vine.co download popular vines

vine.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import requests
import urllib
import json



#url =  'https://vine.co/api/timelines/popular?size=30'
#url = 'https://vine.co/api/timelines/promoted'
url = 'https://vine.co/api/timelines/channels/vanity/comedy'

r = requests.get(url)
data = r.json()
print "Starting.."
def removeNonAscii(s):
		return "".join(i for i in s if ord(i)<128)
circle = True
index = 0
while circle != False:
	try:
		index += 1
		desc = removeNonAscii(data["data"]["records"][index]['description']).replace('\\','').replace('/','')
		name = removeNonAscii(data["data"]["records"][index]['username']).replace('\\','').replace('/','')
		header =  name + desc
		urllib.urlretrieve (data["data"]["records"][index]['videoUrl'],\
                                   "/home/umut/Videos/vinevideos/page2/"+ header +".mp4")
			
		print str(index)+"-> Vine Downloaded...\n"
	except:
		circle = False