A simple cross-platform CLI Python imgur uploader.

imgur_upload.desktop

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

# Make sure the Python script has +x

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Imgur Uploader
Exec=/path/to/imgur_upload %U
Terminal=true
Type=Application

imgur_upload.py

#! /usr/bin/env python

from sys import argv
from os import system as command
from json import loads as json_decode
from urllib2 import Request, urlopen
from urllib import urlencode
from platform import system

if system() in ['Linux']:
	if command('echo "test" | xclip -sel clip'):
		print 'Error: This program requires xclip to be installed. Try: sudo apt-get xclip'
		raw_input('Press enter to exit.')
		exit()
elif system() in ['Windows']:
	if command('echo test | clip'):
		print 'Error: This program requires access to the clipboard through an external program. Please download http://www.petri.co.il/software/clip.zip'
		raw_input('Press enter to exit.')
		exit()

url = 'http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json'
key = 'Get one.'

args = argv[1:]

if not args:
	print 'No images passed to the program.'
	raw_input('Press enter to exit.')
	exit()

if args[0].startswith('http'):
	data = {
		'key': key,
		'image': args[0],
		'path': args[0]
	}
	posts = [data]
else:
	import base64
	posts = []
	for path in args:
		with file(path, 'rb') as f:
			image = f.read()
		data = {
			'key': key,
			'image': base64.b64encode(image),
			'path': path
		}
		posts.append(data)

if len(posts) > 1:
	while True:
		answer = raw_input('Uploading %d files. Proceed? ' % len(posts))
		if answer in ['no', 'n']:
			exit()
		if answer not in ['yes', 'ye', 'y']:
			print '"yes" or "no" please.'
		else:
			break

links = []

print '-' * 20

try:
	for i, post in enumerate(posts):
		data = urlencode(post)
	
		print 'Uploading %s...' % (post['path']),
		try:
			u = urlopen(Request(url, data))
		except Exception, e:
			u = e
			print 'Failed.'
			fail = True
		else:
			print 'Done.'
			fail = False
	
		response = json_decode(u.read())
		
		if fail:
			print 'Error: %s.' % response['error']['message']
		else:
			link = response['upload']['links']['original']
			links.append(link)
			print 'Link #%d:' % len(links), link
		
		print '-' * 20
except KeyboardInterrupt:
	print 'Interrupted.'
	print '-' * 20

print 'Successfully uploaded %d/%d files.' % (len(links), len(posts))
print 'NOTE: After exiting, all links will be lost and clipboard will be cleared.'

while True:
	a = raw_input('Select a link to copy to clipboard. 0 to exit. Link number: ')
	
	try:
		i = int(a)
	except:
		print 'Numbers only please.'
		continue
	
	if i == 0:
		print 'Exiting...'
		exit()
	
	if i < 0 or i > len(links):
		print 'Numbers 0-%d only.' % len(links)
		continue
	
	if system() in ['Darwin']:
		command('echo "%s" | pbcopy' % links[i-1])
	elif system() in ['Linux']:
		command('echo "%s" | xclip -sel clip' % links[i-1])
	elif system() in ['Windows']:
		command('echo %s | clip' % links[i-1])
	
	print 'Copied!'