diff --git a/searx/engines/flickr.py b/searx/engines/flickr.py
index 265c59a2c..59513b41c 100644
--- a/searx/engines/flickr.py
+++ b/searx/engines/flickr.py
@@ -1,37 +1,48 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 from urllib import urlencode
-from lxml import html
-from urlparse import urljoin
+from json import loads
+#from urlparse import urljoin
 
 categories = ['images']
 
-url = 'https://secure.flickr.com/'
-search_url = url+'search/?{query}&page={page}'
-results_xpath = '//div[@id="thumbnails"]//a[@class="rapidnofollow photo-click" and @data-track="photo-click"]'  # noqa
+# url = 'https://secure.flickr.com/'
+# search_url = url+'search/?{query}&page={page}'
+# results_xpath = '//div[@id="thumbnails"]//a[@class="rapidnofollow photo-click" and @data-track="photo-click"]'  # noqa
 
 paging = True
 
+# text=[query]
+# TODO clean "extras"
+search_url = 'https://api.flickr.com/services/rest?extras=can_addmeta%2Ccan_comment%2Ccan_download%2Ccan_share%2Ccontact%2Ccount_comments%2Ccount_faves%2Ccount_notes%2Cdate_taken%2Cdate_upload%2Cdescription%2Cicon_urls_deep%2Cisfavorite%2Cispro%2Clicense%2Cmedia%2Cneeds_interstitial%2Cowner_name%2Cowner_datecreate%2Cpath_alias%2Crealname%2Csafety_level%2Csecret_k%2Csecret_h%2Curl_c%2Curl_h%2Curl_k%2Curl_l%2Curl_m%2Curl_n%2Curl_o%2Curl_q%2Curl_s%2Curl_sq%2Curl_t%2Curl_z%2Cvisibility&per_page=50&page={page}&{query}&sort=relevance&method=flickr.photos.search&api_key=ad11b34c341305471e3c410a02e671d0&format=json'  # noqa
+
 
 def request(query, params):
-    params['url'] = search_url.format(query=urlencode({'q': query}),
+    params['url'] = search_url.format(query=urlencode({'text': query}),
                                       page=params['pageno'])
+    #params['url'] = search_url.format(query=urlencode({'q': query}),
+    #                                  page=params['pageno'])
     return params
 
 
 def response(resp):
-    global base_url
     results = []
-    dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
-    for result in dom.xpath(results_xpath):
-        href = urljoin(url, result.attrib.get('href'))
-        img = result.xpath('.//img')[0]
-        title = img.attrib.get('alt', '')
-        img_src = img.attrib.get('data-defer-src')
-        if not img_src:
-            continue
-        results.append({'url': href,
-                        'title': title,
-                        'img_src': img_src,
+    images = loads(resp.text[14:-1])["photos"]["photo"]
+    for i in images:
+        results.append({'url': i['url_s'],
+                        'title': i['title'],
+                        'img_src': i['url_s'],
                         'template': 'images.html'})
+    #dom = html.fromstring(resp.text)
+    #for result in dom.xpath(results_xpath):
+    #    href = urljoin(url, result.attrib.get('href'))
+    #    img = result.xpath('.//img')[0]
+    #    title = img.attrib.get('alt', '')
+    #    img_src = img.attrib.get('data-defer-src')
+    #    if not img_src:
+    #        continue
+    #    results.append({'url': href,
+    #                    'title': title,
+    #                    'img_src': img_src,
+    #                    'template': 'images.html'})
     return results