Package: ppyimgur
The simple way of using Imgur.You can upload images, download images, read comments, update your albums,
message people and more. In fact, you can do almost everything via PyImgur that
you can via the webend.InstallationThe recommended way to install is viapip$pipinstallpyimgurGetting StartedBefore we can start using PyImgur, we need to register our application with
Imgur. This way, Imgur can see what each application is doing on their site.
Go tohttps://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclientto register your client. Note that
you can’t use an application registration for the old v2 version of the Imgur
API, which was depreciated December 2012.When we registered our application we got aclient_idand aclient_secret. Theclient_secretis used for authenticating as a user,
if we just need access to public or anonymous resources, then we can leave it
out. For our first example we’re going to get some information about an image
already uploaded to image:import pyimgur
CLIENT_ID = "Your_applications_client_id"
im = pyimgur.Imgur(CLIENT_ID)
image = im.get_image('S1jmapR')
print(image.title) # Cat Ying & Yang
print(image.link) # http://imgur.com/S1jmapR.jpgTheImgurobject keeps the authentication information, changes
authentication and is the common way to get objects from Imgur.Uploading an ImageLet’s use another example to show how to upload an image:import pyimgur

CLIENT_ID = "Your_applications_client_id"
PATH = "A Filepath to an image on your computer"

im = pyimgur.Imgur(CLIENT_ID)
uploaded_image = im.upload_image(PATH, title="Uploaded with PyImgur")
print(uploaded_image.title)
print(uploaded_image.link)
print(uploaded_image.size)
print(uploaded_image.type)Some methods here one or more arguments with the default valueNone. For
methods modifying existing objects, this mean to keep the already existing
value. For methods not modifying existing objects, this mean to use the Imgur
default.Lazy objectsTo reduce the load on Imgur, PyImgur only requests the data it needs. This
means each object has the attribute_has_fetchedwhich ifTrue`has
fetched all the data it can, ifFalseit can fetch more information.Whenever we request an attribute that hasn’t been loaded the newest information
will be requested from Imgur and all the object attributes will be updated to
the newest values. We can also use the methodrefresh()to force a call to
Imgur, that will update the object with the latest values:import pyimgur
CLIENT_ID = "Your_applications_client_id"
im = pyimgur.Imgur(CLIENT_ID)
gallery_image = im.get_gallery_image('JiAaT')
author = gallery_image.author
print(author._has_fetched) # False ie. it's a lazily loaded object
print(author.reputation)
print(author._has_fetched) # True ie. all values have now been retrieved.IntrospectionRemember that as usual you can use thedir,varsandhelpbuiltin
functions to introspect objects to learn more about them and how they work.Mashape APIImgur supports commercial use via Mashape, which uses a different endpoint and
some additional authentication. You can enable this easily by providing your
Mashape key on initialization of the Imgur object:import pyimgur
CLIENT_ID = "Your_applications_client_id"
MASHAPE_KEY = "Your_mashape_api_key"
im = pyimgur.Imgur(CLIENT_ID, mashape_key=MASHAPE_KEY)More information on Mashape’s API and Pricing can be found on theMashape
website.SupportIf you find an bug, have any questions about how to use PyImgur or have
suggestions for improvements then feel free to file an issue on theGithub
project page.DocumentationPyImgur’s full documentation is located onReadTheDocs.LicenseAll of the code contained here is licensed bythe GNU GPLv3.