Title: SSL errors on Flickr import
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# SSL errors on Flickr import

 *  Resolved [cmaverick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmaverick/)
 * (@cmaverick)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/)
 * I originally posted this as: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flickr-importer-needs-ssl?replies=6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/flickr-importer-needs-ssl?replies=6)
 * I never got it to work back then and decided to try again. I have a fresh version
   of the plugin but I still get the same error when I hit the import button:
 * > We got an unknown error back from Flickr. This is what they said.
   >  {“stat”:”
   > fail”,”code”:95,”message”:”SSL is required”}
 * Any thoughts?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/keyring-social-importers/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/keyring-social-importers/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Beau Lebens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beaulebens/)
 * (@beaulebens)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848526)
 * Did you try with the trunk version, or just the latest full release?
 *  Thread Starter [cmaverick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmaverick/)
 * (@cmaverick)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848527)
 * Yes. I downloaded directly from links you gave me last time. That’s a completely
   fresh install.
 *  Thread Starter [cmaverick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmaverick/)
 * (@cmaverick)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848528)
 * For added information, when I authenticate to flickr, I do see my Name and my
   icon show up (which did not happen in the previous version) but that error still
   occurs when I actually try to import.
 *  Thread Starter [cmaverick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmaverick/)
 * (@cmaverick)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848689)
 * I just figured out what it is… It’s kind of obvious too…
 * Flickr turned off non SSL requests to their API some time ago. The fix is pretty
   easy, just change the http urls in keyring-importer-flickr.php (line 111 and 
   186, I also changed the comment on 100, but that shouldn’t matter obviously) 
   from http:// to https:// and it works fine.
 * I figured I might as well mention it here so you can update the source and for
   anyone else who runs into it.
 *  Plugin Author [Beau Lebens](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beaulebens/)
 * (@beaulebens)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848806)
 * Weird, the important part there is that you change the one that appears on line
   100, which is changed in the trunk version of the plugin ([http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/keyring-social-importers/trunk/importers/keyring-importer-flickr.php](http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/keyring-social-importers/trunk/importers/keyring-importer-flickr.php),
   search for “[https://api.flickr.com/services/&#8221](https://api.flickr.com/services/&#8221);).
 * Using that in conjunction with the latest version of Keyring should mean that
   everything is happening via SSL.
 * Based on the line numbers that you mentioned, it sounds like maybe you have a
   different version of the plugin though, so I think maybe you have the previous
   version perhaps.
 *  Thread Starter [cmaverick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cmaverick/)
 * (@cmaverick)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848807)
 * weird. I mean, I downloaded it fresh right before I tried that. *shrug* in any
   case, it works. I just wanted you to be aware of it.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ssl-errors-on-flickr-import/#post-5848807)
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