imgur

#!/usr/bin/python3
import sys
import base64
import json
import os
import urllib.request as request
import urllib.parse
import urllib.error

CLIENT_ID = 'c707e3d4b9311f2'

def base64_image(path):
    with open(path, 'rb') as f:
        return base64.b64encode(f.read())

def imgur_upload(path):
    params = urllib.parse.urlencode({
        'image': base64_image(path)
    })
    params = params.encode('utf8')
    req = request.Request('https://api.imgur.com/3/image', params)
    req.add_header('Authorization', 'Client-ID ' + CLIENT_ID)
    res = None
    try:
        res = request.urlopen(req)
        res = res.read()
    except urllib.error.HTTPError as ex:
        print(ex)

    if res:
        res = json.loads(str(res)[2:-1]) # strip b'' from the str()
        url = res['data']['link'].replace('\\', '')
        delete = res['data']['deletehash']
        os.system('echo "' + url + '" | xclip -i')
        os.system('echo "' + delete + '\n" >> ~/.imgur_deletes')

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(imgur_upload(sys.argv[1]))