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flickr.auth.checkToken

Returns the credentials attached to an authentication token. This callmust be signed, and isdeprecated in favour of OAuth.

Authentication

This method does not require authentication.

Arguments

api_key (Required)
Your API application key.See here for more details.
auth_token (Required)
The authentication token to check.

Example Response

<auth>  <token>976598454353455</token>  <perms>read</perms>  <usernsid="12037949754@N01"username="Bees"fullname="Cal H" /></auth>

perms can have values ofnone,read,write ordelete. For more information, see theAuth API spec.

Error Codes

98: Login failed / Invalid auth token
The login details or auth token passed were invalid.
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.

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