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A Meteor package that lets you upload images to Imgur.

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Meteor Imgur Upload Package

meteor add simple:imgur

A meteor package that lets you upload images to Imgur. Is very nice to use with mdg:camera, as in the example app included in this repo.

API Documentation

Both API methods work on client and server.

Imgur.upload(options, callback)

Arguments

  1. options (required) an object with options, described below.
  2. callback(error, data) (required) a callback that is called with two arguments, 'error', and 'data'.
    1. error a Meteor.Error describing the reason the photo could not be uploaded.
    2. data an object that contains the response from the Imgur API, documented here. The most useful properties are data.link, which contains the URL of the newly uploaded image, and data.deletehash, which contains the id used for deleting the image later on.

Options

  • apiKey the Imgur Client ID. Get it by signing up for the API at https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient.
  • image the image data, can be a base64-encoded image data string or the URL of an image somewhere on the internet.
  • mashapeKey optional Mashape key, necessary for commercial use apps. If provided, the method will request to the mashape endpoint instead of the regular imgur one.
  • type, name, title, description, album optional properties exactly as documented at https://api.imgur.com/endpoints/image#image-upload.

Imgur.toThumbnail(imageUrl, size)

Arguments

  1. imageUrl the URL for an image on Imgur, for example "http://i.imgur.com/wbJ84Wm.jpg".
  2. size the key of the desired thumbnail size, chosen from the list at the bottom of https://api.imgur.com/models/image. You can also use a constant from the list below.
    • Imgur.SMALL_SQUARE
    • Imgur.BIG_SQUARE
    • Imgur.SMALL_THUMBNAIL
    • Imgur.MEDIUM_THUMBNAIL
    • Imgur.LARGE_THUMBNAIL
    • Imgur.HUGE_THUMBNAIL

Imgur.delete(options, callback)

Arguments

  1. options (required) an object with options, described below.
  2. callback(error, data) (required) a callback that is called with two arguments, 'error', and 'data'.
    1. error a Meteor.Error describing the reason the photo could not be deleted.
    2. data an object that contains the response from the Imgur API, documented here. In this case, a boolean value.

Options

  • apiKey the Imgur Client ID. Get it by signing up for the API at https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/addclient.
  • deleteHash the delete hash, retrieved in the response object of the upload method
  • mashapeKey optional Mashape key, necessary for commercial use apps. If provided, the method will request to the mashape endpoint instead of the regular imgur one.