from datetime import datetime import urllib2 import urllib import json import os def ajaxRequest(url=None): """ Makes an ajax get request. url - endpoint(string) """ req = urllib2.Request(url) f = urllib2.urlopen(req) response = f.read() f.close() return response access_token = os.getenv("access_token") # ask for hashtag name hashtag = raw_input("What hashtag would you like to download photos of? ") # url to query for pictures nextUrl = "https://api.instagram.com/v1/tags/"+hashtag+"/media/recent?access_token="+access_token print nextUrl # while there is a next url to go to while nextUrl: # request the data at that endpoint instagramJSON = ajaxRequest(nextUrl) instagramDict = json.loads(instagramJSON) # get new nextUrl nextUrl = instagramDict["pagination"]["next_url"] instagramData = instagramDict["data"] # for every picture for picDict in instagramData: # get the image url and current time print picDict image = picDict["images"]["standard_resolution"] imageUrl = image["url"] print image time = str(datetime.now()) # download the photo and save it urllib.urlretrieve(imageUrl, time+".jpg")