Oauth Example Authentication with Flickr using requests_oauthlib in Python

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import requests_oauthlib

api_key = <api_key_here>
api_secret = <api_secret_here>

# OAuth URLs
request_token_url = 'https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/request_token'
access_token_url = 'https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/access_token'
authorization_url = 'https://www.flickr.com/services/oauth/authorize'

callback_uri = <callback_uri_here>

oauth_session = requests_oauthlib.OAuth1Session(client_key=api_key, client_secret=api_secret, signature_method=u'HMAC-SHA1', signature_type=u'AUTH_HEADER', callback_uri=callback_uri)

# First step, fetch the request token:
request_token = oauth_session.fetch_request_token(request_token_url)

# Second step, follow this link and authorize:
print oauth_session.authorization_url(authorization_url)

# Third step, fetch the access token:
redirect_response = raw_input('Paste the full redirect URL here.')
print oauth_session.parse_authorization_response(redirect_response)
print oauth_session.fetch_access_token(access_token_url)

# Done! You can now make authenticated requests using the token and token secret.

Nice work! You've made this process as simple as I think it can possibly be.

Python 3+ needs a few tweaks to get it working:

• print statements require parenthesis around the entire value
• raw_input has been renamed to input

Hey all,

If you have the urge, check out the Python Flickr API. Consult the wiki for steps similar to the ones on this gist for getting tokens and authenticating!

@blairg23 - would love to get your code in the project. Your method is the best I've found. Consider a PR!