Imgur screenshooter script for BL

damo · 2019-12-14 11:51:19

Feedback on this would be appreciated

################### imgur.sh ###########################################
# Take screenshots and upload them to Imgur.
# This can be to an existing account, or anonymously.
#
# Credentials and access token for an account can be set up.
#
# Settings (settings.conf) and credentials (credentials.conf}) files are created in \
# $HOME/.config/imgur/
#
# The script returns BB-Code for the direct image link, and a linked thumbnail.
# YAD dialogs are used for user interaction.
#
# Kudos to the writer of the script at https://github.com/jomo/imgur-screenshot,
# which has provided most of the OAuth2 and Imgur API functions adapted here.
# ("imgur-screenshot" is featured in https://imgur.com/tools.)
#
# Copyright (C) 2019 damo    <damo@bunsenlabs.org>
########################################################################

xfce4-screenshooter has the option to upload a scrot to Imgur, but it is as an anonymous user. This script also allows upload to an existing account and album.

It is BL-specific because it is using yad-includes, but is easily adapted to other yad dialogs.

Last edited by damo (2019-12-23 21:05:40)

clusterF · 2019-12-14 12:32:14

Not a fan of imgur. Everytime i click on an imgur link here and elsewhere i never get the full view and when i try it asks me to join up.

rbh · 2019-12-14 18:48:48

Sorry, but I could need some fuller instructions to be able to evalute the function...

damo · 2019-12-14 19:19:34

rbh wrote:

Sorry, but I could need some fuller instructions to be able to evalute the function...

Run the script with no args and it will upload a full desktop screenshot, then give you back the BBCode for a linked thumbnail, or a direct image link.

Get the options with

imgur.sh -h

johnraff · 2019-12-15 03:03:26

An option to allow upload of a random image file via a Thunar custom action?

johnraff · 2019-12-15 03:04:54

clusterF wrote:

Not a fan of imgur. Everytime i click on an imgur link here and elsewhere i never get the full view and when i try it asks me to join up.

Hmm wonder what that is? I never get that problem.

clusterF · 2019-12-15 04:16:20

johnraff wrote:

clusterF wrote:
Not a fan of imgur. Everytime i click on an imgur link here and elsewhere i never get the full view and when i try it asks me to join up.
Hmm wonder what that is? I never get that problem.

I probably should have worded that better, sometimes not everytime. Maybe its changed since as it was a few months ago i was trying to browse imgur without an account and some images failed to render in full size and i would get popups asking to join imgur to see more. Might depend on how the uploader links images as well.

DeepDayze · 2019-12-15 15:28:49

johnraff wrote:

An option to allow upload of a random image file via a Thunar custom action?

That sounds like a good idea. Think you can also create a similar custom action in PCManFM as well. Maybe a simple command line script would also be useful for those who use the command line the most.

Last edited by DeepDayze (2019-12-15 15:29:43)

johnraff · 2019-12-16 08:24:43

Hmm I should have actually looked at damo's code before posting my suggestion. He's already provided an image upload option:

--file  <filepath/filename>    Upload specified image. Overrides scrot options

Sorry damo. m(._.)m

damo · 2019-12-16 09:27:16

You said a random image, and I thought....someone else can hack that

BTW it is proving tricky to add progress bars, but I'm getting close; and many popular free image hosts don't have public APIs, although anonymous uploads should be possible for most.

With a bit more code the script could do away with xfce4-screenshooter altogether.

brontosaurusrex · 2019-12-16 21:24:37

johnraff wrote:

clusterF wrote:
Not a fan of imgur. Everytime i click on an imgur link here and elsewhere i never get the full view and when i try it asks me to join up.
Hmm wonder what that is? I never get that problem.

My version https://github.com/brontosaurusrex/buce … /bin/imgur attempts to solve that with free proxy prefix, also tries to handle transparent thumbnails and probably some more. However it definately needs a smart rewrite and I asked myself and I said no.

ohnonot · 2019-12-17 07:30:28

damo wrote:

With a bit more code the script could do away with xfce4-screenshooter altogether.

Did you look at

maim

?

johnraff · 2019-12-17 08:05:46

damo wrote:

With a bit more code the script could do away with xfce4-screenshooter altogether.

A bit more... That's already quite a monumental creation, but I never imagined stuff like OAUTH for a job like this. I guess if you want proper access to a user account it's needed.

But anyway, I couldn't find any reference to xfce4-screenshooter in there.

damo · 2019-12-17 08:30:56

ohnonot wrote:

damo wrote:
With a bit more code the script could do away with xfce4-screenshooter altogether.
Did you look at
maim
?

That is my personal favourite - it is very versatile and a lot better than scrot IMO. I have a submenu with various maim options.

ATM I am trying to hack something together that uses BL stuff OOTB, so maim will be next on the list to be included as an an option

damo · 2019-12-17 08:49:07

johnraff wrote:

...
But anyway, I couldn't find any reference to xfce4-screenshooter in there.

I meant that BL may not need it as a gui screenshooter. It should be fairly trivial to have an xfce4-screenshooter-like interface for options, including editing, using YAD,. Maybe even upload options for various image hosts.

Also, @ohnonot also points out, maim is a good option instead of scrot. This is a script I'm using for shooting to the clipboard:

#!/bin/bash
##
## scrotclip by damo Feb 2019
# Requires maim, xclip, xdotool

# USAGE: scrotclip [clipwin|clipall|clipsel|clipclean]

arg="$1"
case "$arg" in
    clipwin )   maim -i $(xdotool getactivewindow) | xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png
                notify-send -t 6000 "Active window screenshot saved to clipboard"
                ;;
    clipall )   maim | xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png
                notify-send -t 6000 "Desktop screenshot saved to clipboard"
                ;;
    clipsel )   maim -s | xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png
                notify-send -t 6000 "Selected area screenshot saved to clipboard"
                ;;
    clipclean)  maim -d 3 -u | xclip -selection clipboard -target image/png  # wait 3 secs (close menu, hide cursor)
                notify-send -t 6000 "Screenshot saved to clipboard"
                ;;
            *)  notify-send -t 6000 "Nothing saved to clipboard..."
                ;;
esac
exit

ohnonot · 2019-12-20 05:12:58

^ nice.
the clipwin action isn't strictly necessary - 'maim -s' will select the clicked window when you just click insteadof click-dragging.

damo · 2019-12-23 21:08:56

Original post and link updated for improved imgur upload script.

It now includes progress bars while uploading or deletion is in progress'

DeepDayze · 2019-12-25 02:00:52

This is looking good...nice work!

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