Examples

Workflow for the client credentials grant type

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#import library
import deviantart

#create new client
da = deviantart.Api("YOUR_CLIENT_ID", "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET");

#define defaults
deviations = []

#the name of the user we want to fetch deviations from
username = "ioneiy"

offset = 0
has_more = True

#while there are more deviations to fetch
while has_more:

    try:

        #fetch deviations from user
        fetched_deviations = da.get_gallery_folder(
            username=username,
            offset=offset
        )

        #add fetched deviations to stack
        deviations += fetched_deviations['results']

        #update offset
        offset = fetched_deviations['next_offset']

        #check if there are any deviations left that we can fetch (if yes => repeat)
        has_more = fetched_deviations['has_more']

    except deviantart.api.DeviantartError as e:
        #catch and print API exception and stop loop
        print e
        has_more = False

#loop through every fetched deviation and print title and
#author (most likely the previous defined) of the deviation
for deviation in deviations:
    print "Deviaton title: {}".format(deviation.title)
    print "Deviation author: {}".format(deviation.author.username)

Workflow for the authorzation code grant type

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#import library
import deviantart

#create new client with the authorization code grant type
da = deviantart.Api(
    "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
    "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET",

    #must be the same as defined as in your application on DeviantArt
    redirect_uri="YOUR_REDIRECT_URI",

    standard_grant_type="authorization_code",

    #the scope you want to access (default => everything)
    scope="user"
);

#The authorization URI: redirect your users to this
auth_uri = da.auth_uri

print "Please authorize app: {}".format(auth_uri)

#Enter the value of the code parameter, found in to which DeviantArt redirected to
code = raw_input("Enter code:")

#Try to authenticate with the given code
try:
    da.auth(code=code)
except deviantart.api.DeviantartError as e:
    print "Couldn't authorize user. Error: {}".format(e)

#If authenticated and access_token present
if da.access_token:

    print "The access token {}.".format(da.access_token)
    print "The refresh token {}.".format(da.refresh_token)

    #the User object of the authorized user
    user = da.get_user()

    print "The name of the authorized user is {}.".format(user.username)