flickr.contacts.getList

Authentication

This method requires authentication with 'read' permission.

Arguments

api_key (Required)

Your API application key. See here for more details.

filter (Optional)

An optional filter of the results. The following values are valid:
 

friends

Only contacts who are friends (and not family)

family

Only contacts who are family (and not friends)

both

Only contacts who are both friends and family

neither

Only contacts who are neither friends nor family

page (Optional)

The page of results to return. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 1.

per_page (Optional)

Number of photos to return per page. If this argument is omitted, it defaults to 1000. The maximum allowed value is 1000.

sort (Optional)

The order in which to sort the returned contacts. Defaults to name. The possible values are: name and time.

Example Response

<contacts page="1" pages="1" perpage="1000" total="3">
  <contact nsid="12037949629@N01" username="Eric" iconserver="1" realname="Eric Costello" friend="1" family="0" ignored="1" />
  <contact nsid="12037949631@N01" username="neb" iconserver="1" realname="Ben Cerveny" friend="0" family="0" ignored="0" />
  <contact nsid="41578656547@N01" username="cal_abc" iconserver="1" realname="Cal Henderson" friend="1" family="1" ignored="0" />
</contacts>

Error Codes

1: Invalid sort parameter.

The possible values are: name and time.

95: SSL is required

SSL is required to access the Flickr API.

96: Invalid signature

The passed signature was invalid.

97: Missing signature

The call required signing but no signature was sent.

98: Login failed / Invalid auth token

The login details or auth token passed were invalid.

99: User not logged in / Insufficient permissions

The method requires user authentication but the user was not logged in, or the authenticated method call did not have the required permissions.

100: Invalid API Key

The API key passed was not valid or has expired.

105: Service currently unavailable

The requested service is temporarily unavailable.

106: Write operation failed

The requested operation failed due to a temporary issue.

111: Format "xxx" not found

The requested response format was not found.

112: Method "xxx" not found

The requested method was not found.

114: Invalid SOAP envelope

The SOAP envelope send in the request could not be parsed.

115: Invalid XML-RPC Method Call

The XML-RPC request document could not be parsed.

116: Bad URL found

One or more arguments contained a URL that has been used for abuse on Flickr.

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