This is a simple ruby script to take a screenshot, on Mac OS or from UN*X running Gnome desktop, and post it to your choice of a HipChat room.
- gem install hipchat
- put script wherever you want and run it once; it will create a skeletal
~/.hipchat-screenshot.ymlfile, which you should edit with your list of rooms, API token, username, etc. - run script; it will give you crosshairs to make a selection, then ask you whether/where to post it, then post it
In ~/.hipchat-screenshot.yml you may configure:
username: required: your hipchat usernameapi_token: required: you can get it from hererooms: required: a hash of Room Name: Room Id You can find the room ids here by looking at the links to the various rooms; the id is the number after/show/in the URL.save_dir: optional: path to a directory where screenshots will be saved; default is to delete them after upload
- Open Automator
- Create a new Service
- Service receives "no input"
- Drag the "Run Shell Script" action to the right
- Replace the script with something like
/usr/bin/ruby /path/to/hipchat-screenshot || true - Save the service as something like "Hipchat Screenshot"
- Go to the "Keyboard Shortcuts" section of the "Keyboard" preferences pane
- Choose "Services" on the left and scroll to the bottom to find "Hipchat Screenshot"
- Double-click on the area on the right and press the keys for something sufficiently unique but memorable; I like "Command-Control-Shift-4" (which requires unchecking the "Copy picture of selected area to clipboard" shortcut under "Screen Shots" on the left; but I never used that anyway)
- Open System Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts
- Choose "Custom Shortcuts" from the left
- Click [+] call it "Hipchat Screenshot" or something, put
/path/to/hipchat-screenshotas the Command - Click the entry, and press the keys for something unique but memorable; I like "Ctrl-Shift-PrintScreen" (which requires clearing out one of the entries in the Screenshots on the left, but I never used that anyway)