Thanks to the super-useful PyiCloud module by @picklepete, this script is a way to download all of your photos from iCloud Photos.
On OS X (macOS?), use the icloud utility to save your iCloud password to your keyring. (This keeps it out of the script.) Update the script with your Apple ID email address and run it to download your photos to the current directory.
| from pyicloud import PyiCloudService | |
| import os | |
| api = PyiCloudService('your.email.address@example.com') | |
| for photo in api.photos.all: | |
| filename, ext = os.path.splitext(photo.filename) | |
| output_filename = str.format("{0}-{1}{2}", filename, photo.client_id, ext) | |
| if os.path.isfile(output_filename): | |
| print "File " + output_filename + " already exists" | |
| continue | |
| print "Writing file to " + output_filename | |
| download = photo.download('original'); | |
| with open(output_filename, 'wb') as opened_file: | |
| opened_file.write(download.raw.read()) |