-FILTER
per-page PER-PAGE page PAGE format FORMAT
photos.delete PHOTO-ID
Delete a PHOTO-ID.
photos.geo.getLocation PHOTO-ID
Get the geo location for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.geo.getPerms PHOTO-ID
Get the geo perms for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.geo.removeLocation PHOTO-ID
Remove the location for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.geo.setLocation PHOTO-ID LAT LONG ACCURACY
Set the location for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.geo.setPerms PHOTO-ID IS-PUBLIC IS-CONTACT IS-FRIEND IS-FAMILY
Set the geo perms for a photo PHOTO-ID.
photos.getAllContexts PHOTO-ID
Get all visible sets and pools the PHOTO-ID belongs to.
photos.getContactsPhotos
Get a list of recent photos from the calling users' contacts
photos.getContactsPublicPhotos USER-NSID [FORMAT]
Get a list of recent public photos from USER-NSID's contacts
photos.getContext PHOTO-ID
Get next and previous photos for a PHOTO-ID in a photostream.
photos.getCounts DATES TAKEN-DATES
Get the counts for a set of DATES or TAKEN-DATES.
photos.getExif PHOTO-ID
Get EXIF information about one photo with id PHOTO-ID
photos.getFavorites PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get favourites information about one photo with id PHOTO-ID
photos.getInfo PHOTO-ID [SECRET]
Get information about one photo PHOTO-ID with optional SECRET
photos.getNotInSet [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos that are not in any set
photos.getPerms PHOTO-ID
Get a photo viewing and commenting permissions
photos.getRecent [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of recent photos
photos.getSizes PHOTO-ID
Get sizes of a PHOTO-ID
photos.getUntagged [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos that are not tagged
photos.getWithGeoData [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos that have geo data
photos.getWithoutGeoData [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos that do not have geo data
photos.licenses.getInfo
Get list of available photo licenses
photos.licenses.setLicense PHOTO-ID LICENSE-ID
Get photo PHOTO-ID license to LICENSE-ID
photos.notes.add PHOTO-ID X Y W H TEXT
Add a note (X, Y, W, H, TEXT) to a photo with id PHOTO-ID
photos.notes.delete NOTE-ID
Delete a note with id NOTE-ID
photos.notes.edit NOTE-ID X Y W H TEXT
Edit note NOTE-ID to (X, Y, W, H, TEXT)
photos.people.add PHOTO-ID USER-ID X Y W H
Mark USER-ID appearing in PHOTO-ID at (X, Y, W, H)
photos.people.delete PHOTO-ID USER-ID
Mark USER-ID as not appearing in PHOTO-ID
photos.people.deleteCoords PHOTO-ID USER-ID
Mark USER-ID as not appearing at coordinates in PHOTO-ID
photos.people.editCoords PHOTO-ID USER-ID X Y W H
Update USER-ID appearing in PHOTO-ID to coords (X, Y, W, H)
photos.people.getList PHOTO-ID
Get list of users appearing in PHOTO-ID
photos.recentlyUpdated MIN-DATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE [FORMAT]]]
Get list of photos that were recently updated
photos.removeTag PHOTO-ID TAG-ID
Remove a tag TAG-ID from a photo.
photos.search [PARAMS] tags TAGS...
Search for photos/videos with many optional parameters
user USER
tag-mode any|all
text TEXT
(min|max)-(upload|taken)-date DATE
license LICENSE
privacy PRIVACY
bbox a,b,c,d
sort
date-(posted|taken)-(asc|desc)|interestingness-(desc|asc)|relevance
accuracy 1-16
safe-search 1-3
type 1-4
machine-tags TAGS
machine-tag-mode any|all
group-id ID
place-id ID
extras EXTRAS
per-page PER-PAGE
page PAGES
media all|photos|videos
has-geo
lat LAT lon LON radius RADIUS radius-units km|mi
contacts (all|ff)
format FORMAT
woeid WOEID
geo-context 1-2
in-commons
in-gallery
photos.setContentType PHOTO-ID TYPE
Set photo TYPE to one of 'photo', 'screenshot' or 'other'
photos.setDates PHOTO-ID POSTED TAKEN GRANULARITY
Set a photo POSTED date, TAKEN date with GRANULARITY
photos.setMeta PHOTO-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION
Set a photo TITLE and DESCRIPTION
photos.setPerms PHOTO-ID IS-PUBLIC IS-FRIEND IS-FAMILY PERM-COMMENT
PERM-ADDMETA
Set a photo viewing and commenting permissions
photos.setSafetyLevel PHOTO-ID SAFETY-LEVEL HIDDEN
Set a photo's SAFETY-LEVEL and HIDDEN flag
photos.setTags PHOTO-ID TAGS
Set the tags for a PHOTO-ID to TAGS.
photos.transform.rotate PHOTO-ID DEGREES
Rotate PHOTO-ID by 90/180/270 DEGREES
photos.upload.checkTickets TICKET-IDS...
