Why do I need a flickr api key?

Question

Reading through the Flickr API documentation it keeps stating I require an API key to use their REST protocols. I am only building a photo viewer, gathering information availabl

Answer 1

The Flickr API is very nice and easy to use and will be much easier than scraping the feed yourself.

Getting a key takes about 2 minutes - you fill in a form on the website and then email it to you.