How can I upload a photo to imgur from the command line and get their direct link?

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Is there a way I can upload some photos to imgur.com via the command-line and get their direct link as result in a text file?

possible duplicate of How to take a screenshot and then upload the image to imgur through terminal? — Avinash Raj, Nov 02 '14 at 02:40
@AvinashRaj I don't think it's a duplcate, this question isn't about taking screenshots, just uploading them. — Seth, Nov 02 '14 at 03:41
@AvinashRaj Yes it does, but that doesn't make it a duplicate. The answers might be similar, but the questions are still different. — Seth, Nov 02 '14 at 03:47

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 09 '19 at 21:35

The list of (mostly third-party) tools on the imgur website (https://i.stack.imgur.com/7E7EQ.jpg) features three bash scripts:

Bart's Bash Script Uploader by Bart Nagel

A simple bash script to upload an image to imgur from the commandline. Run imgur images/delicious/cake.jpg to upload, print the new URL to stdout, print the delete page URL to stderr and put URL on the X clipboard for easy pasting.
img Bash Script Uploader by Ceryn

A minimalistic screenshot uploader for Linux. Supports screen selection.
Imgur-Screenshot by jomo

A simple screenshot bash script for Linux and OS X. Just run the script and select a portion of your screen to upload. The direct link to the image is then copied to your clipboard.

Here is a simplified version for OSX (I arrived here when I googled this): https://gist.github.com/003044274b6176f66c22 — Dorian, Jan 25 '16 at 23:09

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 19 '18 at 12:21

i tried myself today on imgur and it's quite complex , the documentation is pretty bad written so the procedure is not clear . May i suggest to try imagebin.ca ?! cuz has a simpler API to upload files :

curl -s -F key="YOURKEY_JUST_REGISTER_ON_IMAGEBIN.CA_and go_on_profile_to get it" \
 -F file="@$1" \
 https://imagebin.ca/upload.php | awk -F':' '/url:/{gsub(/url:/,"") ; print $0 }'

if you are using linux and kde =>

qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper org.kde.klipper.klipper.setClipboardContents "$(curl -s -F key="YOURKEY_________PLEASE_EDIT_IT" \
 -F file="@$1" \
 https://imagebin.ca/upload.php | awk -F':' '/url:/{gsub(/url:/,"") ; print $0 }' )"

How can I upload a photo to imgur from the command line and get their direct link?

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