imgur arbitrary URL parser and decomposer

imgurlinker.py

import urllib2
from time import sleep

from imgurpython import ImgurClient
from imgurpython.helpers.error import ImgurClientError, ImgurClientRateLimitError

def imgurlinker(x):
    global client
    try:
        defrag = urllib2.urlparse.urldefrag(x)[0]   # To deal with post-url items eg "#0"
    
        splits = defrag.split("/")
        if defrag.endswith('new'):
            splits = splits[:-1]
            
        if len(splits) == 4:
            # Single Image
            img = client.get_image(splits[-1].split('.')[0])
            img_links = [img.link]

        elif len(splits) == 5:
            #Album or Gallery
            if splits[-2] == "a":   #Album
                images = client.get_album_images(splits[-1])

            elif splits[-2] == "gallery":
                gallery = client.gallery_item(splits[-1])
                if gallery.is_album:
                    images = [client.get_image(i['id']) for i in gallery.images]
                else:
                    images = [gallery]
            else:
                print "ERROR in ==5: {}".format(x)
                images = []

            img_links =  [img.link for img in images]
        else:
            print "ERROR unknown split: {}".format(x)
            img_links = []
        print splits[-1]
        return img_links
    except ImgurClientRateLimitError as e:
        print("Rate Ex on {} - Sleeping for 30".format(x))
        print client.credits
        sleep(30)
        client = get_imgur_client()
        return imgurlinker(x)
    
    except ImgurClientError as e:
        print("Imgur Error on {}:({}){}: Skipping".format(
            defrag, e.status_code, e.error_message
        ))
        return []
    except:
        print "ERROR: {}".format(x)
        raise