get_video_metadata.py

import flickrapi
import urllib
import json
import random
import filecmp
import shutil
import os.path
from pprint import pprint

api_key = u'your api key'
api_secret = u'your api secret'
access_token = u'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx' # these two get filled in in a bit
token_secret = u'xxxxxxxxxxxxx'

user_id = "your user id" # mine was 48889036627@N01
flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(api_key, api_secret,format='parsed-json')

photos = []

print('Step 1: authenticate')

# Only do this if we don't have a valid token already
if not flickr.token_valid(perms='read'):

    # Get a request token
    flickr.get_request_token(oauth_callback='oob')

    # Open a browser at the authentication URL. Do this however
    # you want, as long as the user visits that URL.
    authorize_url = flickr.auth_url(perms=u'read')
    print(authorize_url)

    # Get the verifier code from the user. Do this however you
    # want, as long as the user gives the application the code.
    verifier = unicode(raw_input('Verifier code: '))

    # Trade the request token for an access token
    flickr.get_access_token(verifier)
print('Step 2: use Flickr')

# assumes you have a file from the output of flickrmirrorer
with open("list_of_videos.txt") as f:
    for line in f:
       photo_id = line.rstrip()
       photo_id = photo_id.replace("..mov","")
       photo_id = photo_id.replace("..mp4","")
       photo_id = photo_id.replace(".mov","")
       photo_id = photo_id.replace(".mp4","")
       print(photo_id)
       try:
         resp = flickr.photos.getInfo(api_key=api_key,photo_id=photo_id,authenticated=True)
         filen = "metadata/"+photo_id+".json"
         file = open(filen,"w")
         file.write(json.dumps(resp, indent=4))
       except:
         e = sys.exc_info()[0]