ImgurAPI

ImgurAPI::Client is an Imgur API client perl module.

Installation

CPAN/M

cpan ImgurAPI::Client or cpanm ImgurAPI::Client

Manual

1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/selftaught/ImgurAPI.git
2. Cd into the repo root and generate a makefile: perl Makefile.pl
3. Make it: make && make test && make install

Usage

Instantiation

use ImgurAPI::Client;

my %args = (
  # ...
);

my $client = ImgurAPI::Client->new(\%args);

Valid constructor arg keys are:

• access_key - used to authenticate requests
• client_id - client identifier. used for authorization, refresh token requests and unauthenticated requests
• client_secret - client secret used for acquiring a refresh token
• format_type - api endpoint response format type. valid values are json (default) and xml
• oauth_cb_state - parameter that's appended to oauth2 authorization callback url
• rapidapi_key - commercial use api key
• refresh_token - refresh token
• user_agent - user agent string to send in requests

You can also set the values using the setter member subroutines listed at the bottom of the page.

Authorization

If you haven't already, register an application for an OAuth2 client ID and secret here.

You will need to authorize your OAuth2 application if you haven't already done so. You can get the authorization URL with oauth2_authorize_url:

my $auth_url = $client->oauth2_authorize_url();

# return to user for manual authorization

Authentication

Once the application has been authorized, the access token, refresh token and expires_in values will be passed to the callback endpoint URL that was specified during application registration. The callback endpoint should collect the values and store them somewhere your code on the backend can pull them from and pass them to the client.

my $client = ImgurAPI::Client->new({
  access_token => get_access_token_from_some_db()
});
# OR $client->set_access_token(get_access_token_from_some_db());

The client library doesn't handle refreshing the access token for you automatically. It is left up to the calling code to refresh the access token when it expires. This is so you can keep the refresh token updated in the database you stored it in initially.

Refreshing access tokens

Access tokens expire after a period of time. To get a new access token, you can use the refresh_access_token method. This method requires the refresh_token, client_id and client_secret. You can pass these values to the method or set them using the setter methods. If you don't pass them and they're not set internally in the client, the method will die with an error. If the call is successful, the internal access_token will be updated to the new token for use in subsequent requests. However, the new refresh and access tokens should be stored somewhere persistent for later use.

my %args = (
    'refresh_token' => get_refresh_token_from_db(),
    'client_id' => get_client_id_from_db(),
    'client_secret' => get_client_secret_from_db()
);

# returns a hashref containing 'access_token' and 'refresh_token' keys
my $resp = $client->refresh_access_token(\%args);

# Store the refresh & access token somewhere persistent they can be pulled from later.
# store_refresh_and_access_token_in_db($resp)

Examples

Checkout the examples directory.

Requests

Account

• account($username) - get information about an account
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_album($username, $album_id) - get information about an account album
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $album_id - int|string - album id
• account_album_count($username) - get the count of account albums
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_album_delete($username, $album_id) - delete an account album
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $album_id - int|string - album id
• account_album_ids($username, \%optional) - get a list of account album ids
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional parameters
    • page - int|str - page number
• account_albums($username, \%optional) - list account albums
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional parameters
    • page - int|str - page number
• account_block_create($username) - block a user
  • $username - string - imgur account username to block
• account_block_status($username) - determine if the user making the request has blocked a username
  • $username - string - imgur account username to check if is blocked
• account_blocks() - list all accounts being blocked by the requesting account
• account_comment($username, $comment_id) - get information about a comment
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $comment_id - string - comment id
• account_comment_count($username)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_comment_delete($username, $comment_id)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $comment_id - string - comment id
• account_comment_ids($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional parameters
    • page - int|string - page number
    • sort - string - best, worst, oldest or newest (default)
• account_comments($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional parameters
    • page - int|string - page number
    • sort - string - best, worst, oldest or newest (default)
• account_delete($password, \%optional)
  • $password - string - imgur account password
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • reasons - arrayref of strings - reasons for deleting account
    • feedback - string - feedback for imgur
• account_favorites($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • page - int|string - page number (default: 0)
    • sort - string - oldest or newest (default)
• account_tag_follow($tag_name)
  • $tag_name - string - tag to follow
• account_tag_unfollow($tag_name)
  • $tag_name - string - tag to unfollow
• account_gallery_favorites($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • page - int|string - page number (default: 0)
    • sort - string - oldest or newest (default)
• account_image($username, $image_id) - get info about an image
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $image_id - string - image id to get information about
• account_image_count($username)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_image_delete($username, $image_id) - delete an image
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • $image_id - string - image id to delete
• account_image_ids($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • page - int|string - page number (default: 0)
• account_images($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • page - int|string - page number (default: 0)
• account_reply_notifications($username, new)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • new - int|boolean - 1 for unviewed notification and 0 for viewed (default: 1)
• account_settings($username)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_settings_update($username, \%settings)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%settings - hashref - hashref of settings to update
    • bio - string - biography displayed on the account
    • public_images - int|boolean - set images to private or public by default
    • messaging_enabled - int|boolean - enable / disable private messages
    • accepted_gallery_terms - int|boolean - user agreement to imgur gallery terms
    • username - string - valid username between 4 and 63 alphanumeric characters
    • show_mature - int|boolean - toggle display of mature content
    • newsletter_subscribed - int|boolean - toggle subscription to email newsletter
• account_submissions($username, \%optional)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
  • \%optional - hashref - hashref of optional params
    • page - int|string - page number (default: 0)
• account_verify_email_send($username)
  • $username - string - imgur account username
• account_verify_email_status($username)
  • $username - string - imgur account username

