image_flip_meme_templates.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# imports
import urllib
import requests  # to get image from the web
import shutil  # to save it locally

# The shutil module can be downloaded by pip install pytest-shutil

data = requests.get(
    'https://api.imgflip.com/get_memes').json()['data']['memes']
# Data is stored in a JSON format in this URL.

images = [{'name': image['name'], 'url':image['url'], 'id':image['id']}
          for image in data]
# List all the memes
print('Here is the list of available memes : \n')
ctr = 1
for img in images:
    print(str(ctr) + " Template: " + img['name'] + '\n' + "URL: " + img['url'])
    image_url = img['url']
    filename = image_url.split("/")[-1]
    # Open the url image, set stream to True, this will return the stream content.
    req = requests.get(image_url, stream=True)

    # Check if the image was retrieved successfully
    if req.status_code == 200:
        # Set decode_content value to True, otherwise the downloaded image file's size will be zero.
        req.raw.decode_content = True

        # Open a local file with wb ( write binary ) permission.
        with open(filename, 'wb') as f:
            shutil.copyfileobj(req.raw, f)
            print('Image sucessfully Downloaded: ', filename)
        else:
            print('Image Couldn\'t be retreived')
    ctr = ctr+1

# This prints the image template and downloads the image into the local machine