FLICKR_UPLOAD(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation FLICKR_UPLOAD(1)NAMEflickr_upload - Upload photos to "flickr.com"
SYNOPSISflickr_upload [--auth] --auth_token <auth_token> [--title <title>]
[--description description] [--public <0|1>] [--friend <0|1>]
[--family <0|1>] [--tag <tag>] [--option key=value] [--progress]
<photos...>
DESCRIPTION
Batch image uploader for the Flickr.com service.
flickr_upload may also be useful for generating authentication tokens
against other API keys/secrets (i.e. for embedding in scripts).
OPTIONS--auth
The "--auth" flag will cause flickr_upload to generate an
authentication token against it's API key and secret (or, if you
want, your own specific key and secret). This process requires the
caller to have a browser handy so they can cut and paste a url. The
resulting token should be kept somewhere like "~/.flickrrc" since
it's necessary for actually uploading images.
--auth_token <auth_token>
Authentication token. You must get an authentication token using
"--auth" before you can upload images. See the EXAMPLES section.
--title <title>
Title to use on all the images. Optional.
--description <description>
Description to use on all the images. Optional.
--public <0|1>
Override the default "is_public" access control. Optional.
--friend <0|1>
Override the default "is_friend" access control. Optional.
--family <0|1>
Override the default "is_family" access control. Optional.
--tag <tag>
Images are tagged with "tag". Multiple "--tag" options can be
given, or you can just put them all into a single space-separated
list. If you want to define a tag with spaces, the quotes have to
be part of the tag itself. The following works in bash:
flickr_upload --tag='"tag one"' --tag='"tag two"' image.jpg
--option key=value
Flickr periodically adds new features to the uploading API, and
these are almost always implemented as new key/value pairs. Rather
than waiting for a new Flickr::Upload release, you can specify any
of the upload API's optional arguments using "--option".
flick_upload --option content_type=1 --tag='cats' two_cats.jpg
You may also use "--option" rather than flickr_upload's command-
line options:
flickr_upload--option is_public=1 --option title='cats' two_cats.jpg
While Flickr may add new options at any time (see
<http://flickr.com/services/api/upload.api.html> for the most up-
to-date list), currently known options include:
--option safety_level=<1|2|3>
Override the default "safety_level" notation. Set to 1 for
Safe, 2 for Moderate, or 3 for Restricted. Refer to
<http://www.flickr.com/help/filters/>.
--option content_type=<1|2|3>
Override the default "content_type" notation. Set to 1 for
Photo, 2 for Screenshot, or 3 for Art/Illustration. Refer to
<http://www.flickr.com/help/filters/>.
--option hidden=<1|2>
Override the default "hidden" notation. Set to 1 to keep the
photo in global search results, 2 to hide from public earches.
--check
Checks the authentication token via the flickr.auth.checkToken
API call. This can be used to verify API keys and credentials
without trying to upload an image. The output is the raw
results of the API call.
--progress
Display a progress bar for each upload with Term::ProgressBar.
That optional module will have to be installed on the system.
Note that options unknown to Flickr will result in undefined
behaviour.
--key <api_key>
--secret <secret>
Your own API key and secret. This is useful if you want to use
flickr_upload in auth mode as a token generator. You need both
"key" and "secret". Both "key" and "secret" can be placed in
"~/.flickrrc", allowing to mix flickr_upload with your own scripts
using the same API key and authentication token. Getting your own
API key and secret is encouraged if you're tying flickr_upload to
some automated process.
Note that if you do get an authentication token against your own
API key and secret, you'll need to specify the key and secret along
with the token when uploading images. The default flickr_upload API
key and token won't work in that case.
<photos...>
List of photos to upload. Uploading stops as soon as a failure is
detected during the upload. The script exit code will indicate the
number of images on the command line that were not uploaded. For
each uploaded image, a Flickr URL will be generated. flickr_upload
uses asynchronous uploading so while the image is usually
transferred fairly quickly, it might take a while before it's
actually available to users. flickr_upload will wait around for
that to complete, but be aware that delays of upwards of thirty
minutes have (rarely) been know to occur.
EXAMPLES
First, you need to get an authentication token. This is a requirement
driven by how Flickr manages third-party applications:
cpb@earth:~$ flickr_upload--auth
1. Enter the following URL into your browser
http://flickr.com/services/auth?api_sig=<...>&frob=<...>&perms=write&api_key=<...>
2. Follow the instructions on the web page
3. Hit <Enter> when finished.
Your authentication token for this application is
<token>
Unless you like typing long numbers on the command-line, you should
keep the "<token"> somewhere handy, like a configuration file:
echo auth_token=<token> >~/.flickrrc
Uploading a bunch of images is then as easy as:
flickr_upload--tag 'dog' 'kernel in a window.jpg' 'sad in sunbeam.jpg'
CONFIGURATION
To avoid having to remember authentication tokens and such (or have
them show up in the process table listings), default values will be
read from "$HOME/.flickrrc" if it exists. Any field defined there can,
of course, be overridden on the command line. For example:
# my config at $HOME/.flickrrc
auth_token=334455
is_public=0
is_friend=1
is_family=1
Note, however, that these defaults override the defaults you've
assigned in your Flickr profile. You may want to do all that stuff in
one place.
BUGS
Error handling could be better.
AUTHOR
Christophe Beauregard, cpb@cpan.org.
SEE ALSO
flickr.com
Flickr::Upload
<http://flickr.com/services/api/>
<http://www.flickr.com/help/filters/>
POD ERRORS
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