screenshot uploader.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

CLIENT_ID=<REDACTED>
LOG_FILE=~/.image_uploader.log

touch $LOG_FILE

exec 1>>$LOG_FILE  # redirect stdout to the log file

exec 2>&1 # ditto for stderr

# folder to watch
SCREENSHOT_FOLDER=/home/john/Pictures/screenshots

created_file() {
    inotifywait -e create $SCREENSHOT_FOLDER --format "%f"
}

upload_to_dropbox() {
    local upload_path=/Screenshots/$(basename "$1")

    set -x

    curl "https://content.dropboxapi.com/2/files/upload" \
         -H "Authorization: Bearer ${CLIENT_ID}" \
         ""-H 'Content-Type: application/octet-stream' \
         -H "Dropbox-API-Arg: {\"path\":\"$upload_path\"}" \
         --data-binary @"$1"

    set +x
}

create_link() {
    local upload_path=/Screenshots/$(basename "$1")

    set -x
    curl -X POST https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/create_shared_link \
         --header "Authorization: Bearer ${CLIENT_ID}" \
         --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
         --data "{\"path\": \"$upload_path\"}" | tee /dev/tty | jq '.url'

    set +x
}

dialog() {
    zenity --info --text="$1"
}

while true; do
    screenshot_file=$(created_file)
    sleep 1 # without the sleep we end up with an empty file.... file system not ready?
    if [[ "$screenshot_file" =~ "png" ]]; then
        upload_to_dropbox "${SCREENSHOT_FOLDER}/${screenshot_file}"

        image_url=$(create_link "${SCREENSHOT_FOLDER}/${screenshot_file}")

        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            dialog "Screenshot upload: $image_url saved to clipboard"
            echo $image_url | sed 's/"//g' | xsel --clipboard
        else
            dialog "Something went wrong $(tail -1 $LOG_FILE)"
        fi
    fi
done