upload.rb - Mass media upload to Flickr

auth.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Use this script to get your Flickr API token
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'flickraw'

FlickRaw.api_key = '... Your API Key ...'
FlickRaw.shared_secret = '... Your Shared Secret ...'

frob = flickr.auth.getFrob
auth_url = FlickRaw.auth_url :frob => frob, :perms => 'write'

puts "Open this url in your process to complete the authication process : #{ auth_url }"
puts "Press Enter when you are finished."
STDIN.getc

begin
  auth = flickr.auth.getToken :frob => frob
  login = flickr.test.login
  puts "You are now authenticated as #{ login.username } with token #{ auth.token }"
rescue FlickRaw::FailedResponse => e
  puts "Authentication failed : #{ e.msg }"
end

Upload your events to Flickr

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Upload events organized by year and event name to Flickr.
#
# Your directory structure must be: year/event/... and it can contain many subdirectories and media files.
#
# The script will upload all fotos from an event with a title "Event name Year". The photo will get its
# tags from the filename, except the last token, e.g.
# band_famous_concert_12.jpg will be tagged with band, famous and concert.
#
# After all event medias have been upload, a new photo set will be created with the title "Event name Year"
# and all pictures will be added.
#
require 'rubygems'
require 'pathname'
require 'find'
require 'flickraw'

FlickRaw.api_key = '... Your API Key ...'
FlickRaw.shared_secret = '... Your Shared Secret ...'
auth = flickr.auth.checkToken :auth_token => '... Your Flickr API Token ...'

puts "You are logged in into #{ auth.user.username } Flickr account\n\n"

Dir.glob('*/').each do |year|
  Dir.glob("#{ year }/**").each do |event|
    event_base = Pathname.new(event).basename
    event_name = "#{ event_base } #{ year }"

    puts event_name
    puts '-' * event_name.length

    medias = []

    Find.find(event) do |file|
      if File.file?(file)
        media = File.expand_path(file)
        tags = Pathname.new(file).basename.to_s.split('_')
        tags.pop
    
        begin
          puts "Upload #{ media } with tags #{ tags.join(' ') }"
          medias << flickr.upload_photo(media, :title => event_name, :tags => tags.join(' '))
        rescue FlickRaw::FailedResponse => e
          puts "Error uploading media: #{ e.message }"
        end
      else
        next
      end
    end

    rescue
      puts "Create photo set '#{ event_name }'"
      photoset = flickr.photosets.create(:title => event_name, :primary_photo_id => medias.first)
      medias.delete medias.first

      medias.each do |media|
        flickr.photosets.addPhoto(:photoset_id => photoset.id, :photo_id => media)
        puts '.'
      end
    rescue FlickRaw::FailedResponse => e
      puts "Error Creating photoset: #{ e.message }"
    end
  end
end