S3 Share Plasmoid

This application is a widget (so called “plasmoid”) for the KDE4 desktop.

Download the newest version here

In case the above link doesn’t work here’s a mirror.

S3 Share Plasmoid Screenshot

S3 Share Plasmoid Screenshot

Purpose

This plasmoid can be used for easier file sharing through the Amazon Simple Storage Service or S3 for short. S3 is an offering which enables content providers to easily and cheaply store large amounts of data “on the cloud”.

Usage

Add this plasmoid to your desktop, and it will create a small drop target.

You’ll first need to configure the plugin with your Amazon Web Services (AWS) key and secret code, and the bucket name to use for the uploaded files.
You can also set the expiry time of the URLs, it is set to 1 year by default.

After giving a valid configuration you can drag and drop a file or several files onto this drop target – the plasmoid will upload the files, and return a list of HTTP URLs.
Use this URLs to embed into your blog, send out as a link or post it on a social site.

This plasmoid was written in Python.

Dependencies

plasma-scriptengine-python, python-kde4, python-qt4, python-boto

Installation

To install this plasmoid you need to use the command line tool. Navigate to the folder you downloaded the plasmoid to, and execute the following command:

plasmapkg -i s3share_plasmoid.plasma

Note that as of this writing the graphic plasmoid installer cannot install Python plasmoids.


2 Comments

  1. iopo szerint:

    Hi Tamás,
    I was eager to try the plasmoid out but I think there is something wrong with the link. When I try to download I always get:
    AccessDeniedAccess DeniedB4D2C105A375EF17HY7mRzJnQX4k7C2FQ1WyP9nG2m7p6/gzIotszzi2vzlxry01HetUFvW5reehY18u
    Thanks!

  2. Márki Tamás szerint:

    Hello,
    apparently github has a problem with their download section, so I included an alternate link that can be used until they sort it out.

    I hope you’ll find the plasmoid useful.

    Thanks for the comment!

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