Table of Contents
Connect
- Request an API key at flickr.com/services/api/misc.api_keys.html (a non-commercial key is enough for public data; no secret is needed).
- Settings → Social Feeds → Flickr → Connect account, paste the key, Save Changes.
- Optional. In Profile URL, enter your Flickr page, such as
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourname/, then Save Changes. Galleries list the albums of this profile. - In the gallery block, select the account and a Source. See the next part.
Fields
| Field | Values | Default / condition |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Flickr Account #n |
| API Key | The key | |
| Profile URL | https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourname/. Shown once the API key is entered | |
| Max Photos | 1 to 200 | 30 |
If an account was saved with a user or album URL, its Profile URL is filled from that URL.
Source in the block
Available in Visual Portfolio Pro 3.9.0 and later.
Each gallery picks what it shows from the account. In the block, under Account, select a Source. Until you pick one, the select reads Choose a source and the gallery shows no photos.
| Source | Field | Value |
|---|---|---|
| User public photos | User URL | https://www.flickr.com/people/simpletones/. Leave it empty to show the account’s Profile URL |
| Album | Album | A dropdown of the albums of the Profile URL, or an album URL: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gerdavs/albums/72157663545799247/ |
| Gallery | Gallery URL | https://www.flickr.com/photos/simpletones/galleries/72157622969084987/ |
| Group | Group URL | https://www.flickr.com/groups/central/ |
The Album dropdown needs a Profile URL in the account. Without one, the block shows “The list did not load. Add the Flickr profile URL in the connection settings to list its albums.” and a field where you enter the album URL. To use an album the list does not show, select Enter manually… and enter its URL in ID or URL.
If the account was saved with a source before, the first option reads As in connection: followed by that source, and galleries that keep it show that source.
The first time the editor previews a source, it fetches that source and shows its first page of photos. Read more in Social.
What is imported
Title, description, the date the photo was taken, views and comments counts, all sizes of the photo, and the owner as the author. Tags are not turned into categories.