get swatch and assign materials

assigning_materials.py

import bpy
from urllib.request import urlopen
import re

#usage
# - set to cycles first
# - unselect any objects.
# - run.

remote_location = "http://dribbble.com/shots/550651-Dune-Runner"

def regex_this(html):
    pattern = '<a href="\/colors\/(.*)"'
    matches = re.findall(pattern, html)
    return [i[:6] for i in matches]

def get_html(remote_location):
    html_raw = urlopen(remote_location)
    html = html_raw.readall().decode()
    html = ''.join(html)
    return html

def color_hex_to_float(group):
    rgb = [group[i:i+2] for i in range(0, 6, 2)]
    r, g, b = [(int(col, 16)/255) for col in rgb] 
    return r, g, b

def create_materials(color_group, col_name='swatch'):

    material_names = []
    for idx, color in enumerate(color_group):
        r, g, b = color_hex_to_float(color)
        material_name = col_name + str(idx)
        col = pymat.new(material_name)
        col.use_nodes = True

        Diffuse_BSDF = col.node_tree.nodes['Diffuse BSDF']
        Diffuse_BSDF.inputs[0].default_value = [r, g, b, 1]
        
        material_names.append(material_name)

    return material_names

def make_objects_and_assign_materials(material_names):
    for pos, material in enumerate(material_names):
        bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add()
        new_obj = bpy.context.active_object
        new_obj.location = (float(pos*2), 0.0, 0.0)
        new_obj.data.materials.append(pymat[material])


pymat = bpy.data.materials
html = get_html(remote_location)
color_group = regex_this(html)
material_names = create_materials(color_group)
make_objects_and_assign_materials(material_names)