Get the status of upload TICKET-IDS
photosets.addPhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID
Add PHOTO-ID to a PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.comments.addComment PHOTOSET-ID TEXT
Add a comment TEXT to photoset PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.comments.deleteComment COMMENT-ID
Delete a photoset comment COMMENT-ID.
photosets.comments.editComment COMMENT-ID TEXT
Edit a photoset comment COMMENT-ID to have new TEXT.
photosets.comments.getList PHOTOSET-ID
Get the comments for a photoset PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.create TITLE DESCRIPTION PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID
Create a photoset with TITLE, DESCRIPTION and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.
photosets.delete PHOTOSET-ID
Delete a photoset with PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.editMeta PHOTOSET-ID TITLE DESCRIPTION
Set the TITLE and/or DESCRIPTION of a PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.editPhotos PHOTOSET-ID PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID PHOTO-IDS,...
Set the PHOTO-IDs of a PHOTOSET-ID and PRIMARY-PHOTO-ID.
photosets.getContext PHOTO-ID PHOTOSET-ID
Get next and previous photos for PHOTO-ID in PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.getInfo PHOTOSET-ID
Get information about PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.getList [USER-NSID]
Get the list of photosets for the USER-NSID.
photosets.getPhotos PHOTOSET-ID [EXTRAS [PRIVACY [PER-PAGE [PAGE
[FORMAT]]]]]
Get the list of photos in PHOTOSET-ID with options.
photosets.orderSets PHOTOSET-IDS...
Set the order of sets PHOTOSET-IDS.
photosets.removePhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID
Remove PHOTO-ID from PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.removePhotos PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-IDS...
Remove PHOTO-IDS from PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.reorderPhotos PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-IDS...
Reorder PHOTO-IDS from PHOTOSET-ID.
photosets.setPrimaryPhoto PHOTOSET-ID PHOTO-ID
Set photoset PHOTOSET-ID primary photo to PHOTO-ID.
places.find TEXT
Find places by TEXT query.
places.findByLatLon LAT LON ACCURACY
Find places by LAT and LON with ACCURACY 1-16.
places.getChildrenWithPhotosPublic PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]
Find child places with public photos by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID
places.getInfo PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]
Find place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID
places.getInfoByUrl URL
Find place by place URL
places.getPlaceTypes URL
Get a list of available place types
places.getShapeHistory PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]
Get history of shapes for a place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID
places.getTopPlacesList PLACE-TYPE [DATE [WOE-ID|- [PLACE-ID]]]
Get the top 100 most geotagged places for a DATE (or yesterday).
places.placesForBoundingBox PLACE-TYPE MIN-LONG MIN-LAT MAX-LONG
MAX-LAT
Find user places of PLACE-TYPE in bbox.
places.placesForContacts PLACE-TYPE WOE-ID|- PLACE-ID|- THRESHOLD
[PARAMS]
Find top 100 unique places clustered by a given PLACE-TYPE for a
user's contacts with optional parameters
contacts CONTACTS
min-upload MIN-UPLOAD-DATE
max-upload MAX-UPLOAD-DATE
min-taken MIN-TAKEN-DATE
max-taken MAX-TAKEN-DATE
places.placesForUser PLACE-TYPE [WOE-ID] [PLACE-ID [THRESHOLD]]]
Find user places of PLACE-TYPE.
places.resolvePlaceId PLACE-ID / WOE-ID
Find places information by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID (number).
places.resolvePlaceURL PLACE-URL
Find places information by PLACE-URL.
places.tagsForPlace PLACE-ID|- [WOE-ID|-]
Get tags for a place by PLACE-ID or WOE-ID with optional
parameters
min-upload MIN-UPLOAD-DATE
max-upload MAX-UPLOAD-DATE
min-taken MIN-TAKEN-DATE
max-taken MAX-TAKEN-DATE
prefs.getContentType
Get default content type preference for user.
prefs.getGeoPerms
Get default privacy level for geographic info for user.
prefs.getHidden
Get default hidden preference for user.
prefs.getPrivacy
Get default privacy preference for user.
prefs.getSafetyLevel
Get default safety level for user.
