The Flickr API is available for Commercial & Non Commercial use by outside developers and Flickr users. Flickr API can be used to configure your application on different platforms and applications like Android Phone Apps, Web Applications, Various Plugins & Extensions. Apps use your Flickr API key to fetch information from your account, get you photo stream, photo albums and your photo collection.
Here we get the answer of this qestion that how to get Flickr API Key. And here is the set to get Flickr API Key:
Step – 1
Open the below link to get your Flickr API Key. Make sure you are already logged into your Flickr account before going to click on below link.
Link is: https://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html
Step – 2
Link will redirect your to Flickr API Key apply page.
Click on “Apply for your key online now” link same as below screenshot.
Step – 3
Next screen will ask you to Usage of Flickr API Key.
If you going to use this API key for commercial use to burn some money then you will need to choose option:
APPLY FOR A COMMERCIAL KEY
If you going to use this API key for non commercial use and you doesn’t want to burn some money then you will need to choose option:
APPLY FOR A NON COMMERCIAL KEY
Step – 4
Next screen will ask you where you are using this API Key. So, please give the details as like below screenshot.
For example we are using this API Key with Flickr Album Gallery plugin and this is a non commercial plugin to display Flickr account Album Gallery on your WordPress blog.
So, proved the Flickr App details where you are planning to use this API Key and click on SUBMIT button.
Step – 5
After submit form on previous page you will get your Flickr API Key on next screen. Below screenshot showing your new generated Flickr API Key.
Here Your Flickr API Key: e54499be5aedef32dccbf8XXXXXXXXX
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