Flickr Backups

A command-line utility that process the backup files generated by Flickr's Request My Flickr Data feature (Download All Content section).

Features:

• Organize your photos into albums/folders.
  • Photos without albums will be grouped in a separate directory.
• Write a duplicates registry (photos shared among two or more albums).

Usage

Make sure all photos are contained in a single directory and that you have the Flickr-generated albums.json file.

usage: flickr-backup.py [-h] [-o OUTPUT_DIR] [-a ALBUM_JSON] [-v] photos_dir

Flickr backup files utility.

positional arguments:
  photos_dir            Folder where photos are located.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output_dir OUTPUT_DIR
                        Output folder. Defaults to 'photos_dir'.
  -a ALBUM_JSON, --album_json ALBUM_JSON
                        Folder where the 'albums.json' is located. Defaults to
                        'photos_dir'.
  -v, --verbosity       Adds verbosity.

Support

Currently only Linux and Python 3.6+ (or later) are supported.

Development

Developed in Python 3.7+. Before opening a PR make sure to pass:

• flake8
  • $ flake8
• black
  • check: $ black --config .black --check --diff .
  • format: $ black --config .black .
• mypy
  • $ mypy flickr-backup.py flickr

Authors

Created and maintained by Lionel Mena.

License

Licensed under GNU General Public License v3. More