flickr_batch.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Based on
# http://blog.jamiek.it/2010/06/linux-flickr-downloader-script.html

# Searches flickr for all publicly available photos whos title/description/tags
# match the string passed to it.
# Downloads original-size images where possible, medium-size images otherwise.
# (Downloads into your current working directory)

# To get your API Key and Secret create a Flickr App at:
# http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply/

APIKey=''
Secret=''

# Note that *all* parameters in URI must be in alphabetical order, so this may
# not work
# for your method/parameters as is

Method='flickr.photos.search'
Search=$(echo $1 | sed 's/ /%20/g')
Params="content_type=1&extra=original_format,url_o&media=photos&sort=relevance&text=$Search"

# Image size: _s small square, _t thumbnail, _m small, none medium, _b large, _o
# original
Size="_o"

IFS='\
'
Page=1
Pages=1
while [ $Page -le $Pages ]
do
        URI="api_key=$APIKey&method=$Method&page=$Page&per_page=2&$Params"
        echo "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?$URI"
        for f in $(curl "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?$URI")
        do
                echo $f
                echo
                TempPages=$(echo $f | awk '/<photos/ {print $3}')
                if [ $TempPages ]
                then   
                        Pages=$(echo $TempPages | sed '~s/\(pages=\|"\)//g')
                fi
                INFO_URL=$(echo $f | awk '/id=/ {print "http://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?api_key='$APIKey'&method=flickr.photos.getInfo&photo_"$2}' | tr -d '"')
                ORIGINAL_SECRET=$(curl $INFO_URL | grep -P -o "originalsecret=\"\d+\"" | cut -d '"' -f 2 | tr -d '"')
                URL=$(echo $f | awk '/id=/ {print "http://farm"$6".static.flickr.com/"$5"/"$2"_"$4}')
                if [ $URL ]
                then   
                        URL=$(echo $URL | sed '~s/\(farm=\|server=\|secret=\|id=\|"\)//g')".jpg"
                        if [ $ORIGINAL_SECRET ]
                        then
                            URL=$(echo $URL | cut -d '_' -f1)"_"$ORIGINAL_SECRET"_o.jpg"
                        fi
                        wget $URL
                fi
        done
        Page=$(($Page + 1))
done