Sample of imgur api usage

imgur.rb

require "httparty"
require "base64"

# Put there your client id
client_id = "..."

binary_file = IO.read("image.jpg");
base64_encoded_file = Base64.encode64(binary_file);

response = HTTParty.post(
  "https://api.imgur.com/3/image",
  headers: {
    "Authorization" => "Client-ID #{client_id}"
  },
  body: {
    image: base64_encoded_file
  }
)

JSON.parse(response.body) #=> 
# {"data"=>
#   {"id"=>"iDZ0Q7R",
#    "title"=>nil,
#    "description"=>nil,
#    "datetime"=>1517935328,
#    "type"=>"image/jpeg",
#    "animated"=>false,
#    "width"=>240,
#    "height"=>160,
#    "size"=>21017,
#    "views"=>0,
#    "bandwidth"=>0,
#    "vote"=>nil,
#    "favorite"=>false,
#    "nsfw"=>nil,
#    "section"=>nil,
#    "account_url"=>nil,
#    "account_id"=>0,
#    "is_ad"=>false,
#    "in_most_viral"=>false,
#    "has_sound"=>false,
#    "tags"=>[],
#    "ad_type"=>0,
#    "ad_url"=>"",
#    "in_gallery"=>false,
#    "deletehash"=>"3ZXNFuzv9yKUz33",
#    "name"=>"",
#    "link"=>"https://i.imgur.com/iDZ0Q7R.jpg"},
#  "success"=>true,
#  "status"=>200}