flickrpy + 30 lines of code = poor man's Flickr Backup solution

It uses somewhat buggy but excellent flickrpy module by James Clarke — works well for me after some small adjustments:

def main():
    flickr.API_KEY = constants.API_KEY
    flickr.API_SECRET = constants.API_SECRET

    u = flickr.User(id = '92002612@N00')
    sets = u.getPhotosets()

    for ps in sets:
        name = ps.title
        name = name.replace('"', "'").replace("/", "_")

        folderName = "/Users/kirillov/Pictures/Flickr/%s" % name
        if os.path.exists(folderName):
            print("Path exists, skipping: %s" % folderName )
            continue

        photos = ps.getPhotos()

        os.mkdir(folderName)
        i = 0
        for i,p in enumerate(photos):
            src = p.getSizes()[-1]['source']
            photoname = p.getTitle().replace("/", "_")

            fname = '/Users/kirillov/Pictures/Flickr/%s/%s-%d.jpg' % (name, photoname, i)
            data = u2.urlopen(src).read()
            open(fname, 'w').write(data)

            print('%s => "/Users/kirillov/Pictures/Flickr/%s/%s-%d.jpg"' % (src,name, photoname, i))

Upd: fixed and updated version posted.

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