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flickr.places.getInfoByUrl
Lookup information about a place, by its flickr.com/places URL.
Authentication
This method does not require authentication.
Arguments
api_key(Required)- Your API application key.See here for more details.
url(Required)- A flickr.com/places URL in the form of /country/region/city. For example: /Canada/Quebec/Montreal
Example Response
<placeplace_id="4hLQygSaBJ92"woeid="3534"latitude="45.512"longitude="-73.554"place_url="/Canada/Quebec/Montreal"place_type="locality"has_shapedata="1"> <localityplace_id="4hLQygSaBJ92"woeid="3534"latitude="45.512"longitude="-73.554"place_url="/Canada/Quebec/Montreal">Montreal</locality> <countyplace_id="cFBi9x6bCJ8D5rba1g"woeid="29375198"latitude="45.551"longitude="-73.600"place_url="/cFBi9x6bCJ8D5rba1g">Montréal</county> <regionplace_id="CrZUvXebApjI0.72"woeid="2344924"latitude="53.890"longitude="-68.429"place_url="/Canada/Quebec">Quebec</region> <countryplace_id="EESRy8qbApgaeIkbsA"woeid="23424775"latitude="62.358"longitude="-96.582"place_url="/Canada">Canada</country> <shapedatacreated="1223513357"alpha="0.012359619140625"count_points="34778"count_edges="52"> <polylines> <polyline> 45.427627563477,-73.589645385742 45.428966522217,-73.587898254395, etc...</polyline> </polylines> </shapedata></place>
Error Codes
2: Place URL required.- The flickr.com/places URL was not passed with the API method.
3: Place not found.- Unable to find a valid place for the places URL.
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.