recall_oembed_deviantart.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# I had a pile of http://fav.me/... urls in a text file, and wanted to retrieve the original files via OEMBED.

from urllib.parse import quote
from urllib.request import urlopen, urlretrieve
import json
import sys


if __name__ == "__main__":
    for fav in sys.stdin:
        url = fav.split(' ')[0]
        print(url)
        with urlopen("https://backend.deviantart.com/oembed?url=" + quote(url)) as response:
           r = json.load(response)    

        basename = r['url'].split("/")[-1]
        local_filename, headers = urlretrieve(r['url'], basename)