Python script to get wordpress embed codes for a Flickr album

get-flickr-album-photos.py

#	Getting Flickr's photos in an album 
#	Input Parameters:
#	api_key
#	user_id
#	photoset_id
#	
#	Output:
#	A text file with many wordpress embed codes
#	
#	steps:
#	1. Build the Flickr endpoint string


from xml.dom import minidom
import urllib2, json

album_id = "your-album-id" 
api_key = "your-api-key"
user_id = "your-user-id"

f_method = "flickr.photosets.getPhotos"
outfName = "flickr_url.txt"

# Build url string
url = "https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?"
url = url + "method=" + f_method
url = url + "&photoset_id=" + album_id
url = url + "&api_key=" + api_key
url = url + "&user_id=" + user_id
url = url + "&extras=date_taken"  #add date taken data
	
print "Flickr url: " +  url

# get method to get xml response
res = urllib2.urlopen(url)
rawdata = res.read()
res.close()

#parse xml
dom = minidom.parseString(rawdata)
#get photos xml
photos = dom.getElementsByTagName('photo')
print "Number of photos: "  ,  len(photos)

#print photos[0].toxml()
#print photos[0].attributes["id"].value

# sort returned data 
# strategy: try dictionary
myDict = {}
for photo in photos:
  date = photo.attributes["datetaken"].value
  id1 = photo.attributes["id"].value
  myDict[date] = id1	

#print out photo urls
baseUrl = "https://www.flickr.com/photos/" + user_id + "/" 
f = open(outfName, 'w');
#sort dictionary
for key in sorted(myDict):
  outS = "[embed]" + baseUrl + myDict[key] + "[/embed]\n"
  f.write(outS)

f.close()