build a chrome extension in order to upload images (from clipboard)

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Published on 2010-12-28T13:41:19Z Indexed on 2011/01/03 17:54 UTC
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I wanted to write a simple chrome extension in order to substitute the following sequence of steps which i have to do very often for university:

  1. make screenshot of something
  2. edit screenshot in Paint
  3. save unnamend.png to harddrive
  4. upload unnamed.png to imageshack.us/pic-upload.de or any other website
  5. share link of image with others.

I don't care which image upload service to use, i just want automize this use-case in order to save time (I already red and did a getting-started chrome extension and checked out their API, but that's it, this page: http://farter.users.sourceforge.net/blog/2010/11/20/accessing-operating-system-clipboard-in-chromium-chrome-extensions/ seemed useful, but i couldn't make it overwrite my systems clipboard - moreover i can't find a tutorial which helps me further).

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