upload.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import os
import sys
import shutil
import datetime
import pyperclip

clipboard_copy = pyperclip.clipboards.init_osx_clipboard()[0]

STATIC_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")

if len(sys.argv) == 1:
    print "Usage: %s file.jpg [file.jpg ...]" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(1)

copy_str = ""

for fname in sys.argv[1:]:
    
    bname = os.path.basename(fname)

    if not os.path.exists(fname):
        sys.stderr.write("File not found: %s\n" % fname)
        sys.exit(1)
    if not os.path.exists(STATIC_DIR):
        sys.stderr.write("Couldn't find static dir %s\n" % STATIC_DIR)
        sys.exit(1)

    today = datetime.date.today()
    upload_path = os.path.join("uploads",
                            str(today.year),
                            str(today.month),
                            str(today.day))

    full_upload_path = os.path.join(STATIC_DIR, upload_path)

    if not os.path.exists(full_upload_path):
        os.makedirs(full_upload_path)
    
    bname = bname.replace(' ', '_')

    target = os.path.join(full_upload_path, bname)

    shutil.copy(fname, target) 
    copy_str += "![%s]({{ .Site.BaseURL }}/%s/%s)\n" % (bname, upload_path, bname)

    print "Copied %s to %s" % (fname, target)

clipboard_copy(copy_str)

print "Done and copied to clipboard."