gallery-dl wrapper

gdl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import subprocess
import tempfile

try:
    editor = os.environ.get("EDITOR")
except KeyError:
    print("EDITOR unset", file=sys.stderr)
    os.exit(1)

def run(args):
    try:
        subprocess.run(args, check=True)
    except:
        exit(1)

with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as fp:
    fp.write(b"\n# Enter links (one per line)")
    fp.flush()
    run([editor, fp.name])

    fp.seek(0)
    lines = [line.decode().strip() for line in fp.readlines()]
    links = [link for link in lines if len(link) > 0 and link[0] != '#']

run(["gallery-dl", "--write-metadata"] + links)