dotfiles/.config/i3/scripts/screenshot.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import getopt
import subprocess
import pathlib
import time
import os

def usage(path):
    print('A tiny wrapper around maim to take screenshots and save or upload them (+ copy link in clipboard).\n')
    print('The default behaviour is : nothing.')
    print('Usage:')
    print('\t' + sys.argv[0] + ' [--upload] [--save] [--path=<save_path>]')
    print('\t' + sys.argv[0] + ' --help')
    print('\nOptions:')
    print('\t-h --help \tShow this screen.')
    print('\t-u --upload \tUpload to server and copy link to clipboard.')
    print('\t\t\tOnly Lychee Laravel server is supported for now.')
    print('\t-s --save\tSave locally.')
    print('\t-p --path\tPath where to save locally [default: ' + path +'].')

def read_args(argv):
    path = '~/img/screenshots'

    try:
        opts, _ = getopt.getopt(argv, "husp:", ["help", "upload", "save", "path="])
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage(path)

    upload = False
    save = False

    for opt, _ in opts:
        if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
            usage(path)
        elif opt in ('-u', '--upload'):
            upload = True
        elif opt in ('-s', '--save'):
            save = True
        elif opt in ('-p', '--path'):
            path = opt

    # Expand path if there is a ~ inside
    path = os.path.expanduser(path)

    return (upload, save, path)
def screenshot(img_format):
    proc = subprocess.run(['maim', '-sl', '--color=0.6,0.4,0.2,0.2', '-f', img_format, '-u', '-m', '9', '-b', '5'], capture_output=True, check=True)
    return proc.stdout

def save_img(path, img, img_format):
    # Create directory if needed
    pathlib.Path(path).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)

    # Get date formatted with second granularity
    date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S")

    # Write image to appropriate file.
    # We get binary from maim, so open in binary mode
    filepath = os.path.join(path, date + '.' + img_format)
    print(filepath)
    with open(filepath, 'wb') as f:
        f.write(img)
    
#def upload(binary_img):


def main(argv):
    upload, save, path = read_args(argv)
    
    # If we upload the file, set format to jpg, even if we save the screenshot after
    img_format = 'jpg' if upload else 'png'


    if upload or save:
        try:
            img = screenshot(img_format)
            if save:
                save_img(path, img, img_format)
        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
            print("Screenshot taking has failed {0}".format(e))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main(sys.argv[1:])