dropbox_gallery_downloader.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# Python script for downloading all images from dropbox a gallery into a folder.
# use it like this:
# python dropbox_gallery_downloader.py https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/3104986/1//Processing?h=ea3455&p=0

import urllib, urllib2, re, os, json, sys

if (len(sys.argv) == 1):
  print "Please provide the dropbox gallery URL as a command line argument. \nA sceond argument may be provided for a folder name, if none is given the dropbox name will be used."
  exit()

# first determine directory name, create it and change into it
url = sys.argv[1]
if (len(sys.argv) == 3):
  dir = sys.argv[2]
else:
  dir = re.search("/([^/]*)\?",url).group(1)
  dir = urllib.unquote(dir)
if (not os.path.isdir(dir)):
  os.mkdir(dir)
os.chdir(dir)

# second read dropbox gallery html, find photos-array JavaScript, use it as json and download.
html = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()
photos = re.findall("photos.push\(([^\)]*)\)", html, re.S)
for p in photos:
  p = p.replace("'",'"')
  photo = json.loads(p)
  print "downloading: " + photo["filename"]
  urllib.urlretrieve(photo["original"], photo["filename"])