AttributeError: 'xml.etree.ElementTree.Element' object has no attribute 'getchildren' when running python3 flickr_scraper.py

[cjgetty]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/cjgetty/Desktop/flickr_scraper/flickr_scraper.py", line 66, in <module>
    get_urls(search=opt.search,  # search term
  File "/Users/cjgetty/Desktop/flickr_scraper/flickr_scraper.py", line 31, in get_urls
    for i, photo in enumerate(photos):
  File "/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/miniforge/base/lib/python3.9/site-packages/flickrapi/core.py", line 690, in data_walker
    photoset = rsp.getchildren()[0]
AttributeError: 'xml.etree.ElementTree.Element' object has no attribute 'getchildren'

[s4lm-xi]

I was able to fix the issue myself by editing the core.py file. The file should be inside the following path python3.x/site-packages/flickrapi/core.py

replace line 690 with photoset = list(rsp)[0]. That should resolve the issue

getchildren method is deprecated, check out the documentation

[glenn-jocher]

@s4lm-xi thanks for the fix idea! Can you please submit a PR with your updates to help future uses?

[s4lm-xi]

the issue is from the flickrapi module. The current latest version is 2.4.0 and it doesn't include the fix. however in the flickr github repo the issue is fixed. But there is not an available version to install.

[glenn-jocher]

Got it, thanks!

[Kasumi-tsuki]

It works.Thanks!

[rmozart]

Thanks, @s4lm-xi ! It worked real nice!