Pycasa

Version 1.0

This is a small program to download and upload Picasa Photo Albums. You just have to provide the username, and then choose between the available albums which one to download.

Requirements

Python
Python gdata API (provided) (or http://code.google.com/apis/picasaweb/)
PyGTK
Glade

All of them are available for Windows too:

Python, http://www.python.org/download/
PyGTK, http://www.pygtk.org/downloads.html
GTK+ runtime, http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=98754

There is a text mode option that does not require PyGTK nor Glade (nor GTK+ runtime, in Windows).

To run in this mode, you have to invoke:

./Pycasa.py --text

in a shell window.

Usage

Run Pycasa. A window will be displayed where you can type in a username (with or without the @gmail.com) in the text entry, for example:

jsmith@gmail.com

and then, by clicking Ok, the available albums are presented on the main panel. Single click on an album will show relevant info in the right panel, and double click will show thumbnails for all photos in that album.

You can select one or more albums (or one or more thumbnails) from the left panel and download them. The photos will be saved with their original name in a directory named:

<username - album title>

in a directory previously chosen by you through the dialog raised once you clicked the download button.

It is also available the option to login with your google account to create, modify and/or remove albums and photos.

Comment by andrei.r...@gmail.com, Sep 17, 2011

Very nice application, Matias, thank you for writing it and making it available under the GPL.v3! Two small (but probably hard to implement) suggestions:

1) Can you make it possible to download a non-public album (one where only those who have the link can access it)

2) Would there be any way of downloading the pics off Picasa with the photo description text which the author can add to each photo?

Thanks a lot!!

Andrei

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