Simple script to upload the content of a folder `images`

upload_to_flickr.py

#! /usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import wget, os, flickrapi, webbrowser
from pathlib import PurePosixPath, PosixPath, Path

def path(elems):
  return "/".join(elems)

OUT_DIR = "images"
BASE_DIR = os.getcwd()
API_KEY = "" # api key
API_SECRET = "" # api secret

pictures = []
flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(API_KEY, API_SECRET)
flickr.cache = None

if not os.path.exists(OUT_DIR):
  os.makedirs(OUT_DIR)

def upload_to_flickr():
  print("Authenticating to flickr")
  if not flickr.token_valid(perms = 'write'):

    # Get a request token
    flickr.get_request_token(oauth_callback = 'oob')

    # Open a browser at the authentication URL. Do this however
    # you want, as long as the user visits that URL.
    authorize_url = flickr.auth_url(perms = 'write')
    webbrowser.open_new_tab(authorize_url)

    # Get the verifier code from the user. Do this however you
    # want, as long as the user gives the application the code.
    verifier = input('Verifier code: ')

    # Trade the request token for an access token
    flickr.get_access_token(verifier)

  print("Uploading photos to flickr")
  for pth in PosixPath(path([BASE_DIR, OUT_DIR])).iterdir():
    if ".DS_Store" not in pth.name:
      print(" handling image: " + pth.name)
      flickr.upload(str(pth))

upload_to_flickr()