📔 User Information

If you want to get someone's user information, you should create a User Instance, and use Instance methods.

✏️ User Instance

🔸 PyFlickr.getUser([user_id]) - Get User Instance

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
user_id	str	Find this parameter at someone's flickr url, like this :

Example :

# Return a "User Instance"
user = PyFlickr.getUser(user_id="139958401@N06")

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✏️ Instance methods

Now, you get a User instance named user, and it has 6 methods : getAbout, getPhotoStream, getAlbums, getFaves, getGalleries, getGroups.

🔸 user.getAbout() - Get User About

Parameters :

This method has no parameters.

Example :

# Return user data in "About" Page
user_about = user.getAbout()

Return Data :

{
  "title": "Syashin Chen",
  "subtitle": "PythonTest",
  "avatar": "https://s.yimg.com/pw/images/buddyicon01_r.png#139958401@N06",
  "followers": "3",
  "following": "3",
  "description": "For PyFlickr Test",
  "infos": {
    "Joined": "March 2016",
    "Hometown": "Tainan",
    "Current city": "Hsinchu",
    "Country": "Taiwan",
    "Website": "https://medium.com/@Syashin"
  },
  "general_stats": {
    "views": "518",
    "tags": "0",
    "map": "0",
    "favorites": "2",
    "groups": "2"
  },
  "showcase_photos": [
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/43371867585/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/43371866885/"
  ],
  "popular_photos": [
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/44277693001/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/44277691471/"
  ]
}

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🔸 user.getPhotoStream([limit_trigger],[limit_page]) - Get User Photostream

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
limit_trigger	bool	It is uesd to set a limit to the returning pages through there are perhaps too many photos on Photostream Page. Default limit_trigger = True .
limit_page	int	The limit number of returning pages. Default limit_page = 1, and will be invalid when limit_trigger = False .

Example :

# Return 1 page of "PhotoStream" Page
user_photo_stream = user.getPhotoStream()

# Return 3 pages of "PhotoStream" Page
user_photo_stream = user.getPhotoStream(limit_page = 3)

# Return all pages of "PhotoStream" Page
user_photo_stream = user.getPhotoStream(limit_trigger = False)

Return Data :

{
  "Limit_Trigger": "False",
  "Limit_Page": "None",
  "Time_Spend": 19,
  "PhotoStream_Count": 26,
  "PhotoStream_Result": [
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/44277693001/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/43371871895/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/43371871115/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/44277691911/",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/44277691471/"
    ...more
  ]
}

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🔸 user.getAlbums([limit_trigger],[limit_page]) - Get User Albums

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
limit_trigger	bool	It is uesd to set a limit to the returning pages through there are perhaps too many albums on Album Page. Default limit_trigger = True .
limit_page	int	The limit number of returning pages. Default limit_page = 1, and will be invalid when limit_trigger = False .

Example :

# Return 1 page of "Albums" Page
user_albums = user.getAlbums()

# Return 3 pages of "Albums" Page
user_albums = user.getAlbums(limit_page = 3)

# Return all pages of "Albums" Page
user_albums = user.getAlbums(limit_trigger = False)

Return Data :

{
  "Limit_Trigger": "False",
  "Limit_Page": "None",
  "Time_Spend": 21,
  "Albums_Count": 2,
  "Albums_Result": [
    {
      "title": "Travel_to_Japan",
      "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/albums/72157700310278564"
    },
    {
      "title": "Tainan_Taiwan",
      "url": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/139958401@N06/albums/72157670574464187"
    }
  ]
}

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🔸 user.getFaves([limit_trigger],[limit_page]) - Get User Favorite Photos

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
limit_trigger	bool	It is uesd to set a limit to the returning pages through there are perhaps too many favorites photo on Faves Page. Default limit_trigger = True .
limit_page	int	The limit number of returning pages. Default limit_page = 1, and will be invalid when limit_trigger = False .

Example :

# Return 1 page of "Faves" Page
user_favorites = user.getFaves()

# Return 3 pages of "Faves" Page
user_favorites = user.getFaves(limit_page = 3)

# Return all pages of "Faves" Page
user_favorites = user.getFaves(limit_trigger = False)

Return Data :

{
  "Limit_Trigger": "False",
  "Limit_Page": "None",
  "Time_Spend": 19,
  "Faves_Count": 2,
  "Faves_Result": [
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/othree/9480817678",
    "https://www.flickr.com/photos/bahnlandschaften/42447232940"
  ]
}

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🔸 user.getGalleries([limit_trigger],[limit_page]) - Get User Galleries

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
limit_trigger	bool	It is uesd to set a limit to the returning pages through there are perhaps too many Galleries on Galleries Page. Default limit_trigger = True .
limit_page	int	The limit number of returning pages. Default limit_page = 1, and will be invalid when limit_trigger = False .

Example :

# Return 1 page of "Galleries" Page
user_galleries = user.getGalleries()

# Return 3 pages of "Galleries" Page
user_galleries = user.getGalleries(limit_page = 3)

# Return all pages of "Galleries" Page
user_galleries = user.getGalleries(limit_trigger = False)

Return Data :

{
  "Limit_Trigger": "False",
  "Limit_Page": "None",
  "Time_Spend": 16,
  "Galleries_Count": 0,
  "Galleries_Result": []
}

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🔸 user.getGroups([limit_trigger],[limit_page]) - Get User Groups

Parameters :

Name	Type	Description
limit_trigger	bool	It is uesd to set a limit to the returning pages through there are perhaps too many Galleries on Galleries Page. Default limit_trigger = True .
limit_page	int	The limit number of returning pages. Default limit_page = 1, and will be invalid when limit_trigger = False .

Example :

# Return 1 page of "Groups" Page
user_groups = user.getGroups()

# Return 3 pages of "Groups" Page
user_groups = user.getGroups(limit_page = 3)

# Return all pages of "Groups" Page
user_groups = user.getGroups(limit_trigger = False)

Return Data :

{
  "Limit_Trigger": "False",
  "Limit_Page": "None",
  "Time_Spend": 17,
  "Groups_Count": 2,
  "Groups_Result": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/challengefactory/",
      "title": "工厂的挑战",
      "members": {
        "numbers": "5,595",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/challengefactory/members"
      },
      "photos": {
        "numbers": "105,935",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/challengefactory/pool"
      },
      "discuss": {
        "numbers": "145,849",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/challengefactory/discuss"
      }
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/35mmphotography/",
      "title": "35mm - Photography",
      "members": {
        "numbers": "6,569",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/35mmphotography/members"
      },
      "photos": {
        "numbers": "150,907",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/35mmphotography/pool"
      },
      "discuss": {
        "numbers": "19",
        "url": "https://www.flickr.com/groups/35mmphotography/discuss"
      }
    }
  ]
}