gistfile1.rb

# Download all images from a stock exchange lightbox
require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
require 'logger'

agent = Mechanize.new { |a| a.log = Logger.new("mech.log") }

agent.user_agent_alias = 'Mac Safari'
page = agent.get("http://www.sxc.hu/")

#log into site
login_form = page.forms[2]
login_form['login'] = "MY_USERNAME"
login_form['pass'] = "MY_PASSWORD"
login_form.submit

# go to the lightboxes page
agent.page.link_with(:text => "Lightboxes").click

# choose the specific lightbox
agent.page.link_with(:text=>"Favourites").click

# Create an Output Directory
FileUtils.mkdir_p 'images'

# get the images
agent.page.search("#thumbs img").each do |image|
   image_name = image.attributes['alt'] #this is the image number 
   image_url = "http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=" + image_name
   
   # load page with image
   img_page = agent.get(image_url)
   
   # find the image tag to get the true source of the image
   agent.page.search("img").each do |img|
     path = img.attributes['src']
     
     # save the image
     agent.get( path ).save_as "images/#{image_name}.jpg"
   end
end