ananthvk / imgur-cli

A simple tool in Go for uploading files to Imgur anonymously.

imgur-cli

A cli tool to upload and delete images on Imgur

Features

1. Anonymous upload of images to imgur.
2. Delete anonymous image uploads.

Installation

Execute

go install github.com/ananthvk/imgur-cli@latest

Getting the client id

This program requires a client id to work. Get a client id from https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient

If you are on windows

set IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=[CLIENT_ID]

If you are on linux

$ export IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=[CLIENT_ID]
$ imgur-cli upload cat.png

Or

$ IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=[CLIENT_ID] imgur-cli upload cat.png

You can also place it in your shell profile, for example ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

Usage

Anonymous upload of images to imgur

imgur-cli upload <path to image file>

Example

$ IMGUR_CLIENT_ID=xxxxxxxx imgur-cli upload TBJLzvUqnh4i6vtAnhCs--1--lvv9j_2x.jpg
Success: uploaded image to imgur!
Image URL: https://i.imgur.com/Sl0hhG1.jpg
Delete hash: xxxxxxxxxxxx
Please keep the above delete hash safe as it is required to remove the image from imgur.

Note after uploading, a delete hash will be shown. Please copy it as it is required if you want to remove the image in the future.

Delete uploaded images

imgur-cli delete <delete hash>