Download all images from blog post

import requests
import os

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

BLOG_POST_URL = 'ADD_URL_HERE'
OUTPUT_DIR = './downloaded_images/'

if not os.path.exists(OUTPUT_DIR):
    os.makedirs(OUTPUT_DIR)


def download_images_from_post(post_url):
    response = requests.get(post_url)
    soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')

    no_alt_counter = 0  # Counter for images with no alt text

    for img in soup.select('#articlecontent img'):
        img_url = img['src']

        # Skip GIFs
        if img_url.endswith('.gif'):
            continue

        alt_text = img.get('alt', '')  # Get alt text, or empty string if not present

        # If no alt text is provided, use a default name
        if not alt_text:
            no_alt_counter += 1
            alt_text = f"NO_ALT_PROVIDED_{no_alt_counter}"

        # Download image
        img_name = os.path.basename(img_url)
        img_data = requests.get(img_url).content
        img_path = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, img_name)

        with open(img_path, 'wb') as img_file:
            img_file.write(img_data)

        # Save alt text to a .txt file with the same name as the image
        alt_text_path = os.path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, alt_text + '.txt')
        with open(alt_text_path, 'w') as text_file:
            text_file.write(alt_text)