Ubuntu Manpage: flickr_upload - Upload photos to "flickr.com"

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NAME

       flickr_upload - Upload photos to "flickr.com"

SYNOPSIS

       flickr_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.

Note that options unknown to Flickr will result in undefined behaviour.

--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.

--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.