Imgur provides a web API that allows images to be downloaded.
You will need a login and to register an application to use Imgur.
The multiprocessing module provides a rich set of features for manipluating processes.
multiprocessing
The Pool class is an easy way to provide work to groups of processes.
Pool
Python provides a threading module to easily use threads.
threading
Although the GIL limits thread parallism, it is still useful to use threads in Python.
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