Flickr

Inkstead Writer can upload your photo notes to Flickr. Flickr needs the most setup of the supported services, but it is a one-time job: four values, created once, that never expire.

Inkstead Writer reads four environment variables:

Variable	What it is
`FLICKR_API_KEY`	Your API key from the Flickr App Garden
`FLICKR_API_SECRET`	The secret that comes with the key
`FLICKR_ACCESS_TOKEN`	The token that authorises your account
`FLICKR_ACCESS_SECRET`	The secret that comes with the token

Set them in your site's .env file for local publishing, or as CI secrets or variables.

Getting the keys and tokens

First, create an API key at the Flickr App Garden. A non-commercial key is fine for a personal site. That gives you FLICKR_API_KEY and FLICKR_API_SECRET.

Then authorise your own account once using Flickr's OAuth flow to obtain FLICKR_ACCESS_TOKEN and FLICKR_ACCESS_SECRET. Flickr's authentication documentation describes the flow, and most OAuth 1.0a helper tools can complete it with your API key and secret. Ask for write permission. Flickr access tokens do not expire, so you only do this once.

What gets posted

Flickr receives the first photo from a photo note and uses the note text as the description.

Add flickr to a photo note when you want that note to upload to Flickr:

YAML

syndicate:
  - flickr

See Syndication for how results are recorded and how to retry a failure.