get_flickr_faves.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')

for x in range(1, 8): # the number is in the response - I just ran out of time to handle it!

   resp = flickr.favorites.getList(api_key=api_key,user_id=user_id,per_page='500',authenticated=True,page=x,extras="description,date_upload,date_taken,owner_name,icon_server,original_format,last_update,geo,tags,machine_tags,o_dims,views,media,path_alias,url_sq,url_t,url_s,url_q,url_m,url_n,url_z,url_c,url_l,url_o")

 # print(json.dumps(resp, indent=4))
   filen = "faves_"+str(x)+".json"
   print("dumping faves to "+filen)
   file = open(filen,"w")

   file.write(json.dumps(resp, indent=4))