Pick a few random images from Tumblr based on the day they were posted

tumblon.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# TUMBLON
#
# With Tumblr shutting down, I wanted to at least keep some semblance
# of the experience of Tumblr around.  Since I was able to download
# all of my tumblr blogs into separate local repos thanks to
# Beat Bolli's wonderful tumblr_backup tool
# (https://github.com/bbolli/tumblr-utils/blob/master/tumblr_backup.md),
# I just wanted it to spit out a few random images everyday I could
# feed into an image viewer.
#
# It's mostly a nostalgia tool. But it's straightforward and reliable.

import os, re, random, itertools

def get_files():
    return [i for i in os.listdir(".") if i.find('tumblr_') == 0]

def get_prefix(files):
    return random.choice(list(set([i[0:10] for i in files])))

def get_initial_list(files, prefix):
    return [i for i in files if i[0:10] == prefix]

m_re = re.compile(r'(\d+)\.(jpg|png|gif)')
def isort(images):
    def getsize(i):
        m = m_re.search(i)
        if m:
            return -1 * int(m.group(1), 10)
        return 0
    return sorted(images, key=getsize)

def group_list(files):
    def key(f): return '_'.join(f.split('_')[0:2])
    return [isort(list(i[1]))[0] for i in (itertools.groupby(files, key))]

files = get_files()
print("\n".join(group_list(get_initial_list(files, get_prefix(files)))))

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#     Elf M. Sternberg ([email protected])
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