Script to automate posting of webcam images to twitpic

twitpic.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Script to automate posting of webcam images to twitpic

IMGDIR="/location_to_save_webcam_pics"
STAMP=`date +%m%d%Y_%s`
IMG="$IMGDIR/"webcam_""$STAMP".jpeg"
USERNAME="twitter_username"
PASSWORD="twitter_password" # Don't forget to escape special chars with "\"
MESSAGE="Webcam snapshot, `date`"

# Take picture from webcam
TAKE=`streamer -o $IMG`
echo "$TAKE"

# Upload to twitpic using curl
curl -F "username=$USERNAME" -F "password=$PASSWORD" -F "message=$MESSAGE" -F media=@"$IMG" http://twitpic.com/api/uploadAndPost