Comments | nvivek: download enmasse from Flickr?

nvivek

download enmasse from Flickr?

Feb 02, 2009 15:10

Is there a way to get back one's photographs from Flickr? I've reached the end of my subscription period and now that I'm back on a student budget, don't really want to renew. Is there a mechanism to download all the photos that one has uploaded? I don't want to lose my current collection.

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jangid February 3 2009, 02:31:13 UTC

http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

Here is a library in your favourite programming language http://rubyforge.org/projects/flickr/

jangid February 3 2009, 02:33:06 UTC

And BTW do not worry. See this http://www.flickr.com/help/limits/#73

nvivek February 3 2009, 12:37:25 UTC

Many thanks!

Dude, I certainly wasn't asking for an account when I made that post! How much does that cost in Rupees? Must be a ton. If I decline, do you get your money back?

jangid February 3 2009, 13:33:52 UTC

I don't know. udhaar samajh lo. fir kabhi chuka dena. :)

dangiankit February 5 2009, 08:06:58 UTC

A google lead me to the following links,

1. http://vikingospub.blogspot.com/2006/05/mass-download-original-photos-from.html
2. http://blog.aizatto.com/2008/11/20/batch-download-of-photos-from-flickr-based-on-their-tag/
3. http://www.rubynoob.com/articles/2006/8/21/how-to-download-files-with-a-ruby-script
4. http://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrhacks/discuss/72157613070068646/
5. http://chrisroos.co.uk/blog/2006-12-10-crappy-ruby-script-to-download-photos-from-a-flickr-

nvivek February 5 2009, 10:24:40 UTC

Thanks! After pankaj pointed me to the Flickr api, I wrote up a script myself :-)