picassa_upld.sh

#!/bin/bash
#returns source image location and thumbnail location
#Usage: picasa.sh  /path/to/pic  [Pic Name Shown In Album]

# One have to declare ALBUM_ID USER_ID username and password
ALBUM_ID=????????????????????
USER_ID=116390720146821374745

my_pic="$1"
[ -z "$2" ] &&
pic_title=`basename $"my_pic"` ||
pic_title="$2"
pic_type=`file -b --mime-type "$my_pic"`

echo "Content type: $pic_type"

#Your google account and password
username=???USER???
password='???PASSWD???'

auth_key=$( curl -s https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin -d Email="$username"@gmail.com -d Passwd="$password" -d accountType=GOOGLE -d source=Google-cURL-Example -d service=lh2 | awk -F\= '/^Auth=/{print $2}' )

# http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/116390720146821374745/albumid/5548646603600183921?authkey=Gv1sRgCKv42MPfoua3UQ
album_xml="http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/$USER_ID/albumid/$ALBUM_ID?authkey=$auth_key"
#
#album_xml=$( curl -s --header "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$auth_key" "http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/api/user/default" | sed 's/.*<link rel='"'"'self'"'"' type='"'"'application\/atom+xml'"'"' href='"'"'\([^'"'"']*\).*/\1/' | sed 's/entry/feed/' )


curl -s --request POST --data-binary "@$my_pic" --header "Slug: $pic_title" --header "Content-Type: $pic_type" --header "Authorization: GoogleLogin auth=$auth_key" "$album_xml" |
sed 's/.*media:content url='"'"'\([^'"'"']*\).*media:thumbnail url='"'"'\([^'"'"']*\).*/\1\n\2/'