flickrset2backup.py

#!/usr/bin/python
"""Usage: python flickrset2backup.py api_key photoset_id /path/to/backup/folder
find your set id in the set url
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/evaisse/sets/72157602716593936/
get userid with idgetr http://idgettr.com/
ex : ./flickrset2backup.py 4c2f9a5259c09c04c2fcd2a7 \
                           72157602716593936 ./backup
"""

__author__ = "Emmanuel Vaisse <evaisse@gmail.com>"
__version__ = "$Rev$"
__date__ = "$Date$"


import sys
import flickrapi
import urllib


def main(*argv):
    from getopt import getopt, GetoptError

    if ( len(argv) < 3 ):
        print __doc__
        return 1

    api_key = argv[1]
    photosetid = argv[2]
    backup_path = argv[3]
    
    print photosetid
    
    flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key, format='etree')
    
    photos = flickr.photosets_getPhotos(photoset_id=photosetid).find('photoset')
    
    for photo in photos:
        id = photo.attrib['id']
        photo = flickr.photos_getSizes(photo_id=photo.attrib['id']).find('sizes')
        for size in photo:
            source = size.attrib['source']

        print 'retrieve %s' % (source)
        urllib.urlretrieve( source, backup_path + '/' + id + "flickr.jpg")

    return 0
    


    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main(*sys.argv))