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Very simple Flickr uploader
#!/usr/bin/env python
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from ConfigParser import ConfigParser, NoSectionError, NoOptionError
from datetime import datetime
from flickrapi import FlickrAPI
from os import environ
from os.path import abspath, basename, expanduser
from sys import argv
FLICKR_CONFIG_FILE = '~/.flickr/config'
def parse_args():
parser = ArgumentParser(description='upload photos to Flickr')
parser.add_argument('--config', default=FLICKR_CONFIG_FILE, metavar='file',
help='configuration file (default %s)' % FLICKR_CONFIG_FILE)
parser.add_argument('--public', '-p', action='store_true',
help='make photos public')
parser.add_argument('--family', '-f', action='store_true',
help='make photos available to family')
parser.add_argument('--friends', '-r', action='store_true',
help='make photos available to friends')
parser.add_argument('--fandf', '-F', action='store_true',
help='make photos available to family and friends')
parser.add_argument('--private', '-P', action='store_true',
help='make photos private')
parser.add_argument('files', metavar='file', nargs='+',
help='JPEG files to upload')
return parser.parse_args()
def read_conf_file(args):
fileconf = ConfigParser()
fileconf.read(abspath(expanduser(args.config)))
return fileconf
def determine_visibility(args, fileconf):
if args.private:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 0, 0, 0
elif args.friends:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 0, 0, 1
elif args.family:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 0, 1, 0
elif args.fandf:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 0, 1, 1
elif args.public:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 1, 1, 1
else:
try:
is_public = fileconf.getint('upload', 'is_public')
is_family = fileconf.getint('upload', 'is_family')
is_friend = fileconf.getint('upload', 'is_friend')
except NoSectionError, NoOptionError:
is_public, is_family, is_friend = 0, 0, 0
return is_public, is_family, is_friend
def merge_conf(args, fileconf):
'''Merge file config and command line args, the former taking precedence'''
is_public, is_family, is_friend = determine_visibility(args, fileconf)
return {
'api_key': fileconf.get('credentials', 'api_key'),
'secret': fileconf.get('credentials', 'secret'),
'is_public': is_public,
'is_family': is_family,
'is_friend': is_friend,
'files': args.files
}
def get_conf():
args = parse_args()
fileconf = read_conf_file(args)
return merge_conf(args, fileconf)
def auth_session(conf):
api_key = conf['api_key']
secret = conf['secret']
flickr = FlickrAPI(api_key, secret)
(token, frob) = flickr.get_token_part_one(perms='write')
if not token:
raw_input('Press ENTER after you authorized this program')
flickr.get_token_part_two((token, frob))
return flickr
def upload_files(flickr, conf):
for filename in conf['files']:
print datetime.now(), filename
flickr.upload(filename=filename, callback=show_progress,
title=basename(filename),
is_public=conf['is_public'],
is_family=conf['is_family'],
is_friend=conf['is_friend'])
def show_progress(percentage, done):
print 'progress, percentage %s, done %s' % (percentage, done)
if __name__ == '__main__':
conf = get_conf()
flickr = auth_session(conf)
upload_files(flickr, conf)
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