Grab a screenshot and paste it to the Web

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# screen-paste - Paste a screenshot to the Web
#
# Written by Senko Rasic <[email protected]>
# Released into Public Domain. Use it as you like.
#
# The tool allows the user to select a portion of the screen, then copies it
# to S3, and stores the resulting URL in clipboard.
#
# Requirements: uuidgen, scrot, s3cmd, xclip, mplayer (optional)

S3_DESTINATION="s3://dobarkod.hr-test/screenshots/"
SHUTTER_SOUND="/usr/share/sounds/freedesktop/stereo/camera-shutter.oga"

set -ex

fname="/tmp/$(uuidgen).png"
test -f "$fname" && rm -f "$fname"
scrot -z -s "$fname"
s3cmd put -P --no-progress "$fname" "$S3_DESTINATION" | \
    grep '^Public URL' | \
    sed s'/.*: //' | \
    xclip -i -selection "clipboard"

rm -f "$fname"

if $(which mplayer) && test -f "$SHUTTER_SOUND"; then
    mplayer -really-quiet "$SHUTTER_SOUND" >/dev/null 2>&1
fi