What's a screenshot application which will auto-upload to imgur?

Question

Is there an equivalent to Imgur on Ubuntu?

I am looking for an application that has the simple workflow of:

• Taking a screenshot.
• Having it auto-upload in the click of a button.

Answer 1

You can do this with shutter as well, which is available in the repositories. Simply take a screenshot and then click export (see screenshots) and you are presented with a comprehensive number of alternatives, including the option of Ubuntu One.

You can upload to places like imgur, imageshack either as a guest or you can use your account if you have one. See the second screenshot for this, which details the uploading preferences settings of shutter, accessed via edit > preferences > upload tab.

For more details on the shutter project see the official site of this very useful program.

Answer 2

Nanoshot

Nanoshot - it's an easy to use program for Linux, which will help you take screenshots and upload them to a hosting site of your choice

Features

• Take full size screenshots
• Take screenshot of windows, including the active window
• Take desktop screenshots
• Take screenshots of web pages
• Capture frames from video using Gstreamer and Mplayer
• Upload screenshots to popular image hosting sites, such as imgur, flickr and imageshack.

Installation:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nanoshot/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nanoshot

Screenshots:

Nanoshot menu:

Upload options:

Website:

http://nanoshot.sourceforge.net/

Answer 3

This answer was posted in reply to the original question (which could have use an alternative to imgur).

MediaFire express (as mentioned by lkjoel) does exactly this.

Example:
Taking the screenshot.

Editing and uploading

After the screenshot has been taken, a link is available.

You need a MediaFire account, of course. That asside, the application is simple and easy to use, and you get loads of space to store your files online, with nice previews.

Answer 4

Also there's a simple application for Ubuntu 12.04 and above, "fileshare", which was written in PyGTK by me:

http://aikikode.github.io/fileshare/

It's very much like Nanoshot but with only the core functionality for quick and easy grabbing the screenshot and upload to Imgur:

1. click 'Select screen area to grab...' menu item
2. select the screen area
3. view the preview and press 'Upload' button
4. the image URL will appear in upper right corner of the screen and this URL will also be automatically 'copied' - paste it anywhere you need to share the image

The application also have Imgur accounts support - click 'Log in' to connect the application to your Imgur account and all the screenshots will be uploaded to your Imgur web page.

It allows to share already saved images: click 'Show File Grabber' and a small Imgur icon will appear - just drag'n'drop image file there and it will be uploaded to Imgur the same way.

Answer 5

All the Imgur Uploading Tools listed below are completely free to use. There are descriptions of each Imgur Uploading Tool and links to download them at the previously mentioned link.

• Firefox Extension
• Chrome Extension
• Hyperdesktop - Screenshot Uploader
• Right click -> Send To -> Imgur
• MyImgur
• OS X Dashboard Widget
• ImgurBar
• Cross-platform Desktop Uploader
• Linux Screenshot Uploader
• Wordpress Plugin
• OS X Command Line Uploader
• Bash Script Uploader

Answer 6

I wrote a small python script to do the same. It captures the screenshot of the screen , uploads in imgurl , copies the url into clipboard , deletes the created image file from your desktop in just one keyboard shortcut.

This script was written for OS X, for Ubuntu in line 20 of screenshot.py use xfce4-screenshooter instead.

Script Link

Video demo