download_flickr_set.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import flickrapi
import requests
import os
import re

FLICKR_KEY = "your api key"
FLICKR_SECRET = "your api secret"
USER_ID = "your user id"
SET_ID = "the set (album) id"

def make_url(photo):
    # url_template = "http://farm{farm-id}.staticflickr.com/
    #                 {server-id}/{id}_{secret}_[mstzb].jpg"
    photo['filename'] = "%(id)s_%(secret)s_z.jpg" % photo
    url = ("http://farm%(farm)s.staticflickr.com/%(server)s/%(filename)s"
           % photo)
    return url, photo['filename']

def main():
    #get new imaged from flickr
    print " ---> Requesting photos..."
    count = 0
    update = False
    flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(FLICKR_KEY, FLICKR_SECRET)
    photos = flickr.walk_set(SET_ID)

    for photo in photos:
        count += 1
        url, filename = make_url(photo.attrib)
        path = '/home/pi/photoframe/flickr/%s' % filename
        try:
            image_file = open(path)
            print " ---> Already have %s" % url
        except IOError:
            print " ---> Downloading %s" % url
            r = requests.get(url)
            image_file = open(path, 'w')
            image_file.write(r.content)
            image_file.close()
            update = True

    #check to see if it needs to remove photos from folder
    filelist = os.listdir("/home/pi/photoframe/flickr")
    if count < len(filelist):
        print " ---> Removing photos"
        for f in filelist:
            pics = flickr.walk_set(SET_ID)
            print f
            for pic in pics:
                url, filename = make_url(pic.attrib)
                matchObj = re.match(f, filename)
                if matchObj:
                    print " ---> Found %s, matched %s" %(f,filename)
                    break
            else:
                print " ---> Deleting %s" %f
                os.remove("/home/pi/photoframe/flickr/%s" %f)
                update = True

    #if it added or removed a photo, update slideshow
    if update == True:
        print " ---> Restarting slideshow"
        os.system("killall feh && /home/pi/bin/script_slideshow.sh")

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

script_slideshow.sh

#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/home/pi/.Xauthority
feh -q -Z -F -z -Y -D 5 /home/pi/photoframe/flickr

Would recommend opening the file as binary, which allows this to work on Windows-based box too. My tests were on a Windows Python installation which caused corrupt jpgs to be downloaded until I added the binary flag 'b'

Line 39:
image_file = open(path, 'wb')

Does anyone have an idea how to retrieve images from a personal photostream (and not just a Set or specific Album)?
The general feed allows you to use Ifttt.com to push new Instagram images to Flickr (https://ifttt.com/recipes/392-automatically-share-your-new-instagram-photos-to-flickr) which has a far easier implementation for photo frames implementations. The photo frame can then display most recent Instagram photos (Instagram seem to have closed their APIs for external app integrations)

Everytime I try to run these commands:

export DISPLAY=:0.0
XAUTHORITY=/home/pi/.Xauthority
feh -q -Z -F -z -Y -D 5 /home/pi/photoframe/flickr

I get the error below:
feh ERROR: CAn't open X display. It *is* running, yeah?

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
-Pi & Linux Newbie