Like CloudApp, but for imgur, and free. License: MIT. Don't forget: pip3 install appdirs imgurpython watchdog pync

macshots.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import appdirs
from imgurpython import ImgurClient
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
from pync import Notifier

import os
import json
import webbrowser
import time
import subprocess


class NewScreenshotEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):

    def on_created(self, event):
        handle_path(event.src_path)

    def on_moved(self, event):
        handle_path(event.dest_path)


def ding():
    subprocess.call(['afplay', 'teleport.mp3'])


def to_clipboard(text):
    os.system('echo %s | tr -d "\n" | pbcopy' % text)


def handle_path(filepath):
    filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
    is_screenshot = (filename.startswith('Screen Shot ') and
                     filename.endswith('.png'))
    if not is_screenshot:
        return

    try:
        resp = client.upload_from_path(filepath, anon=False)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        return

    link = resp['link']
    print(link)
    to_clipboard(link)
    Notifier.notify(link, title='Upload Complete', open=link)
    ding()


client_id = '3144101f767d911'
client_secret = 'f4c34e78086ebdd4a433c89460c30d3681a9c4e5'

client = ImgurClient(client_id, client_secret)

app_name = 'macshots'
app_author = 'mplewis'
creds_file = 'credentials.json'

app_dir = appdirs.user_data_dir(app_name, app_author)
creds_path = os.path.join(app_dir, creds_file)
desktop_dir = os.path.expanduser('~/Desktop')

os.makedirs(app_dir, exist_ok=True)

try:
    with open(creds_path) as f:
        credentials = json.load(f)

except OSError:
    authorization_url = client.get_auth_url('pin')
    webbrowser.open(authorization_url)

    print()
    print('Go here to authorize this app:')
    print(authorization_url)
    print()

    pin = input('Paste your Imgur PIN here: ')
    credentials = client.authorize(pin, 'pin')

    with open(creds_path, 'w+') as f:
        json.dump(credentials, f)

access_token = credentials['access_token']
refresh_token = credentials['refresh_token']
client.set_user_auth(access_token, refresh_token)

event_handler = NewScreenshotEventHandler()
observer = Observer()
observer.schedule(event_handler, desktop_dir)
observer.start()

print('macshots is ready!')

try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)

except KeyboardInterrupt:
    observer.stop()

observer.join()