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Flickr Scraper API

Access any Flickr page using our Flickr Scraper API. Point one API request at a Flickr URL and get structured JSON back while we get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection through residential proxies. Get back fields like image URL, photo title, photographer/owner, tags as structured JSON.

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Request 
curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.flickr.com/"
JSON Response
200 OK 
{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.flickr.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed Flickr page content..."
  // + more fields
}
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Flickr is served through the Universal Web Scraper API

You scrape Flickr with Chocodata's Universal Web Scraper API: point it at any Flickr URL and get the page back as structured JSON. Residential proxies, rotation, and retries are handled for you, with no Flickr-specific setup. The same API key and credits work here as on every dedicated endpoint.

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About Flickr

Flickr is a photo-hosting and sharing community where users post images organized into photostreams, albums, and groups. Public photo and search pages expose image URLs, titles, photographer accounts, tags, descriptions, and license info that are useful to scrape.

Scraping note: Search results load via infinite scroll and image metadata comes from an embedded JSON model, so deep crawls require paginating past the initial set.

Example Flickr page

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=EXAMPLE

Pass a URL like this as url= to the Universal Web Scraper API and get it back as JSON.

Fields you can extract from Flickr

check_small image URL check_small photo title check_small photographer/owner check_small tags check_small license type check_small view/favorite counts

Common use: A stock-imagery tool scrapes Flickr search results to find Creative Commons-licensed photos matching a keyword along with their attribution.

Everything you need to scrape Flickr

Residential proxies keep your own IP out of every request, the JSON comes back clean, and 1,000 free requests a month let you prove flickr scraper works before you add a card.

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Clean structured JSON

The Flickr page comes back as JSON in the parse mode you choose: auto, html, text, or json. No selectors to maintain for flickr scraper.

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Bypasses CAPTCHAs and anti-bot defenses

We get past CAPTCHAs, IP rate limiting, IP blocking, and headless-browser detection on Flickr using rotating, country-matched residential proxies, so requests look like real users and your own IP stays private.

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One API call

Scraping Flickr is one simple API call. The same key works across our whole web scraping API: all 235 targets, any language, no SDK required.

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Geo-targeting and JS rendering

Pass a country for proxy geo-targeting and turn on JavaScript rendering when a Flickr page needs it. flickr data api handles dynamic content and region-locked results.

Scrape Flickr in one API request

Point the Universal Web Scraper API at any Flickr page and get structured JSON back. You supply the URL; Chocodata handles the blocks, rotation, and retries that make scrape flickr hard to run yourself.

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Request

curl "https://api.chocodata.com/api/v1/universal/get?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&url=https://www.flickr.com/"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "url": "https://www.flickr.com/",
  "status": 200,
  "content": "parsed Flickr page content..."
  // + more fields
}

Parameters

Flickr routes through the Universal Web Scraper API, so the parameters are the universal ones: the URL to fetch, an optional parse mode, and an optional country for proxy geo-targeting.

Parameter Type Required Example
url string required https://example.com
parse enum optional auto
country string optional us

Enum parameters accept a fixed set of values. For example, parse accepts auto, html, text, json.

What you can build with Flickr data

Once the scraping API returns Flickr search data as clean JSON, these are the patterns teams reach for most.

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Catalog And Metadata Aggregation

Feed Flickr search data into your own product or workflow for catalog and metadata aggregation.

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Ratings And Review Analysis

Feed Flickr search data into your own product or workflow for ratings and review analysis.

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Content Discovery

Feed Flickr search data into your own product or workflow for content discovery.

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Trend Tracking

Feed Flickr search data into your own product or workflow for trend tracking.

Why developers pick Chocodata for Flickr

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Fast at the tail

Median 2.6 s per request with multi-tier retry, so latency stays predictable even when Flickr fights back.

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Parity-checked output

The Universal scraper returns the live page faithfully in your chosen parse mode.

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One key, 235 targets

The same scraping API key that scrapes Flickr works across every other target, with official Node, Python, and Go SDKs.

Simple pricing that scales with you

Start free with 1,000 requests a month and 5,000 credits, no credit card. Scale on monthly plans from $19, or top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. Only successful 2xx responses are billed, and every plan covers the full scraping API: all 235 targets and every endpoint.

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$19 / month

$0.70 / 1k effective

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$49 / month

$0.60 / 1k effective

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$100-$2k / month

Flat $0.50 / 1k effective at every level

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Pay-as-you-go top-up

$0.90 / 1,000 successful requests

Available on every plan including Free. Top up any time when included credits run out. Only 2xx responses charged. Balance never expires.

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Flickr Scraper API FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Flickr?

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Scraping publicly accessible Flickr data is generally legal in the US under the Ninth Circuit's hiQ v. LinkedIn ruling, which held that scraping public web data does not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It does not override Flickr's own Terms of Service, which are a contract matter, so check those for your use case and comply with data laws such as GDPR. This is general information, not legal advice.

How do I scrape Flickr without getting blocked?

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You scrape Flickr without getting blocked by sending the URL to the Universal Web Scraper API, which fetches it through rotating residential proxies and retries on soft blocks. Your own IP is never used, so Flickr's anti-bot layer sees ordinary residential traffic instead of a server.

What data does the Flickr Scraper API return?

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Through the Universal Web Scraper API you get the Flickr page back as JSON: rendered HTML, plain text, or auto-parsed content depending on the parse mode you pass. You choose the URL, Chocodata returns the data.

How much does the Flickr Scraper API cost?

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The Flickr Scraper API costs nothing to start: the Free plan includes 1,000 requests per month (5,000 credits) across all 235 targets. After that, monthly plans begin at $19, or you top up pay-as-you-go at $0.90 per 1,000 successful requests. One request is 5 credits, and non-2xx responses are never charged.

Do I need a Flickr account or login?

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No Flickr login is needed for public pages. You point the Universal Web Scraper API at a publicly accessible Flickr URL with your Chocodata API key; you do not hand over any Flickr credentials. Login-gated content is not supported.

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