Bart's Imgur uploader bash script

• By Bart Nagel [email protected]
• Improvements by Tino Sino [email protected]

Purpose

Upload images to Imgur via a small bash script.

History

This is the repository for the Bash script which has been found on Imgur's tools page since way back in 2009.

I got 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.

Requirements

• curl

Optional

• xsel, xclip, or pbcopy, to automatically put the URLs on the X selection for easy pasting

Instructions

1. Put it somewhere in your path and maybe rename it

    mv imgur.sh ~/bin/imgur
   

2. Make it executable

    chmod +x ~/bin/imgur
   

3. Optional, since Alan at Imgur kindly provided an API key for this script: stick your API key in the top

    vim ~/bin/imgur
   

Uploading images

• Single image

    imgur images/hilarious/manfallingover.jpg
  

• Multiple images

    imgur images/delicious/cake.png images/exciting/bungeejump.jpg
  

The URLs will be displayed (and the delete page's 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.