flickr-uploader

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by oPromessa, 2017, V2.5.10

IMPORTANT NOTE: WORK IN PROGRESS...

• Being updated to use sybrenstuvel's flickrapi and OAuth...
• V2.4.1 would be good for use and testing.

Description

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• flickr-uploader designed for Synology Devices.
• Upload a directory of media to Flickr to use as a backup to your local storage.
• Check Features, Requirements and Setup remarks.

Features

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• Uploads both images and movies (JPG, PNG, GIF, AVI, MOV, 3GP files)
  • Personnaly I avoid PNG files which do not support EXIF info
• Stores image information locally using a simple SQLite database
• Creates "Sets" based on the folder name the media is in (getting existing sets from Flickr is managed also)
• Ignores unwanted directories (like ".picasabackup" for Picasa users or "@eaDir" for Synology NAS users) and you can easily add/configure more yourself. Check uploadr.ini config file.
• Allows specific files to be ignored (via regular expressions)
• Skips files that are over a configurable size (max flickr size is about 900MB)
• Reuploads modified images
• Automatically removes images from Flickr when they are removed from your local hard drive
• Convert RAW files (with an external tool). Check Known issues section.

THIS SCRIPT IS PROVIDED WITH NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER. PLEASE REVIEW THE SOURCE CODE TO MAKE SURE IT WILL WORK FOR YOUR NEEDS. IF YOU FIND A BUG, PLEASE REPORT IT.

Requirements

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• Python 2.7+ (should work on DSM from Synology (v6.1), Windows and MAC)
• flicrkapi module. May need to install get-pip.py. (Instructions for Synology DSM below.)
• File write access (for the token and local database)
• Flickr API key (free)

Setup on Synology

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Might work on other platforms like Windows also. Side note: don't be overwhelmed with this setup. They are quite straitghtforward.

Enable and access your Synology DSM via SSH with an admin user. Avoid the use of root for security reasons

To create a local install define and export PYTHONPATH variable:

$ cd
$ mkdir apps
$ mkdir apps/Python
$ export PYTHONPATH=~/apps/Python/lib/python2.7/site-packages

Download get-pip.py and install

$ cd
$ mkdir dev
$ cd dev

Download get-pip.py and extract here to run setup Make sure to use the --prefix parameter

$ python get-pip.py --prefix=~/apps/Python
Collecting pip
    Downloading pip-9.0.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.3MB)
        100%  1.3MB 495kB/s
Collecting setuptools
    Downloading setuptools-36.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (481kB)
        100%  481kB 1.3MB/s
Collecting wheel
    Downloading wheel-0.30.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (49kB)
        100%  51kB 4.1MB/s
Installing collected packages: pip, setuptools, wheel
    Successfully installed pip setuptools wheel

Download flickrapi-2.3.tar.gz and extract here to run setup Make sure to use the --prefix parameter

$ python setup.py install --prefix=~/apps/Python
python setup.py install --prefix=~/apps/Python
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing requirements to flickrapi.egg-info/requires.txt
writing flickrapi.egg-info/PKG-INFO
(...)
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
Moving chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg to /xxx/xxx/xxx/apps/Python/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Adding chardet 3.0.4 to easy-install.pth file
Installing chardetect script to /xxx/xxx/xxx/apps/Python/bin

Installed /xxx/xxx/xxx/apps/Python/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg
Finished processing dependencies for flickrapi==2.3

Configuration

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Go to http://www.flickr.com/services/apps/create/apply and apply for an API key Edit the following variables in the uploadr.ini

• FILES_DIR = "YourDir"
• FLICKR = { "title" : "", "description" : "", "tags" : "auto-upload", "is_public" : "0", "is_friend" : "0", "is_family" : "0", "api_key" : "Yourkey", "secret" : "YourSecret" }
• FLICKR["api_key"] = ""
• FLICKR["secret"] = ""
• EXCLUDED_FOLDERS = ["@eaDir","#recycle"]
• IGNORED_REGEX = ['[Ii][Gg][Nn][Oo][Rr][Ee]', 'Private*']
• ALLOWED_EXT = ["jpg","png","avi","mov","mpg","mp4","3gp"]
• MANAGE_CHANGES = True
• FULL_SET_NAME = False

Refer to https://www.flickr.com/services/api/upload.api.html for what each of the upload arguments above correspond to for Flickr's API.

