s3shot

Take a screenshot and upload it to an S3 bucket. Currently only supported on Linux-based systems.

Installation

$ git clone https://github.com/Mrtenz/s3shot
$ cd s3shot
$ make
$ sudo make install

Dependencies

• maim to capture the screenshot
• xclip to copy the URL to the clipboard
• (optional) notify-send to get a notification when an image has been uploaded (--notify)
• (optional) xdotool to capture the current active window (window command)
• (optional) xdg-open to open the browser when an image has been uploaded (--open)
• (optional) pngcrush to compress images before uploading (--compress)

Usage

AWS credentials are automatically taken from ~/.aws/credentials. You can use the official AWS CLI and run the command aws configure to set it up.

Commands

• all (Alias: a)

  Capture the whole screen.

• window (Alias: w)

  Capture the current active window.

• selection (Alias: s)

  Capture a selection.

Options

• --region REGION (Alias: -r REGION)

  Use the region REGION.

• --bucket BUCKET (Alias: -b BUCKET)

  Upload the files to BUCKET.

• --compress (Alias: -c)

  Compress the image before uploading

• --notify (Alias: -n)

  Get a notification when uploading is finished

• --open (Alias: -o)

  Open the browser when uploading is finished