Make GIFs and generate web URL

makegif.sh

#!/bin/bash

scriptname="makgif"
FILEPATH=$1
FILENAME=$(basename "$FILEPATH") 
EXTENSION="${FILENAME##*.}"
NULLPATH=${FILEPATH%/*}
OUTPUTNAME=$(echo "$FILENAME".gif | sed "s/ /_/g" | sed "s/.$EXTENSION//g")
NULLPATH=${FILEPATH%/*}


RED='\033[0;31m'
NC='\033[0m' # No Color


function debug(){
    
    echo "##################### Debug Message ####################"
    echo "########################################################"
    echo "$FILEPATH"
    echo "$FILENAME"
    echo "$EXTENSION"
    echo "$NULLPATH"
    echo "$OUTPUTNAME"
    echo "########################################################"

}


#debug

OUTPUTPATH=$NULLPATH/$OUTPUTNAME

ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel warning -pix_fmt rgb8 -r 17 -y "$OUTPUTPATH" -i "$FILEPATH"

if [ -e "$OUTPUTPATH" ]; then
    echo "File found!";
    FILESIZE=$(stat -f%z "$OUTPUTPATH")
    MEGABYTE=$(($FILESIZE / 1048576))
    echo "Size pf $OUTPUTNAME = $MEGABYTE MB."
    if [[ "$FILESIZE" -lt 20971520 ]]; then
    	echo "File size smaller than 20MB!"
		echo "Uploading to imgur......";
		/Applications/uPic.app/Contents/MacOS/uPic -s -u "$OUTPUTPATH"| tail -n -1 | pbcopy;
        printf "${RED}$(pbpaste)${NC} Exported!\n";
		echo "imgur url copied!"
        open $(pbpaste);
		#rm $OUTPUTPATH
    else
        echo "File size too large!";
    fi
else
    echo "File does not exist";
fi

Dependencies

1. FFmpeg
2. uPic

Add an alias in ~/.zshrc, so you will able to call all script globally as the demo shows.

alias mkgif="/path/to/script"

Demo

Spaces in the filename will be automatically replaced with underdashes.