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Question: flickr filename find

petsounds — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:48:24 -0800

How can I find 4799490_11a9544ee3.jpg on flickr?

I have thousands of regular-sized flickr photos saved on my computer with filenames like 4799490_11a9544ee3, or 4781253_bba2db11ca, etc. Id like to see the larger versions of a couple of my favorites. Is there any way to find an original flickr photo page based on a filename?

By: jjg

jjg — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:06:42 -0800

Is this it?

(Google search.)

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:07:19 -0800

http://www.flickr.com/photo.gne?id=4799490 seems to work.

By: petsounds

petsounds — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:10:26 -0800

thank you both- thats just what I wanted

By: jjg

jjg — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:10:31 -0800

Wow, how did you know how to do that?

By: MonkeySaltedNuts

MonkeySaltedNuts — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:12:34 -0800

Flickr forums has the info.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 22:41:39 -0800

This is old knowledge among flickrites.

The photo id is 4799490. Thats sequential so this photo is the 4,799,490the photo uploaded to flickr. (so you can use that construct above to find the Nth photo uploaded to flickr)

The next part is a random hash which allows you to keep private photos private. Also at the end ther'e usually something like a _s or _o. These are the different sizes with "o" meaning original.