Imgur alternative?

[mdxe]

Are there any plans to offer alternate image hosting providers?

[borgmanJeremy]

In short: yes

Here is the long answer and my current design thoughts. Most info is from this RFC: #955

Edit on 2021/12/02 to refine requirements

Requirements

• Compatibility with ShareX plug-in files
• Failed or timeout on upload does not crash Flameshot or cause unresponsive GUI
• Upload parser should be decoupled from main flameshot application so it can be easily tested. The actual parser should have no Qt dependencies.
• Invalid plug-in file does not crash Flameshot, instead an error should be displayed
• Option to completely disable uploads
• Option to compile out the ability to upload a file
• Flameshot proper should have 0 knowledge of the backend. IE there should not be a case switch statement that implements 'special' code for any one platform. It either uploads using the plugin file, or does not.
  • If a particular backend does not work with the ShareX plugin format, we should work with them as an upstream
• A successful upload shall be logged in the Upload history. Any relevant server response should be stored here as well.

UI Requirements

• No Change to main flameshot UI. The existing upload button will kick-off an upload to the preconfigured upload service.
• The Upload service shall be selectable from the side panel
• A new Config tab shall be created for upload services. This shall support configuration of
  • Upload Timeout
  • Path to Plugin Folder
  • Default upload service

Testing requirements

• Clone the ShareX plugin repo and parse each file. No errors should be thrown.
• Set up a web server in a dockerfile to act as a surrogate upload platform. Confirm that each element of the plugin is properly seen on the web server side.

Out of Scope

• Unlike ShareX we will not support creating and editing the plugin files

[tomtastic]

[ignore]
I'd really like to see a config option to disable uploads to imgur, it's a pain point when using flameshot in a corporate environment.
[/ignore]

Being able to configure alternate upload destinations would be a distinct bonus.

[mdxe]

can't your firewall control internet connection on a per-app basis? That would be much more secure.... (blacklist everything by default)

[mmahmoudian]

@tomtastic
I think you should consider these two issues:

• Build without network abilities #1760
• Feature discussion: ability to prohibit image upload as a system policy #1529

[jpzone282]

Hello is an Imgur alternative still on the Table, maybe other drive uploads such as google drive, box, Dropbox etc?