ptpimg-uploader 0.2

PTPImg uploader, handles local files and URLs, from the commandline

Upload image file or image URL to the ptpimg.me image hosting.

Installation

Using pip:

pip install ptpimg_uploader

Using setup.py:

python setup.py install

Manually:

Install python3 package requests (usually apt-get install python3-requests or pip3 install requests).

If you want clipboard support, install pyperclip too.

Run the script from the command line with python3 ptimg_uploader.py

API key

To find your PTPImg API key, login to https://ptpimg.me, open the page source (i.e. “View->Developer->View source” menu in Chrome), find the string api_key and copy the hexademical string from the value attribute. Your API key should look like 43fe0fee-f935-4084-8a38-3e632b0be68c.

You can export your ptpimg.me API key (usually in .bashrc or .zshenv) using:

export PTPIMG_API_KEY=<your hex key>

or use the -k / –api-key command-line switch.

How to use

Run

ptpimg_uploader -h

to get command-line help.

To upload an image file:

ptpimg_uploader ~/seed/mytorrent/folder.jpg

To rehost an imgur image:

ptpimg_uploader https://i.imgur.com/eaT6j3X.jpg

An uploaded URL will be printed to the console.

If pyperclip python package is installed, the URL will be additionally copied to the clipboard.

You can specify multiple files and URLs on the command line:

ptpimg_uploader ~/seed/mytorrent/folder.jpg https://i.imgur.com/eaT6j3X.jpg

The resulting URLs are printed each on separate line, and copied to your clipboard with newlines in between.

License

BSD

Acknowledgments

• mjpieters - a great refactoring and Python packaging