#049 Using Python with the imgur API
Using Python with the imgur API and demonstrate scanning imgur albums for image links.
API Clients
The imgur API changed some time back to require Oauth2 authentication. Unfortunately, many of the imgur scripts and libraries for many languages never caught up.
One that has been updated and appears to work very well is the official imgur python client.
Installation
This tool uses the official imgur python client. Install with pip:
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
Run
Requires registration to get a CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.
The scan_gallery.py script is a simple tool for grabbing a list of images from an imgur album.
The script expects to find CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET from the environment. The gallery to scan is provided as a command-line argument.
e.g. to scan the album at http://imgur.com/a/CNIUR:
$ CLIENT_ID=abc CLIENT_SECRET=xyz ./scan_gallery.py -g CNIUR
http://i.imgur.com/JJgV4Ka.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gEUkSX6.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/s2JThqR.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gyZa5M7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/3uG3rOp.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CRgCwAq.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5yBu0NP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/w3ETIqm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/v5QZSwT.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xC1T6wa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0aH45mM.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iHKJv3C.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HF8UXcJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Pvu9Tnc.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZS7R46J.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/T0cBk9l.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NrTz9jk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zwyJBDh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EZE5riJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/znNcquG.jpg
These links are to the original size image. Thumbnails are available by appending size indicator to the image name according to the imgur gallery data model
e.g.
http://i.imgur.com/znNcquG.jpg- full sizehttp://i.imgur.com/znNcquGm.jpg- Medium Thumbnail 320x320