Script for downloading all the Met's swords

met.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'open-uri'
require 'json'

def get_page(url)
  uri = URI(url)
  search = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri
    response = http.request request
    response.body
  end
end

query = "sword"
query_url = "https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/search?hasImages=true&q=#{query}"
search = JSON.parse(get_page(query_url))

search["objectIDs"].each do |id|
  individual_query = "https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/#{id}"
  item = JSON.parse(get_page(individual_query))
  if item['isPublicDomain'] && item['primaryImage']
    image_url = item['primaryImage']
    begin
      open(URI::encode(image_url)) do |f|
        File.open("#{query}/#{query}_#{item["objectID"]}.jpg", "wb") do |file|
          file.puts f.read
        end
      end
      p "sword_#{item["objectID"]}"
    rescue
      p "Error on id #{item["objectID"]}, url #{item["primaryImage"]}"
    end
  end
end

sort.rb

require 'fileutils'
require 'json'
require 'net/http'

# This is the script I used to sort the swords after I downloaded them, filtering out some non-swords
# This is not the smartest way to do this! You should sort before you download, don't be like me

def get_page(url)
  uri = URI(url)
  search = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new uri
    response = http.request request
    response.body
  end
end

def not_sword(file)
  FileUtils.mv("./#{file}", "../not_swords/#{file}")
end

objects = []
Dir.chdir("./swords")
files = Dir.glob("*.jpg")
not_swords = [
  "Figure", 
  "Watercolor", 
  "Cup and saucer", 
  "Badge", 
  "Dish", 
  "Medal", 
  "Cann", 
  "Pitcher", 
  "Plaque", 
  "Plate", 
  "Painting", 
  "Sword guard (Tsuba)", 
  "Print", 
  "Drawing", 
  "Tankard", 
  "Illustrated manuscript", 
  "Medallion", 
  "Tobacco Box", 
  "Soup plate", 
  "Vases", 
  "Lamp", 
  "Bowl", 
  "Coffee cup", 
  "Coffeepot", 
  "Helmet", 
  "Butter box", 
  "Teapot", 
  "Book", 
  "Cup with cover", 
  "Close-helmet", 
  "Coin", 
  "Hot milk pot", 
  "Goblet", 
  "Suit", 
  "Tureen with cover and stand", 
  "Tureen with cover",
  "Mug",
  "Box and tray",
  "Vase with cover",
  "Tea Caddy",
  "Cider Cup",
  "Standing cup with cover",
  "Teabowl",
  "Pair of sword-grip ornaments (Menuki)",
  "Incense box",
  "Sugar box",
  "Dishes",
  "Snuff bottle",
  "",
  "Portrait bust of a man",
  "Shadow puppet",
  "Sword-hilt collar (Fuchi)",
  "Print",
  "Cup",
  "Relief fragment from a funerary monument",
  "Orphrey fragment",
  "Neck-amphora",
  "Playing Card",
  "Wine can",
  "Statuette of Bes",
  "Scroll",
  "Chessmen",
  "Tile",
  "Illustrated single work",
  "Sugar caster",
  "Drawing",
  "Bit boss"
]
files.each do |file|
  id = file.scan(/\d+/).first
  facts = JSON.parse(get_page("https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/#{id}"))
  if not_swords.include?(facts['objectName'])
    not_sword(file)
  elsif !objects.include?(facts['objectName'])
    objects << facts['objectName']
    p "#{facts['objectName']} - #{id}"
  end
end

p objects.sort