Here's a command-line session running the script and showing its output:
(pleiades-flickr)darkstar:pleiades-flickr paregorios$ python src/listptags.py
pleiades:atteststo is used on 15 photos in Flickr
pleiades:denotes is used on 1 photos in Flickr
pleiades:depcits is used on 2 photos in Flickr
pleiades:depicts is used on 7229 photos in Flickr
pleiades:findspot is used on 2197 photos in Flickr
pleiades:finspot is used on 2 photos in Flickr
pleiades:foundat is used on 1 photos in Flickr
pleiades:observedat is used on 3 photos in Flickr
pleiades:origin is used on 225 photos in Flickr
pleiades:place is used on 970 photos in Flickr
pleiades:places is used on 19 photos in Flickr
pleiades:where is used on 119 photos in Flickr
(pleiades-flickr)darkstar:pleiades-flickr paregorios$
Here's the code (version at github):
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
A Flickr tag bot
"""
import argparse
import flickrapi
import json
import logging as l
import os
import sys
import traceback
from myflickr import API_KEY, NAMESPACE_DEFAULT
SCRIPT_DESC = "poll machine tags from flickr"
def main ():
""" Unleash the bot! """
global args
global l
flickr = flickrapi.FlickrAPI(API_KEY)
resp = flickr.machinetags_getPairs(namespace=args.namespace, format="json")
if resp[:14] == "jsonFlickrApi(":
jstr = resp[14:-1]
j = json.loads(jstr)
ptags = [(p['_content'], p['usage']) for p in j['pairs']['pair']]
for ptag in ptags:
print "%s is used on %s photos in Flickr" % ptag
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=SCRIPT_DESC, formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
parser.add_argument ("-n", "--namespace", default=NAMESPACE_DEFAULT, help="namespace to use in requesting machine tags")
parser.add_argument ("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", default=False, help="verbose output")
args = parser.parse_args()
if args.verbose:
l.basicConfig(level=l.DEBUG)
else:
l.basicConfig(level=l.WARNING)
main()
sys.exit(0)
except KeyboardInterrupt, e: # Ctrl-C
raise e
except SystemExit, e: # sys.exit()
raise e
except Exception, e:
print "ERROR, UNEXPECTED EXCEPTION"
print str(e)
traceback.print_exc()
os._exit(1)
Comments, questions, and constructive criticism welcomed!
