flickr.photos.licenses.setLicense

Sets the license for a photo.

Authentication

This method requires authentication with 'write' permission.

Note: This method requires an HTTP POST request.

Arguments

api_key (Required)
Your API application key. See here for more details.
photo_id (Required)
The photo to update the license for.
license_id (Required)
The license to apply, or 0 (zero) to remove the current license. Note : as of this writing the "no known copyright restrictions" license (7) is not a valid argument.

Example Response

This method has no specific response - It returns an empty success response if it completes without error.

Error Codes

1: Photo not found
The specified id was not the id of a valid photo owned by the calling user.
2: License not found
The license id was not valid.
3: Cannot change license
The license cannot be changed.
4: License not available
The specified license is not a valid or available license.
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.

API Explorer

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