#!/usr/bin/env python3

'''

Here's how you upload an image. For this example, put the cutest picture

of a kitten you can find in this script's folder and name it 'Kitten.jpg'

For more details about images and the API see here:

https://api.imgur.com/endpoints/image

'''

# Pull authentication from the auth example (see auth.py)

from auth import authenticate

from datetime import datetime

album = None # You can also enter an album ID here

image_path = 'Kitten.jpg'

def upload_kitten(client):

'''

Upload a picture of a kitten. We don't ship one, so get creative!

'''

# Here's the metadata for the upload. All of these are optional, including

# this config dict itself.

config = {

'album': album,

'name': 'Catastrophe!',

'title': 'Catastrophe!',

'description': 'Cute kitten being cute on {0}'.format(datetime.now())

}

print("Uploading image... ")

image = client.upload_from_path(image_path, config=config, anon=False)

print("Done")

print()

return image

# If you want to run this as a standalone script

if __name__ == "__main__":

client = authenticate()

image = upload_kitten(client)

print("Image was posted! Go check your images you sexy beast!")

print("You can find it here: {0}".format(image['link']))