FlickrAPI

The goal of FlickrAPI is to provide an interface to the Flickr API and allow R users to download data on public photos uploaded to Flickr.

Installation

install.packages("FlickrAPI")
# remotes::install_github("koki25ando/FlickrAPI")

After installing, set up a Flickr API key and save it as a local environment variable using setFlickrAPIKey(api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE", install = TRUE). The Flickr API is available for non-commercial use by outside developers and is only available for commercial use under prior arrangements. Review the Flickr API documentation, API Overview, or Flickr Developer Guide for more information.

Example

You can get photos from any individual user using the getPhotos() function.

library(FlickrAPI)

photos <- getPhotos(user_id = "grand_canyon_nps")
knitr::kable(photos[1,])

id	owner	secret	server	farm	title	ispublic	isfriend	isfamily
51924677769	50693818@N08	a48d45c811	65535	66	03/03/22 Desert View Amphitheater Reconstruction 40389	1	0	0

For more information about any individual image, you can use getPhotoInfo() or the getExif() function.

photo_info <- getPhotoInfo(photo_id = photos$id[1], output = "tags")
knitr::kable(photo_info[c(1:2),])

id	author	authorname	raw	content	machine_tag
50601005-51924677769-83469	50693818@N08	Grand Canyon NPS	Desert View	desertview	0
50601005-51924677769-26960	50693818@N08	Grand Canyon NPS	Amphitheater	amphitheater	0

photo_exif <- getExif(photo_id = photos$id[10])
knitr::kable(photo_exif[1,])

tagspace	tagspaceid	tag	label	raw	clean
JFIF	0	JFIFVersion	JFIFVersion	1.02	NA

You can also search photos by tag and license.

photo_search <- getPhotoSearch(
  sort = "date-taken-desc",
  tags = c("cats", "dogs"),
  per_page = 50)

knitr::kable(photo_search[1,])

id	owner	secret	server	farm	title	ispublic	isfriend	isfamily	img_url	img_height	img_width	img_asp
51958193894	50281068@N08	ca8e35eb2b	65535	66	Cats Of Mei Ling	1	0	0	https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51958193894_ca8e35eb2b_s.jpg	75	75	1

See also

• Flickr API