reflection.getMethodInfo NAME
Get information about an API method NAME
reflection.getMethods
Get API methods
replace FILE PHOTO-ID [async]
Replace a photo PHOTO-ID with a new FILE (async)
shorturi PHOTO-ID
Get the http://flic.kr short uri for PHOTO-ID
stats.getCollectionDomains DATE [COLLECTION-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get collection domains stats
stats.getCollectionReferrers DATE DOMAIN [COLLECTION-ID [PER-PAGE
[PAGE]]]
Get collection referrers stats
stats.getCollectionStats DATE COLLECTION-ID
Get collection view count stats
stats.getPhotoDomains DATE [PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get photo domains stats
stats.getPhotoReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PHOTO-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get photo referrers stats
stats.getPhotoStats DATE PHOTO-ID
Get photo view count stats
stats.getPhotosetDomains DATE [PHOTOSET-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get photoset domains stats
stats.getPhotosetReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PHOTOSET-ID [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]]
Get photoset referrers stats
stats.getPhotosetStats DATE PHOTOSET-ID
Get photoset view count stats
stats.getPhotostreamDomains DATE [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get photostream domains stats
stats.getPhotostreamReferrers DATE DOMAIN [PER-PAGE [PAGE]]
Get photostream referrers stats
stats.getPhotostreamStats DATE
Get photostream view count stats
stats.getPopularPhotos [DATE [SORT [PER-PAGE [PAGE [EXTRAS]]]]]
Get popular photos stats
stats.getTotalViews [DATE]
Get total stats
tags.getClusters TAG
Get list of tag clusters for TAG
tags.getHotList [PERIOD [COUNT]]
Get the list of hot tags for the given PERIOD (day, week)
tags.getListPhoto PHOTO-ID
Get the tag list for a PHOTO-ID.
tags.getListUser [USER-NSID]
Get the tag list for a USER-NSID (or current user).
tags.getListUserPopular [USER-NSID [COUNT]]
Get the popular tag list for a USER-NSID (or current user).
tags.getListUserRaw [TAG]
Get the raw versions of a TAG (or all tags) for the current
user.
tags.getMostFrequentlyUsed
Get the most frequently used tags for the current user.
tags.getRelated TAG
Get a list of tags 'related' to TAG based on clustered usage
analysis.
test.echo KEY VALUE
Test echo API call; echos KEY VALUE
test.login
Test login API call: returns username
test.null KEY VALUE
Test null API call: no return
upload FILE [PARAMS...]
Upload a photo FILE with optional parameters PARAM or PARAM
VALUE
title TITLE
description DESC
safety_level 'safe' (default) or 'moderate' or 'restricted'
content_type 'photo' (default) or screenshot' or 'other'
hidden 'public' (default) or 'hidden'
friend
public
family
tags TAGS... [must be last param]
urls.getGroup GROUP-ID
Get the url of the group page for GROUP-ID.
urls.getUserPhotos USER-NSID
Get the url of the photo page for USER-NSID.
urls.getUserProfile USER-NSID
Get the url of the profile page for USER-NSID.
urls.lookupGroup URL
Get a group NSID from the URL to a group's page or photo pool.
urls.lookupUser URL
Get a user NSID from the URL to a user's photo
Extras Fields
The EXTRAS parameter can take a comma-separated set of the following
values
date_taken
Date item was taken
date_upload
Date item was uploaded
geo Geotagging latitude, longitude and accuracy
icon_server
Item owner icon fields
last_update
Date item was last updated
license
Item License
machine_tags
Machine tags
media Item Format: photo or video
o_dims Original item dimensions
original_format
Original item secret and format
owner_name
Item owner ID
path_alias
Path alias for owner like /photos/USERNAME
tags Item clean tags (safe for HTML, URLs)
url_c URL of medium 800, 800 on longest size image
url_m URL of small, medium size image
url_n URL of small, 320 on longest side size image
url_o URL of original size image
url_q URL of large square 150x150 size image
url_s URL of small suqare 75x75 size image
url_sq URL of square size image
url_t URL of thumbnail, 100 on longest side size image
views Number of times item has been viewed
Photos List Feed Formats
The FORMAT parameter can take any of the following values
feed-rss_100
RSS 1.0
feed-rss_200
RSS 2.0
feed-atom_10
Atom 1.0
feed-georss
RSS 2.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos
feed-geoatom
Atom 1.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos
feed-geordf
RSS 1.0 with GeoRSS and W3C Geo for geotagged photos
feed-kml
KML 2.1
feed-kml_nl
KML 2.1 network link
SEE ALSO
flickrdf(1).
AUTHOR
flickcurl was written by David Beckett.
This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah <akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
1 September 2008 FLICKCURL(1)