The Flickr modules allow you to watch, search, create, and modify both photos and photosets and make API calls.

Getting started with Flickr

To use any of the Flickr modules, you must connect your Flickr account to Boost.space Integrator. If you do not have an account yet, you can create one at flickr.com.

Connecting Flickr to Boost.space Integrator

If you don’t have a Flickr account, go to Flickr’s homepage and sign up for an account. Once your account is ready, you can proceed to the next step.

To create an app follow our step-by-step guide bellow.

Now, you can continue creating your scenario.

Photo

Watch Photos

Triggers when a photo is uploaded.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Watch Photos

By Query Parameters

• Select whether you want to watch your photos or someone else’s.
• Add search and tag parameters to further filter the results.

By My Photoset

• Select the Photoset ID you want to use.

Safe Search

Select the level of Flickr SafeSearch you want to use.

• Safe
• Moderate
• Restricted

Content Type

Select the type of content you want to watch for.

• All
• Photos only
• Screenshots only
• Other only
• Photos and Screenshots
• Screenshots and Other
• Photos and Other

Privacy Filter

Select the privacy filter you want to use.

• Public photos
• Private photos visible to friends
• Private photos visible to family
• Private photos visible to friends and family
• Completely private photos

Media

Select the type of media you want to watch for.

• All
• Photos
• Videos

Limit

Set the maximum number of photos Boost.space Integrator returns during one scenario execution cycle.

Search Photos

Searches for photos.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Search/List Photos

By Query Parameters

• Select whether you want to watch your photos or someone else’s.

• Add search and tag parameters to further filter the results.

Photos with one or more of the tags listed will be returned. You can exclude results that match a term by prepending it with a - character.

By My Photoset

• Select whether you want to watch your photos or someone else’s.
• Select the Photoset ID you want to use.

Min Upload Date

Map the minimum upload date. Boost.space Integrator returns photos with an upload date greater than or equal to this value. See the list of supported date formats.

Max Upload Date

Map the maximum upload date. Boost.space Integrator returns photos with an upload date less than or equal to this value. See the list of supported date formats.

Min Taken Date

Map the minimum taken date. Boost.space Integrator returns photos with a taken date greater than or equal to this value. See the list of supported date formats.

Max Taken Date

Map the maximum taken date. Boost.space Integrator returns photos with a taken date less than or equal to this value. See the list of supported date formats.

Safe Search

Select the level of Flickr SafeSearch you want to use.

• Safe
• Moderate
• Restricted

Content Type

Select the type of content you want to watch for.

• All
• Photos only
• Screenshots only
• Other only
• Photos and Screenshots
• Screenshots and Other
• Photos and Other

Privacy Filter

Select the privacy filter you want to use.

• Public photos
• Private photos visible to friends
• Private photos visible to family
• Private photos visible to friends and family
• Completely private photos

Media

Select the type of media you want to watch for.

• All
• Photos
• Videos

Sort

Select the order in which to sort the returned photos.

• Date Posted – Ascending
• Date Posted – Descending
• Date Taken – Ascending
• Date Taken – Descending
• Interestingness – Ascending
• Interestingness – Descending
• Relevance

Extra Fields

Select any extra information to fetch for each returned record.

Limit

Set the maximum number of photos Boost.space Integrator returns during one scenario execution cycle.

Get a Photo

Gets a specified photo.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Photo ID

Enter the id of the photo you want to get.

Limit

Set the maximum number of photos Boost.space Integrator returns during one scenario execution cycle.

Upload a Photo

Uploads a new photo.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Photoset ID

Select or enter the id of the photoset you want to upload your photo to.

File Name

Map the file name, including the extension. For example: photo.jpg.

Data

Map the necessary data of the photo you want to upload.

Privacy

Select your preferred level of privacy.

• Public
• Friends and Family
• Friends
• Family

Safety Level

Select your preferred level of safety.

• Safe
• Moderate
• Restricted

Content Type

Select the type of content you want to upload.

• Photo
• Screenshot
• Other

Title

Enter the title of the upload.

Description

Enter the description of the upload. This may contain some limited HTML.

Tags

Add any tags to apply to the upload.

Hide from Public Searches

Select whether to hide the upload from any public searches

Add/Remove a Photo

Adds or removes a photo to/from a specified photoset.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Choose a Method

Add a Photo

Remove a Photo

Photoset ID

Enter or select the id of the photoset you want to update.

Photo ID

Enter or select the id of the photo you want to add or remove.

Delete a Photo

Deletes a photo.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Photo ID

Enter or select the id of the photo you want to delete.

Photoset

List Photosets

Retrieves a list of photosets.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

I want to see

Choose whether you want to retrieve a list of your photosets or someone else’s. If it’s someone else’s, enter the id of the user or search for the them by URL.

Primary Photo Extra Fields

Select any extra information the primary photo needs to populate the list.

Limit

Set the maximum number of photosets Boost.space Integrator returns during one scenario execution cycle.

Get a Photoset

Gets a specified photoset.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

I want to see

Choose whether you want to get one of your photosets or someone else’s.

• If yours, select or enter the id of the photoset you want to get.
• If someone else’s, enter the id of the user or search for the them by URL. Then select or enter the id of the photoset you want to get.

Create a Photoset

Creates a new phototset.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Title

Enter a title for the new photoset you want to create.

Primary Photo ID

Select or enter the id of the photo you want to represent the new photoset.

Description

Enter a description for the new photoset. This may contain limited html.

Delete a Photoset

Deletes a photoset.

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Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Photoset ID

Select or enter the id of the photoset you want to delete.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Flickr account.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET: to retrieve information for an entry.

POST: to create a new entry.

PUT: to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH: to make a partial entry update.

DELETE: to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don’t have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use – Get User’s Photoset ID

The following API call returns a user’s photoset ID:

Method:

GET

Matches of the search can be found in the module’s Output under Bundle > Body. Our example returned 1 photoset:

Legacy article, imported from the original Boost.space knowledge base (/knowledge-base/applications/file-and-document-management/flickr/).