• Before running uploadr.py make sure you run the command below:
  • To avoid running this command exerytime you log-in into your system, follow the notes on this link to edit file ~/.bashrc and place this command there.

 $  export PYTHONPATH=~/apps/Python/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 $ ./uploadr.py -v

Usage/Arguments/Options

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Place the file uploadr.py in any directory and run via ssh (execution privs required). It will crawl through all the files from the FILES_DIR directory and begin the upload process.

$ ./uploadr.py

To check what files uploadr.py would upload and delete you can run the script withe option --dry-run:

$ ./uploadr.py --dry-run

Run ./uploadrd.py --help for up to the minute information or arguments:

$ ./uploadr.py --help

usage: uploadr.py [-h] [-v] [-n] [-i TITLE] [-e DESCRIPTION] [-t TAGS] [-r]
                  [-p P] [-g] [-l N] [-d] [-b]

Upload files to Flickr. Uses uploadr.ini as config file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         Provides some more verbose output. Will provide
                        progress information on upload. See also LOGGING_LEVEL
                        value in INI file.
  -n, --dry-run         Dry run
  -i TITLE, --title TITLE
                        Title for uploaded files. Overwrites title from INI
                        config file. If not indicated and not defined in INI
                        file, it uses filename as title.
  -e DESCRIPTION, --description DESCRIPTION
                        Description for uploaded filesOverwrites description
                        from INI config file.
  -t TAGS, --tags TAGS  Space-separated tags for uploaded files.It appends to
                        the tags defined in INI file.
  -r, --drip-feed       Wait a bit between uploading individual files
  -p P, --processes P   Number of photos to upload simultaneously.
  -g, --remove-ignored  Remove previously uploaded files, that are now being
                        ignored due to change of the INI file configuration
                        EXCLUDED_FOLDERS
  -l N, --list-photos-not-in-set N
                        List as many as N photos not in set. Maximum listed
                        photos is 500.
  -d, --daemon          Run forever as a daemon.Uploading every SLEEP_TIME
                        secondsPlease note it only performs upload/replace
  -b, --bad-files       Save on database bad files to prevent continuous
                        uploading attempts. Bad files are files in your
                        Library that flickr does not recognize (Error 5).

Task Scheduler (cron)

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Optionally run with crontab/Task Scheduler (Synology/Control Panel)

• Use upload.cron added to the distribution and adapt to your needs.

cron entry (runs at the top of every hour)
0  *  *  *  * /full/path/to/uploadr.cron > /dev/null 2>&1

Recognition

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Inspired by:

• https://github.com/sybrenstuvel/flickrapi
• http://micampe.it/things/flickruploadr
• https://github.com/joelmx/flickrUploadr/blob/master/python3/uploadr.py

Final remarks

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You may use this code however you see fit in any form whatsoever. And enjoy!!!

Q&A

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• Q: Who is this script designed for?

• A: Those people comfortable with the command line that want to backup their media on Flickr in full resolution.

• Q: Why don't you use OAuth?

• A: I do! As of November 2017

• Q: Are you a python ninja?

• A: No, sorry. I just picked up the language to write this script because python can easily be installed on a Synology Diskstation.

• Q: Is this script feature complete and fully tested?

• A: Nope. It's a work in progress. I've tested it as needed for my needs, but it's possible to build additional features by contributing to the script.

• Q: How to automate it with a Synology NAS ?

• A: First you will need to run script at least one time in a ssh client to get the token file. Then with DSM 6.1, create an automate task, make it run once a day for example, and put this in the textbox without quotes "path_to_your_python_program path_to_your_script". For example, assuming you installed Python package from Synocommunity, command should look like "/usr/local/python/bin/python /volume1/script/flickr-uploader/uploadr.py".