Got a link like //farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg and want to find out which user posted it, more images by that user, see the full-size version, etc? Seek no longer, the answer is very simple!
From the URL you’ve got take extract the image name (2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg) and split it on the underscore. The first part is the photoID, the second part is the hash/salt and (if there) the third part the size (Full format: photoId_hash_size.jpg).
Now append that photoId to http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id= and *MAGIC* there you have it, the Original Flickr Photo URL (and the user) 🙂 The example above would be transformed to http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=2177060015
Cheers!
B!
UPDATE 2008.01.18 – In related matter these might be of interest too: Flickr Hack – All sizes for all pics & My most interesting (best viewed) Flickr pics (replace that ID with your own Flickr ID to watch yours 😉)
UPDATE 2010.11.07 – Bram.us visitor Robin Senior created a handy bookmarklet which does the job automagically. Drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar and click it whenever you have a static Flickr image URL open: Flickr Photo Page
UPDATE 2012.20.26 – Flickr itself has a detailed page explaining the Flickr full photo url format.
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Nifty… did you figure this out yourself or looked under the hood?
@Wolf: The Flickr FAQ & some good old “gezond boerenverstand” made something rumble … a look at the sourcode of a Flickr Photo Page verified it all 😉
coolio 🙂
Here is an idea for you:
You can’t link to your overall comments list, that works only for yourself (by using this url: http://flickr.com/photos_comments.gne), but you can link to your overall comment list by using its feed: http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_comments.gne?user_id=23767705@N04&lang=en-us&format=atom
Now is there a way to display that as html?
Wow. This is useful!
Google and Bram.us are rock-solid. I just searched for “see user behind static flickr” and bam… bram.us to the rescue once again.
Cheers, you genius you. 😉
my keyword: “reverse flickr”
If you’re using Firefox, you can use this extension to get to Flickr photo page from context menu.
Yet another Firefox plugin–adds “View Original Flickr Image” and “Download Original Flickr Image” options to the right-click context menu for any Flickr photo.
http://snipurl.com/8v0ro
Thank you, Bram 🙂
Thanks for the tip! I took this idea and make a really simple web add that users can bookmark:
http://folksonomy.org/sandbox/findr/
THANKS! this is super helpful! I do a lot of reference image research at work and it’s great to be able to relocate the originals!
Hi there,
Very useful, BUT: I just tried this with a photo and got the page “Ooops, you’re not allowed to see this” after log-in. How can I still find out the user who uploaded this pic?
Cheers,
Jay
Anyone know whats the most recent hack available for downloading original sized flickr photos? Seeing as the ones above are two years old and no longer work 🙁
Thanks for this post! I found it while writing my first django app and decided to write a small ajax tool to convert the image link to the page as an exercise: http://www.nicolaskuttler.com/flickr-image-to-page/
Hello
Hope you all are fine.
I need help with getting the following code for my image in flickr. i want to use it in my html code.
here is the format.
http://farm{farm-id}.static.flickr.com/{server-id}/{id}_{secret}.jpg
example:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg
i want this code for the following image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aiesecintanzania/6194503105/in/photostream/
please teach me how to get the:
farmid
serverid
is_serverid
thanks
@Nahid: As far as I know there’s no automatic way to do this. You can do it manually: at the flickr page, click on Actions > View All Sizes. Then right click the photo and copy its URL: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6161/6194503105_49f444cf91.jpg
Thanks, i really needed this one!!! I had an image but didn´t know where i got it..i had a txt file with the flickr static link!Greets from Italy
God (or any divinity at your choice) bless you eternally!
I know this is kinda spam… but I just made an app some people might find useful. It let’s you download your entire photostream, in original size, as a batch process. Please check it out here:
http://www.myflickrbackup.com
As it’s new, I’m happy to give out a few free license keys if anyone wants to test it out for me, please drop me an email: captain.o.dog AT gmail DOT com
bram . thank u so much for this info .. umm just wanderin . is there any tricks to view private flickr page ? .. thank u so much!
You are all silly guys, you can just go over in source code of picture and take
the image url. In case you whant to do it whit a script, you can use curl / xpath
methods to do it.
So… don’t spam google whit noob comments pls, ty
the bookmarklet is not compatible with “staticflickr.com” URL
I modify the code and put the new bookmarklet here:
http://blog.alexw.net/archives/2012/05/01/4409.php
(Chinese site)
Translate: http://goo.gl/zglRK
Bingo! This is exactly what I needed to find the photographer of a photo I had bookmarked. Thank you!!!!!