ytchannel.bash

#!/bin/bash

#    ytchannel.bash - interactive cli program to choose play and YouTube videos from given channel with mpv
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# REQUIRED PACKAGES: lynx mpv

# USAGE: ytchannel [YouTube channel]

# EXAMPLE: "ytchannel druaga1" will give you a list of Druaga's newest videos to choose from

# Empty and recreate the cache directory
rm -rf "~/.cache/ytchannel/"
mkdir -p "~/.cache/ytchannel/channels/$1"

# Get the video titles
lynx --dump "https://youtube.com/user/$1/videos" | grep "Duration" > "~/.cache/ytchannel/channels/$1/titles.txt"

# Get the video urls
lynx --dump "https://youtube.com/user/$1/videos" | grep "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=" > "~/.cache/ytchannel/channels/$1/urls.txt"

# Print 20 first video titles for the user to choose from
head "~/.cache/ytchannel/channels/$1/titles.txt" -n 20 --quiet

# Prompt the user for video number
read -p "Choose a video: " titlenumber

# Play the video with mpv
mpv $(grep $titlenumber  "~/.cache/ytchannel/channels/$1/urls.txt" | awk '{print $2}') # grep is not needed here but I'm lazy