Bash script that captures a screenshot, saves screenshot, optionally uploads it to Imgur.com, and injects URL to clipboard and meta data of saved file.

shoot.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# By Drew Hornbein @ http://dhornbein.com
#
# Modified from:https://github.com/Sirupsen/sirupsen.github.com/blob/master/static/misc/shoot
# By Sirupsen @ http://sirupsen.dk
#
# Description: Very simple script to make you
# select a region of your screen, which will be captured, saved, and
# then uploaded. The URL will then be injected into your clipboard.
#
# Dependencies:
#
# Imgur Bash Upload Script (http://imgur.com/tools/imgurbash.sh)
# Comment: Must be in path (see below) with the name "imgur" (not imgur.sh)
#
# Scrot
# Comment: Scrot is what takes the actual screenshot.
#
# Xclip
# Comment: Xclip is what makes the script able to inject the direct url
# into your clipboard.
#
# libnotify*
# Comment: Will notify you whenever the direct URL is in the clipboard
#
# Installation:
#
# Move the file to a local bin. And put the path of this bin, into
# your path. (See: www.troubleshooters.com/linux/prepostpath.htm)
#
# From then on, you can either activate it via your terminal, or via
# your window manager or similar, so you can bind it to a keycombination.
#

function uploadImage {
  curl -s -F "image=@$1" -F "key=486690f872c678126a2c09a9e196ce1b" http://imgur.com/api/upload.xml | grep -E -o "<original_image>(.)*</original_image>" | grep -E -o "http://i.imgur.com/[^<]*"
}

path=~/sync/screenshots/
name="`date "+%F_%R:%S"`_`hostname`_ss.png"

scrot -s $path$name
OUT=$?
if [ $OUT -eq 0 ]
then
	# asks if you want to upload
	if zenity --window-icon=$path$name --title="Screenshot grabbed" --question --text="Upload $name to Imgur?"; then
		url=$(uploadImage $path$name)
		echo $url | xclip -selection c
		notify-send -i $path$name "Image saved & Imgur link in clipboard" "Url: $url \n $path$name"
		convert $path$name -set Imgur "$url" $path$name #adds the Imgru url to the file's metadata
	else
		echo $path$name | xclip -selection c
	    notify-send -i $path$name "$name saved: path in clipboard" "$path$name"
	fi
else
	notify-send "Screenshot failed"
fi

nice