upload photos to google picasa

picasa_up.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# upload photos to google picasa

import gdata.photos.service
import getpass
import socket
import glob
import sys
import os

if len(sys.argv) < 3:
    print 'Usage:'
    print '%s new_album_name pattern' % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)

album_name = sys.argv[1]

pattern  = os.path.expanduser(sys.argv[2])
username = raw_input('username: ')

gd_client = gdata.photos.service.PhotosService()
gd_client.email = username + '@gmail.com'
gd_client.password = getpass.getpass()
gd_client.source = socket.gethostname()
gd_client.ProgrammaticLogin()

album_id=gd_client.InsertAlbum(title=album_name, summary='').gphoto_id.text

album_url = '/data/feed/api/user/%s/albumid/%s' % (username, album_id)

for f in glob.glob(pattern):
    print 'Uploading %s...' % f
    gd_client.InsertPhotoSimple(album_url, os.path.split(f)[-1], '', f)