imgscrot.py

imgscrot.py

import base65
import json
import requests
import sys
import os

from base64 import b64encode

# cheeky little script which uploads an image to imgur.com then prints the direct link to the image
# add your imgur api key to your environment variables, or just throw it straight into the code.
# consider this...
# alias imgurscrot='tmpfile="$(mktemp -u).png"; scrot "$tmpfile" -s; python ~/path/to/imgur.py "$tmpfile"'
# igglybuff! (:

image = sys.argv
image.remove(image[0])
image = ' '.join(image)

myapikey = os.environ['IMGUR_API_KEY']

headers = {"Authorization": "Client-ID " + myapikey}

url = "https://api.imgur.com/3/upload.json"

j1 = requests.post(
    url,
    headers = headers,
    data = {
        'key': myapikey,
        'image': b64encode(open(image, 'rb').read()),
        'type': 'base64',
        'name': '1.jpg',
        'title': 'Picture no. 1'
    }
)
output = json.loads(j1.text)
output = output['data']
output = output['link']

print output