flickr-s3-backup

Back up Flickr photos on Amazon S3

Setup Virtual Env

If you choose to use a virtual environment to run your script, here is how you do it.

virtualenv -p python3 venv

Access the virtual env with:

source ./venv/bin/activate

From there you can execute the script.

Leave the virtual env with:

deactivate

Install Dependencies

From with the virtual env, execute the following to install the dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Environment Variables

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID === The access key for your AWS account with the S3 bucket (OPTIONAL)

AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY === The secret key for your AWS account (OPTIONAL)

FLICKR_BUCKET === Target AWS S3 bucket name

FLICKR_KEY === Flickr API key

FLICKR_SECRET === Flickr API secret

FLICKR_URL === The root Flickr URL to your photos

S3_PATH === The path (prefix) for the S3 keys for the photos

S3_REGION === AWS region where the S3 bucket resides

S3_STORAGE_CLASS === AWS S3 storage class (DEFAULT: STANDARD_IA; CHOICES: STANDARD|REDUCED_REDUNDANCY|STANDARD_IA|ONEZONE_IA|INTELLIGENT_TIERING|GLACIER|DEEP_ARCHIVE)

If AWS cli is installed and configured, you may not need to specify the environment variables necessary for your AWS credentials, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY. See configure credentials in boto3's documentation. There are many ways to specify your AWS credentials. Pick the one that is best for you.