picasa-download-album.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Downloads the source photos of a Picasa Web Album using the Python gdata API.
#
#####

import gdata.photos.service
import gdata.media
import gdata.geo
import urllib2

gd_client = gdata.photos.service.PhotosService()
gd_client.email = 'xxxxxx@gmail.com'
gd_client.password = 'xxxxx'
gd_client.source = 'picasa-get v 0.0.1'
gd_client.ProgrammaticLogin()

# albums = gd_client.GetUserFeed()

# for album in albums.entry:
#   print 'title: %s, number of photos: %s, id: %s, name: %s' % (album.title.text,
#                                                               album.numphotos.text, album.gphoto_id.text, album.name.text)

album_name = 'MyAlbum'

photos = gd_client.GetFeed('/data/feed/api/user/default/album/%s?kind=photo' % (album_name))

for photo in photos.entry:
    print "Photo: ", photo.title.text, ", url: ", photo.content.src
    print "Writing ", photo.title.text
    f = open(photo.title.text, 'w')
    f.write(urllib2.urlopen(photo.content.src).read())
    f.close()