/screen-taker

The homework for an intensive Java webinar. A multithread program that takes desktop screenshots in background and send them to the Dropbox server.

Primary LanguageJavaMIT LicenseMIT

Java Intensive Webinar (2020-08-10)

A multithread program that takes desktop screenshots in background and send them to the Dropbox server.

Program of webinar

  • Exception Handling.
  • Threads and Processes.
  • Starting and stopping streams.
  • Connecting external libraries.
  • Sending files to a remote server.

Homework task

  • The program should start a thread that takes a screenshot every 5 seconds
  • After obtaining the screenshot a new separate thread should upload the image to the Dropbox server.
  • The uploading of images have to be in dedicated thread
  • File names must be in the format <yyyyMMdd_HHmmss>.png

Installation

  • Obtain your own DropBox Access Token
  • Copy your token to screentaker.properties file
  • Tune any other properties like interval (in milliseconds), formatter or image type
  • Tune logging properties in logging.properties file.

Run the program

Open the terminal and type a command:

java -jar ScreenTaker-1.1.0.jar

If you prefer to run the program in the background (linux) add an ampersand in the end:

java -jar ScreenTaker-1.1.0.jar &