sudo gem install flickr_airlift

1. ‘flickraw’ and ‘launchy’ gems
2. A Flickr account
3. A good internet connection and patience

Flickr Airlift is a command line tool to scrape any set or all photos in the photostream of a user.
It comes with the bin flickr_airlift.

Here’s an example session

Once flickr_airlift authenticates you – it stores your authentication in ~/.flick_airliftrc

The flickr_uplift gem was removed from this gem.
It used to upload files from an arbitrary directory.
Muddling together these two features in one gem was a weird idea to begin with.
One day I’ll create a separate flickr_uplift gem.
The last version with this functionality is 0.4.3
Here’s an example session

This product uses the Flickr API but is not endorsed or certified by Flickr.