Backup a directory of folders to Picasa using GoogleCL

picasabak

#!/bin/bash
# Backup a folder of to a Picasa album


if [ ! -n "$1" ]
then
        echo "Backup a directory of photos to Google Picasa"
        echo "Usage: `basename $0` Album_Directory/"
        exit 1
fi

set -u
set -e

dir="${1}"
album=$(basename "${dir}")

#vis can be all, private, public, or visible
vis=private

echo "Uploading directory:       ${dir}"
echo "to album:                  ${album}"
echo "to Picasa with visibility: ${vis}"

# check to see if album exists
getlist="google picasa list-albums"
filter="cut -d, -f 1 -"

create_album=true
$getlist | $filter | while read PICASA_ALBUM ; do
        if [[ "$PICASA_ALBUM" == "$album" ]]; then
                echo !Album \"$album\" already exists on picasa
                create_album=false
                # bail out rather than risk an album with duplicates
                exit 1
                break
        fi
done

if $create_album ; then
        google picasa create --access="${vis}" "${album}"
fi

count=$(ls -U1 "${dir}"/* | wc -l)

echo Processing ${count} files...

let "i = 1"
for f in "${dir}"/*; do
        echo "uploading file [$i/$count]: ${f}"
        google picasa post --title="${album}" "${f}"
        let "i++"
done