OSX sleepwatcher script to take a photo on wakeup and upload to dropbox

.wakeup

#!/bin/bash
#
# Mac camera auto upload script
#
#####################################################

# Generate filename based on date stamp
FILE_SRC=/tmp/$(date +%m%d%y%H%M%S).jpg;
DROPBOX_FOLDER=macbook
DROPBOX_UPLOADER=/Users/<username>/Dropbox-Uploader/dropbox_uploader.sh

# Take iSight Photo and store in /tmp with datestamp filename
/usr/local/bin/imagesnap -q $FILE_SRC;

# Wait a little while, if Mac is waking from sleep, needs a moment to connect to network
sleep 60;

# Generate semaphore for connectivity by pinging NASA
isconnected=$(ping -c 1 www.nasa.gov | grep 64 | wc | awk '{print $1}');

# If connected...
if [ "$isconnected" -eq "1" ]; then 

        for f in /tmp/*jpg; 
        do
                $DROPBOX_UPLOADER upload $f $DROPBOX_FOLDER;
                rm $f;                
        done

else 
        # If not connected.. leave captures there until next time. 
        echo "No Connection, Image not transferred or deleted.";
fi

README.md

OSX sleepwatcher script to take a photo on wakeup and upload to dropbox

1. install Dropbox-Uploader

2. install imagesnap

    $ brew install imagesnap
   

3. install sleepwatcher

    $ brew install sleepwatcher
   

4. Drop the .wakeup file in your home dir