Get a list of all images attached to posts within a category. Uses WordPress' XML-RPC API, enabled by default in 3.5. Documentation for python-wordpress-xmlrpc: http://python-wordpress-xmlrpc.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html

eportfolio-media-xmlrpc.py

config = {
    'site'     : 'doe13',
    'user'     : 'notarealname',
    'password' : 'notarealpassword'
}

from wordpress_xmlrpc import Client
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods import posts, media

def flatten(l):
    '''flatten a list'''
    r = []
    for i in l:
        if isinstance(i,list):
            r.extend(flatten(i))
        else:
            r.append(i)
    return r

eport = Client('http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/%s/xmlrpc.php' % config['site'], config['user'], config['password'])

ids = []
offset = 0
increment = 10
while True:
    posten = eport.call(posts.GetPosts({'number': increment, 'offset': offset}))
    if len(posten) == 0:
        break  
    for p in posten:
        if "My City" in str(p.terms):
            ids.append(p.id)
    offset = offset + increment

pics = []
for ID in ids:
    pics.append(eport.call(media.GetMediaLibrary({'parent_id':ID})))

img = flatten(pics)

for i in img:
    print '<p><a href="%s"><img src="%s"/></a>%s</p>' % (i.link, i.thumbnail, i.id)