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A simple image uploader over SSH for static image hosting.
Normalize, strip, and upload images via scp.
Usage: `imup [ -h | --help ] [SRC ...]`
SRC may be a path or url to an image file, or a special value.
* '-' read from stdin.
* '+' read from the system clipboard.
If no SRC is provided, read from the system clipboard.
## Sample Usage
- From clipboard
```zsh
$ imup
https://i.allemangd.dev/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.webp (<clipboard>)
```
- From file or URL
```zsh
$ imup image.png ./image.jpeg 'https://example.com/image.webp'
https://i.allemangd.dev/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.webp (image.png)
https://i.allemangd.dev/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.webp (./image.jpeg)
https://i.allemangd.dev/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.webp (https://example.com/image.webp)
```
- From stdin
```zsh
$ convert image.png -resize 50% - | imup -
https://i.allemangd.dev/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx.webp (<stdin>)
```
## Installation and setup.
This assumes you already have some hosted static files and ssh configured with write permissions to that directory. Images are copied to the host via `scp`. Thus authentication is deferred to other systems like VPN and SSH, and hosting is deferred to static web servers like nginx. This tool is only a convenience to normalize/strip image data and upload the files.
The client depends on `imagemagick`, `scp`, and `xclip`. The host only needs to serve the static files.
```zsh
apt install imagemagick ssh xclip
```
Copy `imup` to your `~/.zfunc` or somewhere else on your zsh `fpath`. Add the configuration to your `~/.zshrc`:
```
autoload -Uz imup
export IMUP_SCP_DIR="..." # The target location.
export IMUP_URL="..." # The base url to access images.
```
For example, on my host `allemangd.dev` I have the following nginx static server:
```
# nginx config
server {
listen 80;
# (ssl settings omitted)
server_name i.allemangd.dev;
location / {
root /var/www/i.allemangd.dev/;
autoindex on;
}
}
```
I've granted write permissions to `/var/www/i.allemangd.dev` to my ssh user, and configured an ssh host for that user.
```
# ssh config
Host imup-host
HostName ...
User ...
IdentifyFile ...
```
Then I set `IMUP_SCP_DIR="imup-host:/var/www/i.allemangd.dev` and `IMUP_URL=https://i.allemangd.dev` in my `~/.zshrc`.
The development environment in `mise.toml` uses the local directory `./images/` for both of these to avoid hosting/authentication requirements while testing.