- By Bart Nagel [email protected]
- Improvements by Tino Sino [email protected]
- Other contributions from the Github community
Upload images to Imgur via a small bash script.
This is the repository for the Bash script which has been found on Imgur's tools page since way back in 2009, and now on their new tools page.
I received infrequent but steady emails over the years with thanks and suggestions for improvements. A Google search shows the script has been reused and forked many times over the years. About time this had its own Git repository, so maybe the improvements can find their way back to the source.
curl
xsel
,xclip
, orpbcopy
, to automatically put the URLs on the X selection for easy pasting
-
Put it somewhere in your path and maybe rename it
mv imgur.sh ~/bin/imgur
Or you could make a symlink instead.
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Make it executable
chmod +x ~/bin/imgur
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Optional, since I've provided a client ID: add your client id to the top of the script, replacing the provided one, or set it as the
IMGUR_CLIENT_ID
environment variable
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Single image
imgur images/hilarious/manfallingover.jpg
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Single image from a URL
imgur https://example.com/egg.png
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Multiple images
imgur images/delicious/cake.png https://example.com/exciting/bungeejump.jpg
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Directly from a screenshot
import png:- | imgur
Note that the
import
command above is from Imagemagick, and will await a selection being made on screen.
The new URLs will be displayed
(and the delete page URLs will be displayed on stderr).
If you have xsel
, xclip
, or pbcopy
,
the URLs will also be put on the X selection,
which you can then usually paste with a middle click.
If no filename is given, or if -
is given as one of the arguments,
an image is read from standard input.
There are some rate limits with the API. The daily upload limit is shared by everyone using the same client ID, so if you're using the provided one and start to get errors, you might consider using your own client ID.