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# 1  
Old 11-14-2011
Shell Imgur upload with curl
Hi

Code:
imgur(){ $*|convert label:@- png:-|curl -F "image=@-" -F "key=1913b4ac473c692372d108209958fd15"
http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.xml|grep -Eo "<original>(.)*</original>"
| grep -Eo "http://i.imgur.com/[^<]*";}

Execute a command, convert output to .png file, upload file to imgur.com, then returning the address of the .png. | commandlinefu.com.

questions

- howto use this script?
- what does the script exacly? special interested in curl part.
# 2  
Old 11-14-2011
It is a command line function - it goes into your .profile or .bashrc file.

imgur becomes a pseudo-command.
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# 3  
Old 11-17-2011
doesn't work

Code:
> imgur test.mp4.jpeg 
-bash: test.mp4.jpeg: command not found
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0convert: missing an image filename `png:-' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3016.
100   576    0   258  100   318    216    266  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   437

Code:
> grep imgur /Users/jonny/.bashrc 
imgur(){ $*|convert label:@- png:-|curl -F "image=@-" -F "key=1913b4ac473c692372d108209958fd15" http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.xml|grep -Eo "<original>(.)*</original>" | grep -Eo "http://i.imgur.com/[^<]*";}

# 4  
Old 11-17-2011
It expects input on standard input, not as a filename, and strangely, seems to run the command instead of just reading data. Perhaps imgur cat filename.jpg
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# 5  
Old 11-17-2011
doesn't work - but no error message

Code:
> imgur cat test.mp4.jpeg
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100  1442    0   634  100   808    188    239  0:00:03  0:00:03 --:--:--   248
http://i.imgur.com/j2MJj.png

but on Imgur there is garbage (not the picture)

Image
# 6  
Old 11-17-2011
download it with wget and run file on it, see what it thinks it is.
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# 7  
Old 11-18-2011
Code:
> wget -nd http://i.imgur.com/j2MJj.png
--2011-11-17 22:42:59--  http://i.imgur.com/j2MJj.png
Resolving i.imgur.com (i.imgur.com)... 93.184.221.133
Connecting to i.imgur.com (i.imgur.com)|93.184.221.133|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 489 [image/png]
Saving to: `j2MJj.png'

100%[=========================================================================================================================================================================================>] 489         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2011-11-17 23:12:59 (38.9 MB/s) - `j2MJj.png' saved [489/489]

looks valid

Code:
> file j2MJj.png 
j2MJj.png: PNG image data, 30 x 15, 8-bit grayscale, non-interlaced

very small file 489 Bits

Code:
> ls -al j2MJj.png 
-rw-r--r--  1 jonny  wheel  489 Nov 17 21:45 j2MJj.png
> ls -alh j2MJj.png 
-rw-r--r--  1 jonny  wheel   489B Nov 17 21:45 j2MJj.png

uploaded file

Code:
> ls -alh test.mp4.jpeg 
-rw-r--r--  1 jonny  staff   453K Nov 17 19:16 test.mp4.jpeg
> ls -al test.mp4.jpeg 
-rw-r--r--  1 jonny  staff  463958 Nov 17 19:16 test.mp4.jpeg

---------- Post updated at 04:55 PM ---------- Previous update was at 04:50 PM ----------

I tried with several different image files. But always the same garbage at imgur.com

---------- Post updated 11-18-11 at 11:43 AM ---------- Previous update was 11-17-11 at 04:55 PM ----------

that also doesn't work - no Imgur URL

Code:
 imgur < test.mp4.jpeg 
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   576    0   258  100   318    576    710 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   940

Code:
> grep imgur .bashrc 
imgur(){ $*|curl -F "image=@-" -F "key=1913b4ac473c692372d108209958fd15" http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.xml|grep -Eo "<original>(.)*</original>" | grep -Eo "http://i.imgur.com/[^<]*";}

no other idea?
 
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