SNAPS uses the notification system to prompt users for an action post-screenshot.
When the bound hotkey that initiates the script is pressed, scrot is executed in selection mode.
After selecting part of the screen, a notification appears with buttons asking what action to execute next.
Default actions include:
- Upload (uses scp configured in the config.ini)
- Upload to imgur
- Open with file manager (default Thunar)
- Open with GIMP
- Cancel
Install scrot and PyGObject.
sudo apt-get install scrot python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0
sudo dnf install scrot python3-gobject gtk3
Read the PyGObject above, and install scrot.
make install
If installed outside a venv, ensure the installed package location is in your path:
e.g. PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin" in your shell runtime configuration.
An example configuration file will be copied to ~/.config/snaps/config.ini on first run.
The configuration contents should appear similar to below:
[default]
log_level = INFO
local_screenshot_path = ~/screenshots/clippings/
# File browser
file_browser = thunar
# Web browser
web_browser = chromium-browser
# SCP
remote_screenshot_path = ~/web.example.com/html/screenshots/
remote_user = user
remote_server = ssh.example.com
remote_server_url = http://example.com/screenshots/
# To use imgur: https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient
imgur_client_id = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
api_key = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In order to scp without a password, you'll need to copy your ssh key over to your server.
ssh-copy-id user@server
Run SNAPS using the command:
snaps --help
Or call the cli.py file directly
python3 src/cli.py
make tests
In docker:
xvfb-run -a make tests