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ShareX Integration

ShareX is a powerful screenshot and file sharing tool for Windows. With Slink’s built-in ShareX integration, you can automatically upload screenshots and images directly to your Slink instance.

Quick Setup

Section titled “Quick Setup”

  1. Create an API Key

    Navigate to your Slink profile and create a new API key in the “API Keys” section. Give it a descriptive name like “ShareX Upload”.

  2. Download Configuration

    After creating the API key, click “Download ShareX Config” to get a pre-configured .sxcu file.

  3. Import to ShareX

    Double-click the downloaded .sxcu file to automatically import it into ShareX, or manually import via Destinations → Custom uploaders → Import → From file.

  4. Set as Default

    In ShareX, go to Destinations → Image uploader and select “Slink” as your default uploader.

That’s it! ShareX will now automatically upload all screenshots to your Slink instance.

Making uploads shareable

Section titled “Making uploads shareable”

By default, uploads are private and a shared link only works once the image is published. To make ShareX uploads shareable immediately, open your account Preferences (a per-user setting in your own account, not the admin settings) and, under Image Uploads, enable Auto-publish API uploads (or set Default Visibility to Public).

Auto-publish API uploads preference

Manual Configuration

Section titled “Manual Configuration”

If you prefer to set up ShareX manually or need to customize the configuration:

  1. Open ShareX Settings

    Launch ShareX and navigate to Destinations → Custom uploaders.

  2. Create New Uploader

    Click New to create a new custom uploader configuration.

  3. Configure Basic Settings

    • Name: Slink
    • Destination type: Image uploader
    • Method: POST
    • Request URL: https://your-slink-instance.com/api/external/upload

  4. Set Authentication

    In the Headers section, add:

    • Name: Authorization
    • Value: Bearer your_api_key_here

  5. Configure Upload Settings

    • Body: Select Form data (multipart/form-data)
    • File form name: image

  6. Set Response Parsing

    • URL: $json:url$
    • Thumbnail URL: $json:url$
    • Deletion URL: $json:deleteUrl$
Section titled “Using ShareX with Slink”

Basic Workflow

Section titled “Basic Workflow”
  1. Take Screenshot: Use any ShareX capture method (region, window, fullscreen)
  2. Automatic Upload: ShareX automatically uploads to your Slink instance
  3. Get Link: The image URL is copied to your clipboard
  4. Share: Paste the link anywhere to share your image