PicUp - picasa(web) picture uploader for Linux

1. What does it do?

This tiny piece of code allows you to upload multiple pictures to picasaweb albums. The software from google does this, you say? Well yes, but the linux version does not! The one who figured out that five pictures is max you will ever want upload via the web interface at a given time could use a brain surgery. With a chainsaw.

On the other hand, picup is just a quick and dirty hack that gets the job done. The gui looks like something your dog ate. Twice.

2. What does it require?

Java 1.5

3. Where do I get it?

Download it here.

4. How do I install it?

Just unpack it to someplace reasonable (I use /opt for that) and set proper paths in the file named 'picup'. Optionally make a symlink to someplace on you path (/usr/local/bin seems appropriate).

5. How do I use it?

Just start picup, type in your credentials (beware, I didn't bother to mask out the password field) and select the pictures you want uploaded to picasaweb. A new album gets created everytime you upload something because I don't bother checking if one exists. Use the web interface to change the album's name and properties, it's gotta be useful for something, right?

6. How do I distribute it?

You don't. I didn't bother checking all the components' licences for redistribution clauses. Did I mention this is a quick and dirty hack?

7. What is the picup.bat for?

You can use it on Windows if you want. It's Java afterall!