Download all of the pictures from a SmugMug user, including password-protected users (you must know the password). This method is slightly inefficient, but works without requiring a SmugMug API key or any other information.
- Install Python 3
- Clone this repository or download it as a zip
- Install the requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt - NOTE: If you are on Linux, you will probably need to type
pip3andpython3instead
- Run
python smdl.py -u USERNAMEand it will begin downloading your pictures into separate folders in the default output directory. The username is what is found in the URL, i.e. USERNAME.smugmug.com - To specify the output directory, use the
-oflag:python smdl.py -u USERNAME -o output - If the user requires an unlock password, you must sign in using the password in your web browser, then copy over the SMSESS cookie. In Google Chrome, you can view your cookies by pressing
Ctrl-Shift-I, then go to the Application tab, go to the Cookies dropdown, and click on https://USERNAME.smugmug.com. Then copy the value of the SMSESS cookie. You can then paste this cookie as an argument:python smdl.py -u USERNAME -s xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - For a full list of command-line options, run
python smdl.py -h, or see below:
usage: smdl.py [-h] [-s SESSION] -u USER [-o OUTPUT] [--albums ALBUMS]
SmugMug Downloader
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s SESSION, --session SESSION
session ID (required if user is password protected); log
in on a web browser and paste the SMSESS cookie
-u USER, --user USER username (from URL, USERNAME.smugmug.com)
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
output directory
--albums ALBUMS specific album names to download, split by $. Defaults
to all. Wrap in single quotes to avoid shell variable
substitutions. (e.g. --albums 'Title 1$Title 2$Title 3')