A script for displaying image(s) on terminal

img.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# extracted from celery

from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
import os
import sys

TERM = os.environ.get('TERM')

TERM_IS_SCREEN = TERM and TERM.startswith('screen')
_IMG_PRE = '\033Ptmux;\033\033]' if TERM_IS_SCREEN else '\033]'
_IMG_POST = '\a\033\\' if TERM_IS_SCREEN else '\a'



def isatty(fh):
    try:
        return fh.isatty()
    except AttributeError:
        pass

def supports_images():
    return isatty(sys.stdin) and os.environ.get('ITERM_PROFILE')


def _read_as_base64(path):
    import codecs
    import base64
    with codecs.open(path, mode='rb') as fh:
        encoded = base64.b64encode(fh.read())
        return encoded if type(encoded) == 'str' else encoded.decode('ascii')

def imgcat(path, inline=1, preserve_aspect_ratio=0, **kwargs):
    return '\n%s1337;File=inline=%d;preserveAspectRatio=%d:%s%s' % (
        _IMG_PRE, inline, preserve_aspect_ratio,
        _read_as_base64(path), _IMG_POST)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        for fn in sys.argv[1:]:
            print(imgcat(fn))
    else:
        print '\n'.join([i.strip() for i in """A script for displaying image(s) on terminal.
        Usage: python {} <file1.png> [file2.png ...] 
        """.splitlines()])