flickr.groups.browse

Browse the group category tree, finding groups and sub-categories.

Authentication

This method requires authentication with 'read' permission.

Arguments

api_key (Required)
Your API application key. See here for more details.
cat_id (Optional)
The category id to fetch a list of groups and sub-categories for. If not specified, it defaults to zero, the root of the category tree.

Example Response

<category name="Alt" path="/Alt" pathids="/63">
  <subcat id="80" name="18+" count="0" />
  <subcat id="82" name="Absurd" count="4" />
  <group nsid="34955637532@N01" name="Cal's Public Test Group" members="13" online="1" chatnsid="34955637533@N01" inchat="0" />
  <group nsid="34158032587@N01" name="Eric's Alt Group Test" members="3" online="0" chatnsid="34158032588@N01" inchat="0" />
</category>

The count attribute of the subcat element gives the number of groups inside the subcat.

The members attribute of the group element gives the total number of members in the group. The online attribute gives a count of the members who are currently online. The inchat attribute gives a count of the number of people in the group's chat, regardless of whether they are members of the group.

Error Codes

1: Category not found
The value passed for cat_id was not a valid category id.
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.
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

API Explorer : flickr.groups.browse