Bash script to auto add new channels

[JReming85]

Made a script that you can just pass a channel @ and it will automatically add it to your feed

Pretty simple. I named it getchannel.sh (hence the references) but feel free to name it whatever.

To use
./getchannel.sh <chanel_name> or @<channel_name>

it does the rest

There are a few config sections, like defining the config.toml file and can disable/enable opml, format, update period.

Its default is opml = true
format = custom (audio only m4a)
update_period = 12h

Enjoy
getchannel.tar.gz

[JReming85]

#!/bin/bash

## You can either pass the channel name as an argument when executing the script ./getchannel.sh <channel@> or if you run it without, it will prompt you below

### Configurable Defaults ###
# Location of the config file, can also be passed as ARG2
cfile='./config.toml'

config="\n
\ opml = true \n
\ format = \"custom\" \n
\ custom_format = { youtube_dl_format = \"bestaudio[ext=m4a]\", extension = \"m4a\" } \n
\ update_period = \"12h\""

## If ARG1 is blank, prompt
if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo "Enter Channel @name" && read cname; else cname=$1; fi

## Checks for an @ in the argument, and creates the URL to check depending on if its added or not
if [[ $cname =~ ^@ ]]; then url="https://www.youtube.com/"$cname; else url="https://www.youtube.com/@"$cname; fi

## Grabs the ChannelID from YT
chanid="$(curl -D- --silent $url | tr ',' '\n' | grep "externalId")"

## Strips out everything except for the ChannelID
chanid="$(echo $chanid | sed 's|"||g; s|externalId:||g')"

old="\[feeds\]"
new='[feeds]\n\ \ [feeds.'"$cname"']\n\ \ url = \"https://www.youtube.com/channel/'"$chanid"'\"'"$config"
new1=$(echo $new)
sed -ie "s|$old|$new1|" $cfile

[JReming85]

Just had a thought, if php is enabled I can create a web interface that can do it all via a web page.

Going to test it later today

[JReming85]

Tried creating a test php page in the data folder, but it looks like the go net/http cant parse php on its own so calling the bash script via a webpage is a no go without some modification.