Added altrnative text for images support

toot.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ toot_help(){
     echo "toot [args..] your status update"
     echo "Arguments: "
     echo " -i=, --image=  select file image to post"
+    echo " -a=, --alt=    the image description for disabilities"
     echo " -t=, --token=  your API access token"
     echo " -s=, --server= mastodon server"
     echo ""
@@ -23,34 +24,37 @@ then
 fi
 
 toot_upload_image(){
-    image="$1"
-    id=$(curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $MASTODON_TOKEN" -sS -X POST https://$MASTODON_SERVER/api/v1/media -F "file=@$image" | jq -r .id)
+    local image="$1"
+    local description="$2"
+    local desc_data="description=$description"
+    local data="file=@$image"
+    local id=$(curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $MASTODON_TOKEN" -sS -X POST https://$MASTODON_SERVER/api/v1/media -F "$desc_data" -F "$data" | jq -r .id)
     if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -n "$id" ]
     then
-	echo $id
-	return 0
+	   echo $id
+	   return 0
     fi
     echo "Image upload: Something went wrong"
     exit 1
-    
 }
 
 toot_post(){
-    status="$1"
-    image="$2"
-    data="status=$status&media_ids[]=$image"
-    error=$(curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $MASTODON_TOKEN" -sS -X POST https://$MASTODON_SERVER/api/v1/statuses -d "$data" | jq -r .error)
+    local status="$1"
+    local image="$2"
+    local data="status=$status&media_ids[]=$image"
+    local error=$(curl --header "Authorization: Bearer $MASTODON_TOKEN" -sS -X POST https://$MASTODON_SERVER/api/v1/statuses -d "$data" | jq -r .error)
     if [ "$error" = "null" ]
     then
-	echo "Yay!"
+	   echo "Yay!"
     else
-	echo $error
-	exit 1
+	   echo $error
+	   exit 1
     fi
 
 }
 
 image_to_toot=""
+image_alt=""
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
 then
@@ -73,6 +77,10 @@ do
 	    MASTODON_SERVER="${arg#*=}"
 	    shift
 	    ;;
+    -a=*|--alt=*)
+        image_alt="${arg#*=}"
+        shift
+        ;;
 	*)
 	    ;;
     esac
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -n $image_to_toot ] && [ -f $image_to_toot ]
 then
-    image_id=$(toot_upload_image $image_to_toot)
+    image_id=$(toot_upload_image "$image_to_toot" "$image_alt")
 fi
 
 toot_post "$*" "$image_id"