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Using Flameshot as the screenshot capture tool with imgur-screenshot in place of scrot/maim, etc
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#!/usr/bin/env zsh | |
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# -- Using Flameshot (https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot) as the capture application | |
# -- with imgur-screenshot (https://github.com/jomo/imgur-screenshot) to upload imgur account | |
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
# -- borrowed these from the imgur-screenshot script ---- | |
# -- to describe the filename format and output path ---- | |
declare -g FILE_NAME_FORMAT="%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M.png" | |
declare -g FILE_DIR="${XDG_PICTURES_DIR:-$HOME/Pictures/upload}" | |
declare -g IMGURSCRNSHT="/home/mosthated/.files/imgur-screenshot/imgur-screenshot.sh" | |
function main() { | |
img_file="$(date +"${FILE_NAME_FORMAT}")" | |
img_path="${FILE_DIR}/${img_file}" | |
# -- Use flameshot to capture the desired screeenshot area | |
# -- Hit enter once you select your screenshot area | |
flameshot gui -r >${img_path} | |
# -- Ensure the output was a real image, incase the capture was cancelled | |
# -- If file is not a real image, delete the file. | |
if file "$img_path" |grep -qE 'image|bitmap'; then | |
echo "File '$img_path' is valid" | |
else rm $img_path | |
fi | |
# -- Pass the image created by flameshot to imgur-screenshot for upload | |
if [ -f $img_path ]; then | |
echo $(${IMGURSCRNSHT} -l true ${img_path}) &!; | |
fi | |
} | |
main | |
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