Album

• album($album_id)
  • $album_id - string
• album_images($album_id)
  • $album_id - string
• album_create(\%options)
  • \%options
    • ids - arrayref
    • deletehashes - arrayref
    • title - string
    • description - string
    • cover - string
• album_update($album_id, \%options)
  • $album_id - string
  • \%options
    • ids - arrayref
    • deletehashes - arrayref
    • title - string
    • description - string
    • cover - string
• album_delete($album_id)
  • $album_id - string
• album_favorite($album_id)
  • $album_id - string
• album_images_set($album_id, \@ids)
  • $album_id - string
  • \@ids - arrayref
• album_images_add($album_id, \@ids)
  • $album_id - string
  • \@ids - arrayref
• album_images_delete($album_id, \@ids)
  • $album_id - string
  • \@ids - arrayref

Comment

• comment($comment_id)
  • $comment_id - string
• comment_create($image_id, $comment)
  • $image_id - string
  • $comment - string
• comment_delete($comment_id)
  • $comment_id - string
• comment_replies($comment_id)
  • $comment_id - string
• comment_reply($comment_id, $image_id, $comment)
  • $comment_id - string
• comment_vote($comment_id, $vote)
  • $comment_id - string
  • $vote - string - can be 'up', 'down' or 'veto'
• comment_report($comment_id)
  • $comment_id - string

Gallery

• gallery(\%optional)
  • optional:
    • section - hot (default), top, user
    • sort - viral (default), top, time, rising
    • page - page number
    • window - day (default), week, month, year, all
    • show_viral - 0 or 1 (default)
    • album_preview - 0 or 1 (default)
• gallery_album($album_id)
• gallery_image($image_id)
• gallery_image_remove($image_id)
• gallery_item($id)
• gallery_item_comment($id, $comment)
• gallery_item_comment_info($id, $comment_id)
• gallery_item_comments($id, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • sort - one of: best (default), top, or new
• gallery_item_report($id, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • reason - integer value reason for report. values:
      • 1 - doesn't belong on imgur
      • 2 - spam
      • 3 - abusive
      • 4 - mature content not marked as mature
      • 5 - pornography
• gallery_item_tags_update($id, \@tags)
• gallery_item_vote($id, $vote)
  • vote - up, down, or veto
• gallery_item_votes($id)
• gallery_item_tags($id)
• gallery_search(\%params)
  • params:
    • q - query string. ignored if adv query params are specified
    • sort - viral, top, time (default), rising
    • page - page number (default: 0)
    • window - day, week, month, year, all (default)
    • adv
      • q_all - search for all of these words (and)
      • q_any - search for any of these words (or)
      • q_exactly - search for exactly this word or phrase
      • q_not - exclude results matching this
      • q_type - show results for file type (jpg, png, gif, anigif, album)
      • q_size_pix - size ranges, small (500 pixels square or less) | med (500 to 2,000 pixels square) | big (2,000 to 5,000 pixels square) | lrg (5,000 to 10,000 pixels square) | huge (10,000 square pixels and above)
• gallery_share_image($id, $title, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • topic - topic name
    • terms - if the user has not accepted the terms yet, this endpoint will return an error. pass 1 to by-pass
    • mature - set to 1 if the post is mature
    • tags - The name of the tags you wish to associate with a post. Can be passed as an array or csv string
• gallery_share_album($id, $title, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • topic - topic name
    • terms - if the user has not accepted the terms yet, this endpoint will return an error. pass 1 to by-pass
    • mature - set to 1 if the post is mature
    • tags - The name of the tags you wish to associate with a post. Can be passed as an array or csv string
• gallery_subreddit($subreddit, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • sort - viral (default), top, time, rising
    • page - page number (default: 0)
    • window - day, week (default), month, year, all
• gallery_subreddit_image($subreddit, $image_id)
• gallery_tag($tag, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • sort - viral (default), top, time, rising
    • page - page number (default: 0)
    • window - day, week (default), month, year, all
• gallery_tag_info($tag)
• gallery_tags()

Image

• image($image_id)
• image_upload($src, \%optional)
  • src image or video source - can be one of type: file, url, base64 or raw string
  • type image or video source type - can be one of: file, url, base64 or raw string
  • optional optional data can include
    • title - title of the content
    • description - description of the content
• image_delete($image_id)
• image_favorite($image_id)
• image_update($image_id, \%optional)
  • optional:
    • title - content title
    • description - content description

Feed

• feed()

Client member subroutines

Getters

• access_token()
• client_id()
• client_secret()
• format_type()
• oauth_cb_state()
• rapidapi_key()
• refresh_token()
• response()
• response_content()
• ratelimit_headers()
• user_agent()

Setters

• set_access_token($access_token)
• set_client_id($client_id)
• set_client_secret($secret)
• set_format_type($format_type)
• set_oauth_cb_state($state)
• set_rapidapi_key($rapidapi_key)
• set_refresh_token($refresh_token)
• set_user_agent($user_agent)

Publishing to CPAN

Prepare distribution

perl Makefile.PL && make dist && make clean

Upload

cpan-upload -u <PAUSEUSERNAME> ImgurAPI-Client-$VERSION.tar.gz