Backup a photoset from flickr

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'flickraw'
require 'fileutils'
require 'open-uri'

YOUR_API_KEY = 'xxx'
SET_TO_BACKUP = 'yyy'

FlickRaw.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY

photos = flickr.photosets.getPhotos(:photoset_id => SET_TO_BACKUP, :per_page => 200)

FileUtils.mkdir_p 'flickr'

photos['photo'].each_with_index do |photo, i|
  puts "Downloading ##{i}"
  
  original = flickr.photos.getSizes(:photo_id => photo['id']).find {|s| s.label == 'Original'}

  File.open("flickr/#{photo['title']}.jpg", 'w+') do |local|
    local.write(open(original['source']).read)
  end  
end