flickrAPI groups_leave() gives error
Question: I keep getting an `<Element 'rsp' at 0x2f25830> Error: 99: Insufficient
permissions. Method requires delete privileges; write granted.` error when I
try to run `groups_leave()` from FlickrAPI.

I use the `people_getGroups()` and it runs like a champ, so I used the same
code, changing `people_getGroups()` to `groups_leave()` and it just bends over
& moons me. :(

    
    
    ##  Python 2.73
    ##
    ##  Patterned after http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3182269/retrieving-flickr-favorites
    ##
    
    import fileinput
    import time
    import flickrapi
    
    Start = time.time()
    
    g = 0
    
    api_key    = 'Thisisnotreallyit'
    api_secret = "ifItoldyou,I'dhavetokillyou"
    
    flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key, api_secret)
    
    uNSIDfile = '\flickrAPI\Test\GrpLeave.ttxt'
    
    InFile  = open(uNSIDfile)
    OutFile = open('C:\flickrAPI\Test\LeftGrp.ttxt', mode='w')
    
    # group = '1569978@N25 '
    for group in InFile:
        group = group [:-1]  # gets rid of{CR}{LF}
    
        g += 1
        if '@N' in group:
                try:
                        Grp = flickr.groups_leave(group_id = group)
                        fErr = ''
                        tup = 'Left Group {0}\n'.format(Grp)
                        OutFile.write(tup.encode('utf-8'))
    
                except flickrapi.FlickrError as fErr:
                        tup = str(Grp) + '\t' + str(fErr) + '\n'
                        OutFile.write(tup.encode('utf-8'))
    
                print('Left group: {0} \t {1}'.format (Grp, str(fErr)))
                group = ''
    
        else:
                pass
    
    print('{0} groups \n'.format (g))
    print(" Processing time: {1}:{0}".format ( int(( time.time()-Start) % 60), int((time.time()-Start)/60)))
    
    InFile.close()
    OutFile.close()
    

I tried running it from the console & it gives me:

    
    
    >>> group = '1389232@N25'
    >>> Grp = flickr.groups_leave(group_id = group)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
            ##
      File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\flickrapi\flickrapi\__init__.py", line 349, in handler
            parse_format=args['format'], **args)
      File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\flickrapi\flickrapi\__init__.py", line 435, in __wrap_in_parser
            return parser(self, data)
      File "c:\python27\lib\site-packages\flickrapi\flickrapi\__init__.py", line 278, in parse_etree
            raise FlickrError(u'Error: %(code)s: %(msg)s' % err.attrib)
    FlickrError: Error: 99: Insufficient permissions. Method requires delete privileges; write granted.
    >>>
    


Answer: OK, once more I have the 'blonde moment!' ![enter image description
here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xrB7H.jpg)

At the Services website
<http://www.flickr.com/services/api/flickr.groups.leave.html> it states:
**_Note:** This method requires an HTTP POST request._

I haven't yet learned how to format those, but that is for another day, eh?

