Simple ruby script, for downloading flickr’s photosets

Requirements

sudo gem install flickraw mechanize

Usage

ruby flickr.rb

Code

#!/usr/local/rvm/ruby
# encoding: utf-8

require "fileutils"
require "flickraw"
require "mechanize"

m = Mechanize.new

FlickRaw.api_key = "<YOU_API_KEY>"
FlickRaw.shared_secret = "<YOR_API_SECRET>"

photosets = %w{<PHOTOSTREAM_ID> <PHOTOSTREAM_ID> <PHOTOSTREAM_ID> <PHOTOSTREAM_ID>}
photosets.each do |photoset_id|
  list = flickr.photosets.getPhotos(photoset_id: photoset_id, extras: 'url_o, url_l, url_m')
  h = list.to_hash

  h["photo"].each do |p|
    url = p["url_o"] || p["url_l"] || p["url_m"]

    filedir = "flickr/#{photoset_id}"
    filename = File.basename(url)
    filepath = "#{filedir}/#{filename}"

    next if File.exists?(filepath)

    file = m.get(url)

    FileUtils.mkdir_p(filedir)
    file.save_as(filepath)
  end
end