upload images en masse to a tumblr account

upload_images_to_tumblr.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
"""
_shootemup.py

Created by fish on 2009-06-04.
Copyright (c) 2009 OST LLC. All rights reserved.

I wrote this in 10min so YMMV; but you really don't need an over-the-top
API binding for Tumblr cuz it's so simple, which I appreciate. 

"""
import os, sys, time, urllib, urllib2, httplib, random
from poster.encode import multipart_encode
from poster.streaminghttp import register_openers

# if this next bit looks awful it's because it is; I swiped it from a real old project
class CallableFloatRange(object):
	def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
		self.upper = float(kwargs.get('upper', 10.00))
		self.lower = float(kwargs.get('lower', 0.01))
	def __call__(self):
		return random.uniform(self.upper, self.lower)
	def __float__(self):
		return float(self())
	def __repr__(self):
		return self.__float__()

# replace this with something on yr system you want to u/l
thedir = "/Users/fish/Screenshots/_hatchling/_good"
endpt = "http://www.tumblr.com/api/write"
sleeper = CallableFloatRange(upper=25.0, lower=3.22)

# 75 is how many posts I got to before I started getting 404'd on the API calls,
# and then found a polite but immutable "you're cut off till tomorrow" message in the dashboard.
maxposts = 75

def getpngs(path):
	return [os.path.join(path, im) for im in os.listdir(path) if im.endswith('.png')]

def yieldpostdata(img):
	return {
		"email": "you@yours.com",
		"password": "YOUR-SUPER-SECRET-PASS-WORD",
		"type": "photo",
		"group": "yourtumblr.tumblr.com",
		"generator": "OST/2. It works, bitches.",
		"data": open(img, "rb"),
	}

def main(argv):
	## with this, poster registers itself with urllib2, I am told
	register_openers()
	posts = 0
	
	print "Posting a bunch of images from %s to your Tumblr..." % thedir
	
	for pn in getpngs(thedir):
		if posts >= maxposts:
			print "Over the %s-post limit there." % maxposts
			break
		
		print ">>> %s" % pn
		d, h = multipart_encode(yieldpostdata(pn))
		urlin = urllib2.Request(endpt, d, h)
		
		try:
			urlout = urllib2.urlopen(urlin).read()
		except urllib2.HTTPError, httperr:
			print "<<< %s" % httperr
		else:
			print "<<< %s" % urlout
		
		time.sleep(sleeper)
		posts += 1
		
	print "Ok I'm done now. I'm bored, let's go."

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main(sys.argv[1:])