mohamedmansour · January 3, 2011 18:13
diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
 <!DOCTYPE html> 
 <html> 
  <head>  
  <script> 

  const API_KEY = 'SOME_KEY';
  
  /**
   * Use HTML5 Canvas to get the image data
   * @param {HTMLImageElement} img An Image Tag
   */
  function getBase64Image(img) {
    var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
    canvas.width = img.width;
    canvas.height = img.height;
    var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
    var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
    return dataURL.replace(/data:image\/png;base64,/, '');
 }

  /**
   * Quick way to url encode a string.
   */
  function encode_utf8(s) {
    return unescape(encodeURIComponent(s));
  }

  /**
   * BrowserAction click.
   */
  chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {  
    // Store the local image in a buffer so we can draw it to the canvas,
    // and have some kind of preloader to know when it has done loading.
    var image_buffer = document.createElement('img');
    image_buffer.src = chrome.extension.getURL('uploader.png');
    image_buffer.onload = function() {
      // Do an ASYNC request to send the POST data.
      var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
      xhr.open('POST', 'http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=' + API_KEY, true); 
      xhr.setRequestHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache');
      xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (this.readyState == 4) {
          var response = JSON.parse(xhr.response);
          
          // Check for error.
          if (response.error) {
            alert('Error: ' + response.error.message);
            return;
          }
          
          // Retrieve the image url.
          alert('Image URL: ' + response.upload.links.original);
        }
      };
      
      // Get the base64 image using HTML5 Canvas.
      var image64 = getBase64Image(image_buffer);
      
      // Properly escape the contents of the image. And post it.
      var post_data =  encode_utf8(image64);
      xhr.send(post_data); 	
    };
    
  }); 

  </script> 
  </head> 
 </html> 
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
 {
  "name": "imgurl uploader",
  "version": "0.1",
  "description": "imgurl uploader",
  "permissions": [
   "tabs",
   "http://*/*"
  ],
  "background_page": "background.html",
  "browser_action": {
   "default_icon": "uploader.png"
  }
 }
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<script>

	const API_KEY = 'SOME_KEY';

	/**
	* Use HTML5 Canvas to get the image data
	* @param {HTMLImageElement} img An Image Tag
	*/
	function getBase64Image(img) {
	var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
	canvas.width = img.width;
	canvas.height = img.height;
	var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
	ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
	var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
	return dataURL.replace(/data:image\/png;base64,/, '');
	}

	/**
	* Quick way to url encode a string.
	*/
	function encode_utf8(s) {
	return unescape(encodeURIComponent(s));
	}

	/**
	* BrowserAction click.
	*/
	chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
	// Store the local image in a buffer so we can draw it to the canvas,
	// and have some kind of preloader to know when it has done loading.
	var image_buffer = document.createElement('img');
	image_buffer.src = chrome.extension.getURL('uploader.png');
	image_buffer.onload = function() {
	// Do an ASYNC request to send the POST data.
	var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
	xhr.open('POST', 'http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=' + API_KEY, true);
	xhr.setRequestHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache');
	xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
	if (this.readyState == 4) {
	var response = JSON.parse(xhr.response);

	// Check for error.
	if (response.error) {
	alert('Error: ' + response.error.message);
	return;
	}

	// Retrieve the image url.
	alert('Image URL: ' + response.upload.links.original);
	}
	};

	// Get the base64 image using HTML5 Canvas.
	var image64 = getBase64Image(image_buffer);

	// Properly escape the contents of the image. And post it.
	var post_data = encode_utf8(image64);
	xhr.send(post_data);
	};

	});

	</script>
	</head>
	</html>
	{
	"name": "imgurl uploader",
	"version": "0.1",
	"description": "imgurl uploader",
	"permissions": [
	"tabs",
	"http:///"
	],
	"background_page": "background.html",
	"browser_action": {
	"default_icon": "uploader.png"
	}
	}