Imgur Uploader AIR App

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November 3, 2009
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Redditors and Diggers probably already know what Imgur is. But for those who don’t, Imgur is my favorite image hosting/sharing created by Alan Schaaf, a computer science student at Ohio University. Learn more about it in the FAQ section and at Reddit’s /r/IAmA.

With the recent release of a public API, I quickly put together a desktop application, which allows you to quickly drag and drop an image into the app and get back a URL that you can paste in an IM window, email, Reddit, Digg, etc. It also keeps track of upload history while giving the ability to delete your images from Imgur’s servers.
 

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The application was developed using Adobe AIR technology, which allows the application to run on Windows, OS X and Linux. I also leveraged the AIR Update framework in this as well. Here is a quick screenshot.

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  • Devolver
    Lately, the app just minimizes on launch and won't "un-minimize". I can see the preview thumbnail on the task bar, but it won't come back. I have reinstalled windows since the problem first occurred, with no change. I've also uninstalled/reinstalled AIR and Imgur uploader. Its baffling me.

    but up until recently, super-rad and awesome application!! Can't thank you enough for the amazing effort! Cheers!
  • this app is so easy to use especially with the drag and drop feature.
  • that's a great application...awesome
  • thanks for the application, I didn't know that Imgur can do so much.
  • Billythrowtheballatmyhead
    Spectacular app man.
  • Just perfect!
  • violentacrez
    Would it be possible to add an 'upload to reddit' button that does the same thing that the reddit button on imgur does? Basically, instead of opening http://imgur.com/filename in the browser, you'd open http://reddit.com/submit?url=filename.jpg in the browser. Other than account support, that's the only improvement I'd like to see.
  • Great app, looking forward to account support.
  • S
    righto... account support would be great!
  • alvas
    Its really really nice but the only thing is that if I would have got direct links to the images or multiple links like IMG Links,direct links,etc. it would have been better
  • It used to be that way until I realized I should support the guy who created Imgur by sending people to the image page instead of the image itself so he would get some ad traffic. Anyway in the next update, users will be able to choose whether to copy the image or page URL. You choose whether you want to support Alan or not. Thanks!
  • alvas
    Thanks to you too. Have a good day.
  • corey
    any chance of account support? would be appreciated.
  • The Imgur API does not support accounts yet. I'm pretty sure Alan is working on it. On a related note, I've been getting quite a number of feature requests. Will find time to update the app.
  • summerchilde
    Awesome! Works great!
  • eouaoeu
  • This app rules. Thank you!
  • Mark
    I have an acct with imgur, can't figure out how to upload to my acct. Works with twitter. This is what I've done; select image, upload (onto phone), now how do i upload to my account online? I have these options> Tweet, Copy,option-which wants twitter acct info. Mark part of hemorrhoids treatment team.
  • The Imgur public API, which is what this app uses, doesn't support accounts yet. http://code.google.com/p/imgur-api/wiki/ImageUp....
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