Bash script for making and save screenshots to IPFS, cover with goo.gl link shortener (Linux, macOS). Running IPFS daemon required.

README.md

IPFS screenshot url

Like cloudapp but using IPFS. If you're asking why IPFS, you should check out ipfs.io. A simple way to think of IPFS is torrents but accessible through HTTP.

Sample IPFS link: https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVqeZQRfcvn8eMZARzRZRxHLignNhS59ksV9vQR3Mmuph/20200326_224139_screenshot.jpg

Setup on Ubuntu

Currently no installer so steps need to be taken manually.

1. Install IPFS
2. install xclip, apt-get install xclip
3. Clone repository, git clone git@github.com:santaklouse/ipfs-screenshot
4. Start ipfs daemon, ipfs daemon
5. create keyboard shortcut, System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts -> +

• command: /{path-to-ipfs-screen}/ipfs-screen.sh

Setup on Mac OS

1. Install IPFS
2. Clone repository, git clone git@github.com:santaklouse/ipfs-screenshot
3. Start ipfs daemon, ipfs daemon

Use

1. use keyboard shortcut ie: ctrl + shift + s
2. Select screen area
3. Paste, ipfs url to the screenshot will be available for use

install.sh

#!/bin/sh

srcScript=ipfs-screen.sh
bin=ipfs-screenshot

# this script is currently brain dead.
# it merely tries two locations.
# in the future maybe use value of $PATH.

binpath=/usr/local/bin
if [ -d "$binpath" ]; then
  cp "$srcScript" "$binpath/$bin"
  echo "installed $binpath/$bin"
  exit 0
fi

binpath=/usr/bin
if [ -d "$binpath" ]; then
  cp "$srcScript" "$binpath/$bin"
  echo "installed $binpath/$bin"
  exit 0
fi

ipfs-screen.sh

#!/bin/bash

####
#START
#goo.gl API key
google_api_key=AIzaSyAdr9yOCVcvtPJHA4VkX2gqnmcjXHQosWw

# Shorten a URL using the Google URL Shortener service (http://goo.gl).
goo_gl() {
    curl -qsSL -m10 --connect-timeout 10 \
        "https://www.googleapis.com/urlshortener/v1/url?key=$google_api_key" \
        -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
        -d '{"longUrl": "'$1'"}' \
    | \
    perl -ne 'if(m/^\s*"id":\s*"(.*)",?$/i) { print $1 }'
}
#END
####

mkdir -p ~/.ipfs-screen/
file=$(`which date` +"%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_screenshot.jpg")
clipboard_command="xclip -selection clipboard"

platform=`uname`
if [[ "$platform" == "Darwin" ]]
then
  screencapture -t jpg -i "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file"
  clipboard_command="pbcopy"
else
  gnome-screenshot -a -f "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file"
fi

[ -f "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file" ] || exit 0

#hash=$(cat "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file" | `which ipfs` add --pin=false -w -q | `which tr` -s '[:space:]' ' ')
hash=$(cat "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file" | `which ipfs` add --stdin-name=$file --pin=false -w --progress=false |awk 'NR==2{print $2"/"}'| { read h; echo $h''$file; })
#hash=$(cat "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file" | `which ipfs` add --stdin-name=$file --pin=false -w --progress=false |awk 'NR==1{print $2"/"$3}')
[ ! $hash ] && exit 0

rm "${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file"

ipfs_link="https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/$hash"

short_url=$(goo_gl $ipfs_link)
url=$([ $short_url ] && echo $short_url || echo $ipfs_link)

echo "File ${HOME}/.ipfs-screen/$file added... as $hash ($url)" >> ~/.ipfs-screen/ipfs-add.log

echo -n $url | $clipboard_command > /dev/null

echo $url

proxychains4 curl $url &

#play sound 
if [ -t 1 ]
then
    /usr/bin/osascript -e "display notification \"$url\" with title \"Screenshot created\""
    tput bel
else
    afplay "/System/Library/Sounds/Glass.aiff"
fi

exit 0