Google Introduces Command-Line Tool For Linux 210
Lomegor writes "'Ever wanted to upload a folder full of photos to Picasa from a command prompt?' Google introduced today a new project, Google CL, that lets you do that and much more. It's a new command line tool for Linux that acts as an interface with Google services; you can upload videos to YouTube or maybe post a new blog post in Blogger in just one line."
The Lesser Controlled (Score:3, Interesting)
I don't suggest it's worthless that I can give content to Google from the command line, but that it seems to ideologically oppose one of the strengths of Linux. And artistic content is one area that is suffering from centralisation. Artistic content builds upon what came before it (I mention that because we're not all Lessig-educated), and copyright is increasingly centralising content to a small number of firms. Giving your content to Google isn't like giving your content to Disney, but it's submitting it to the control of a lessly interested party.
Search (Score:3, Interesting)
Too bad it doesn't support Google Search.
google roullette is now complete (Score:4, Interesting)
sudo $(googlecl imfeelinglucky malicious commands)
Name clash! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:sudo (Score:3, Interesting)
I'm unclear as to how a defunct and destroyed cut-rate '70's era NASA space station that was built out of Atlas rocket parts would have either a web server or the ability to annihilate humanity.
Well, it did rain debris all over Australia. So it's really just a question of accuracy.
Re:sudo (Score:0, Interesting)
And that's why we need a GUI for these things!
Re:okay (Score:5, Interesting)
Command to load pictures to Picasaweb (Score:1, Interesting)
It wants me to log in. It tells me
The site anonymous is requesting access to your Google Account for the product(s) listed below.
What is the security implication to granting access to "site anonymous?"
Somehow it seems right to post this as AC. ;)
Nifty, but... (Score:5, Interesting)
... it'd be equally cool if they had a really open API and you could just use a script with curl to upload.
Sadly, no Google Voice support, but.. (Score:2, Interesting)
Don't see anything for Voice in there, but thankfully there's already http://code.google.com/p/pygooglevoice/ [google.com]
Re:yes, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
The Python installer for windows is rather painless, launch setup.exe and it's done.
Plus though the cmd.exe console is rather minimalistic a few Python scripts would offer you a minimum of the command line expressiveness.
At my workplace we are stuck by microsoft lock-in, I bless the possibility I've had to develop a bunch of Python scripts over the years for to ease the burden of having to work in a windows environment.
upload to picasa from command line (Score:2, Interesting)
Such tools existed for years, thanks to Google's open API. I wrote one of the first example scripts and the idea was then used in many other tools:
http://wanted.eu.org/en/computers/linux/uploading_photos_to_picasaweb [eu.org]
I personally like this one best:
http://code.google.com/p/upload2picasa/ [google.com]