smugmug-downloader 0.3.1

Using smugmug API v2 downloads all the files stored by smugmug for a user account.

SmugMug Downloader

A command-line tool to download all photos from a SmugMug account.

Features

• Downloads all images at their highest available quality
• Preserves folder and album structure locally
• Skips already-downloaded files
• OAuth 1.0a authentication with token caching

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.14+ and uv package manager
2. SmugMug API credentials - Create an API key at https://api.smugmug.com/api/developer/apply

Set your credentials as environment variables:

export SMUGMUG_API_KEY="your-api-key"
export SMUGMUG_API_SECRET="your-api-secret"

Installation

Using uv, add the project:

uv add smugmug-downloader

Usage

# Download all files from a user's account
uv run smugmug-downloader feldroy <username>

# Specify a custom output directory
uv run smugmug-downloader feldroy <username> --output /path/to/downloads

The default output directory is downloads/.

Authentication

On first run, the tool will:

1. Display an authorization URL
2. Prompt you to visit the URL and authorize access
3. Ask for the 6-digit PIN from SmugMug

Tokens are cached in ~/.smugmug_tokens for subsequent runs.

License

MIT