/Image_downloader_flask

A flask app to scrape and download images from IB, RG, CJ and Blogspot

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Image_Downloader_Flask

A web app to scrape and download images from these websites - Idlebrain, Ragalahari, Cinejosh and Blogspot/tollywoodhq.com galleries.

Steps to run the application

  • Install all the dependencies from requirements.txt.

  • Open command prompt in the projects directory and write the following commands

    • set FLASK_APP = main.py - This will tell Flask to point the application to main.py.
    • set FLASK_DEBUG = True - This will tell Flask to set the debug option to True. Used for debugging purposes if any issues arise.

  • Type flask run command to start the application.

  • Alternatively you could put the above commands in a Windows batch file(see below) and just run it to start the application.

        :: Setting the FLASK_APP to main.py
    set FLASK_APP=main.py
    
    :: Setting DEBUG as True/False. Always set to 'True' in Dev environment and 'False' in Prod environment.
    set FLASK_DEBUG=True
    
    ::Starting the flask server
    flask run
    
    PAUSE

Given a gallery URL, this site will

  • Create a directory.
  • Download the images from the URL and saves it to the directory.
  • Zip the directory and provides the zip folder as download attachment.