Playing with Tumblr API

1. Install Ouath2
2. Install Pytumblr
3. Register an Application
https://www.tumblr.com/oauth/apps
4. Get tumblr ouath2, you will get once you create app
5. Enter your credentials in following code in Python file

client = pytumblr.TumblrRestClient(
    '<consumer_key>',
    '<consumer_secret>',
    '<oauth_token>',
    '<oauth_secret>',
)

pytumblr is a library,  through which you can make calls to tumblr.

6. Code to get all blogs you are following

off =0
while True:
    my_dict = client.following(offset =off)
    res = my_dict['blogs']
    for rs in res:
        print(rs['name'] + "...." + rs['title'])
   
       
    off+=20

7. Number of posts liked for each blog

off =0
like_dict= {}
while True:
    my_dict = client.blog_likes('conflatedthought.tumblr.com',offset =off)
    res = my_dict['liked_posts']
    for rs in res:
        strs = str(rs['tags']).strip('[]')
        #print(rs['blog_name'] +" "+ strs)
        #print("..")
        if rs['blog_name'] in like_dict.keys():
            like_dict[rs['blog_name']] += 1
            #print rs['blog_name'] +"  " + str(like_dict[rs['blog_name']])
        else:
            like_dict[rs['blog_name']] = 1   
          
    off+=20
for the_key, the_value in like_dict.iteritems():
    print the_key, 'corresponds to', the_value 

8. Sample Output for code 6

sportspage....Sports Page
themobilemovement....The Mobile Movement
adidasfootball....adidas Football
instagram-engineering....Instagram Engineering
soccerdotcom....SOCCER.COM
sony....Sony on Tumblr
yahoolabs....Yahoo Labs
taylorswift....Taylor Swift
beyonce....Beyoncé | I Am
itscalledfutbol....Did someone say "futbol"?
futbolarte....Futbol Arte
fcyahoo....FC Yahoo
yahooscreen....Yahoo Screen
yahoo....Yahoo
engineering....Tumblr Engineering
yahoodevelopers....Yahoo Developer Network
mongodb....The MongoDB Community Blog
yahooeng....Yahoo Engineering
marissamayr....Marissa's Tumblr
staff....Tumblr Staff
whoagurt....Whoagurt
narendra-modi....Narendra Modi
nytvideo....New York Times Video
bonjovi-is-my-life....Bon Jovi♥ Is My Life
etsy....Etsy
game-of-thrones....You win or you die.
seinfeld....Seinfeld
itunes....iTunes
teamindiacricket....Team India
gameofthrones....Game of Thrones: Cast A Large Shadow
forzaibra....Forza Ibra

Tumblr Blog

My Tumblr Blog
 

 
Why I am moving to tumblr :
1. Lots of stuff to read
2. Simple to use.
3. 230 Million Blogs
4. No Charge.
5. Great Design optimized for Mobile.
6. Easier to get followers


7. I am joining Yahoo :)

My blog will remain active but most of the new post will be on tumblr.