Imageshack Screenshot Script

[jdbye]

I based this script off the script in the screenshot tutorial, and another ImageShack script I found online.

It takes a screenshot, uploads it to ImageShack and copies the resulting URL to the clipboard
It does however require a few packages installed to NAND: xclip, curl, python-datetime
Easily installed by enabling wifi and running

sudo opkg update
sudo opkg install xclip curl python-datetime

They take less than 500kb in total so it shouldn't be a problem.

Accounts are supported using the regkey you received in the email when you first registered on ImageShack.
Best used in conjunction with the hotkeys tutorial: http://www.gp32x.de/board/index.php?/topic/54248-guide-hotkeys-ftw/

Script:

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#!/usr/bin/python

import sys, os, datetime

#Define globals.
tmp = "temp.data" #Temporary file filename.
img = "" #Image filename.
ext = "" #File extension.
imageshackregcode = "" #Regcode from the registration email. Leave blank if you don't want to use an account.
screenshotdir = "/media/PANDORASD/screenshots/" #Dir to save the screenshot in

#Define functions.
def uploadsingle():
    filename = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%y%m%d-%H%M%S") + ".png"
    img = screenshotdir + filename
	
    os.system("fbgrab \"" + img + "\"")
    os.system("notify-send \"Uploading " + img + "\" -t 3000")
    if imageshackregcode == "":
        os.system("curl -H Expect: -F fileupload=\"@" + img + "\" -F xml=yes -# \"http://www.imageshack.us/index.php\" > " + tmp)
    else:
        os.system("curl -H Expect: --cookie \"myimages=" + imageshackregcode + ";\" -F fileupload=\"@" + img + "\" -F xml=yes -# \"http://www.imageshack.us/index.php\" > " + tmp)
	

    file = open(tmp, "r")
    content = file.read()

    #Get the image link.
    start = content.find("<image_link>")
    end = content.find("</image_link>")
    link = content[start + 12 : end]

	
    os.system("echo -n " + link + " | xclip -selection clipboard")
    os.system("notify-send \"Image Link copied to clipboard\" -t 5000")

#Process command line arguments and execute program.

uploadsingle()

os.system("rm " + tmp) #Remove temporary file.

Copy the blob of text, save it somewhere as imgup.py (with UNIX line endings!), and use it like this (in a terminal):

python /path/to/imgup.py

Or, if you want to copy it to the NAND for easier usage:

sudo cp /path/to/imgup.py /usr/bin/imgup
sudo chmod ugo+x /usr/bin/imgup

It can then be run with:

imgup

...and easily added as a hotkey as well using the same command

I cooked this up quickly mainly for my own usage (and was annoyed by not being able to do anything without installing additional packages) but I thought other people might be interested in it.
It has zero error checking, so if anyone wants to add that or make other improvements to the script feel free to post your changes here.

 

[fusion_power]

That's interesting, at the PC I do use imageshack manualy. ^^""
But is there a way not to use "sudo opkg update"? It is not officialy recommended and can cause serious trouble onto the Pandora. ^^""

 

[jdbye]

That's interesting, at the PC I do use imageshack manualy. ^^""
But is there a way not to use "sudo opkg update"? It is not officialy recommended and can cause serious trouble onto the Pandora. ^^""

Pretty sure that was opkg upgrade they were talking about. opkg update just updates the list of packages, upgrade updates all installed packages
opkg update has to be run at least once before you can use opkg install, so it has a list of packages it can use to look up the package you want to install.

There is a way though - download the ipk files manually from the Angstrom repository, and run:

sudo opkg install /path/to/package.ipk

Just use the search box there to find the package, and put it on a SD card or download it directly on the Pandora (you want the packages for armv7a)

 

[SomeGuy99]

I've installed manually from the Angstrom repo myself, and... headaches. If you have the patience to resolve the dependencies by hand, it works

 

[WizardStan]

That's interesting, at the PC I do use imageshack manualy. ^^""
But is there a way not to use "sudo opkg update"? It is not officialy recommended and can cause serious trouble onto the Pandora. ^^""

opkg update is only bad because it takes up about 30MB of precious NAND space.

 

[jdbye]

That's interesting, at the PC I do use imageshack manualy. ^^""
But is there a way not to use "sudo opkg update"? It is not officialy recommended and can cause serious trouble onto the Pandora. ^^""

opkg update is only bad because it takes up about 30MB of precious NAND space.

Ah, that explains why everyone downloads the ipk files instead. Will edit the first post