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# Agent Guidelines for Flickr Mail
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This document provides context for AI agents working on this codebase.
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## Project Overview
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Flickr Mail is a Flask web application that helps users find photos on Flickr
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for Wikipedia articles and contact photographers to request Creative Commons
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licensing.
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## Architecture
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- **main.py**: Single-file Flask application containing all routes and logic
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- **templates/**: Jinja2 templates using Bootstrap 5 for styling
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- `base.html`: Base template with Bootstrap CSS/JS
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- `combined.html`: Main UI template for search, results, and message composition
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- `message.jinja`: Template for the permission request message body
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- `show_error.html`: Error display template
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## Key Components
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### Flickr Search (`search_flickr`, `parse_flickr_search_results`)
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Searches Flickr by scraping the search results page. The page embeds JSON data
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in a `modelExport` JavaScript variable which contains photo metadata.
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- Uses browser-like headers (`BROWSER_HEADERS`) to avoid blocks
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- Parses embedded JSON by counting braces (not regex) to handle nested structures
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- Returns `FlickrPhoto` dataclass instances with id, title, username, license, URLs
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### FlickrPhoto Dataclass
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Represents a photo with:
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- `id`, `title`, `path_alias`, `owner_nsid`, `username`, `realname`
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- `license` (int): Flickr license code (0=ARR, 4=CC BY, 5=CC BY-SA, etc.)
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- `thumb_url`, `medium_url`: Static image URLs
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- `flickr_url` property: URL to photo page
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- `license_name` property: Human-readable license name
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### License Codes
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Wikipedia-compatible licenses (can be used): 4 (CC BY), 5 (CC BY-SA), 7 (No
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known copyright), 8 (US Government), 9 (CC0), 10 (Public Domain).
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Not compatible: 0 (All Rights Reserved), 1-3 (NC variants), 6 (ND).
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### URL Validation (`is_valid_flickr_image_url`)
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Validates that image URLs passed via query params are from legitimate Flickr
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static image servers:
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- `live.staticflickr.com`
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- `farm*.staticflickr.com`
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- `c1.staticflickr.com`, `c2.staticflickr.com`
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### NSID Lookup (`flickr_usrename_to_nsid`)
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Converts a Flickr username/path alias to the NSID (internal user ID) needed
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for the Flickr mail URL. Scrapes the user's profile page for embedded params.
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## Request Flow
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1. User enters Wikipedia article title/URL → `start()` extracts article name
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2. `search_flickr()` fetches and parses Flickr search results
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3. Results displayed as clickable photo grid with license badges
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4. User clicks photo → page reloads with `flickr` and `img` params
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5. `flickr_usrename_to_nsid()` looks up the photographer's NSID
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6. Message template rendered with photo details
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7. User copies message and clicks link to Flickr's mail compose page
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## Testing Changes
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Run the Flask app locally:
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```bash
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python3 main.py
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```
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Then visit http://localhost:5000/
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Test search functionality:
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```python
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from main import search_flickr
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photos = search_flickr("Big Ben")
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print(len(photos), photos[0].title, photos[0].license_name)
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```
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## Potential Improvements
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- Add pagination for search results (currently shows ~25 photos)
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- Cache search results to reduce Flickr requests
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- Add filtering by license type
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- Handle Flickr rate limiting/blocks more gracefully
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- Add tests for the parsing logic
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