Is there a way to bulk download multiple public domain images from Flickr at original size?
Asked 11/8/2025
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I need to save around 50 public domain images from Flickr and would like the original-size files. Rather than opening each photo page and downloading them one by one, is there any practical way to speed this up or automate part of the process? The images are public domain only.
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Gorzas
7mo ago
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Make a simple HTML file with links to your 50 images. Links should look like this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/FLICKRUSER/12345678901/sizes/
Open your HTML file in a browser, open each link in a new tab. Flip to each tab and download the original-size image from the link provided. If it was 5000 images, or even 500, I could see this being a pain, but 50 images is no sweat.
If images are all from one user, and you know how to do a bit of coding, you can use the Flickr API to download a JSON file giving the direct URL of all original-size images from that user. At least, I think you can do that – I had to do it myself in the past, and that's my memory of how I solved it.
Originally by osullic. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
osullic
7mo ago
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There isn’t a simple built-in Flickr bulk-download method described here for arbitrary public images. For about 50 files, the practical approach is still semi-manual: create a small HTML page containing links to each photo’s Flickr sizes page, open them in tabs, then use the original-size download link on each tab.
Link format:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/USERNAME/PHOTOID/sizes/
If all the images are from one Flickr user and you’re comfortable coding, the Flickr API may let you retrieve data (such as JSON) that includes direct original-image URLs, which could help automate downloading.
So the short answer is: for a modest set like 50 images, use a tabbed workflow; for larger batches from one account, look into the Flickr API.
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