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Flickr API check return type photo or video

When I query flickr api for media return data looks something like this:

"photo": [
{
 "id": "8432423659",
 "owner": "37107167@N07",
 "secret": "dd1b834ec5",
 "server": "8187",
 "farm": 9,
 "title": "Color",
 "ispublic": 1,
 "isfriend": 0,
 "isfamily": 0,
 "is_primary": 1,
 "has_comment": 0

I want to know which is photo and which is a video. I know there is a "media" parameter (photos|videos|all), however this will filter them in response. I want to return all media, but be able to distinguish between photos and videos, is it possible?

Solution

  • If you're using flickr.photos.search, try adding the extras parameter and include media. You should then get a media property for each item returned, which indicates if it's a photo or video.