Download photosets on Flickr.

flickr.py

import requests
import urllib
import pprint
import os
import argparse
import sys 

def main(photoset):

    try:
        os.mkdir(photoset)
        print 'Created directory - ' + photoset
    except OSError:
        print 'Directory already exists. Continuing. '
        pass

    os.chdir(photoset)
    get_set = 'https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photosets.getPhotos&api_key=9211be81eef759b191584bd4f929148f&photoset_id=%s&format=json&nojsoncallback=1' % photoset
    resp = requests.get(get_set)
    results = resp.json()
    pprint.pprint(results)
    for photo in results['photoset']['photo']:
        ep = 'https://api.flickr.com/services/rest/?method=flickr.photos.getSizes&api_key=9211be81eef759b191584bd4f929148f&photo_id=%s&format=json&nojsoncallback=1' % photo['id']
        r = requests.get(ep)
        v = r.json()
        for i in v['sizes']['size']:
            pprint.pprint(i)
            if i['label'] == 'Original':
                image_source = i['source']
                fname = image_source.rsplit('/', 1)[-1]
                if not os.path.exists(fname):
                    urllib.urlretrieve(image_source, fname)
    os.chdir('..')
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('sets', nargs='+')
    args = parser.parse_args()
    
    for s in args.sets:
        main(s)