picaxe

A python package and command-line tools for work with the Flickr API to upload images, sort images, generate MD image reference links etc.

Here's a summary of what's included in the python package:

Command-Line Usage

Documentation for picaxe can be found here: http://picaxe.readthedocs.org/en/stable

Usage:
    picaxe init
    picaxe auth [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
    picaxe md <urlOrPhotoid> [<width>] [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]
    picaxe albums [-s <pathToSettingsFile>]

Options:
    init                  setup the polygot settings file for the first time
    auth                  authenticate picaxe against your flickr account
    md                    generate the MD reference link for the image in the given flickr URL
    albums                list all the albums in the flickr account

    <pathToSettingsFile>  path to the picaxe settings file
    <urlOrPhotoid>        the flickr URL or photoid
    <width>               pixel width resolution of the linked image. Default *original*. [75|100|150|240|320|500|640|800|1024|1600|2048]

    -h, --help            show this help message
    -v, --version         show version
    -s, --settings        the settings file

Documentation

Documentation for picaxe is hosted by Read the Docs (last stable version and latest version).

Installation

The easiest way to install picaxe is to use pip:

pip install picaxe

Or you can clone the github repo and install from a local version of the code:

git clone git@github.com:thespacedoctor/picaxe.git
cd picaxe
python setup.py install

To upgrade to the latest version of picaxe use the command:

pip install picaxe --upgrade

Development

If you want to tinker with the code, then install in development mode. This means you can modify the code from your cloned repo:

git clone git@github.com:thespacedoctor/picaxe.git
cd picaxe
python setup.py develop

Pull requests are welcomed!

Sublime Snippets

If you use Sublime Text as your code editor, and you're planning to develop your own python code with picaxe, you might find my Sublime Snippets useful.

Issues

Please report any issues here.

License

Copyright (c) 2016 David Young

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.