WIP - script for gists

href_gister.sh

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+#!/bin/zsh
+# short script to gist-ize the output of href_extracter.
+# relies on the presence of the ruby gem "gist" https://github.com/defunkt/gist
+
+# set constants
+# file containing URLS
+OUTPUT="urls.txt"
+# json file
+JSON="collection.json"
+
+# process options
+# we need to provide "name", "url" and "description", as well as selector
+# so we'll use -n, -u, -d,-s, respectively
+
+while getopts ":u:s:n:d:h" opt; do
+ case $opt in
+   h)
+     echo "USAGE: href_gister -u URL [-s SELECTOR ] -d NAME -d \"DESCRIPTION\"
+     -u, -n and -d are mandatory. -s defaults to 'a'"
+     ;;
+   u)
+     url=$OPTARG
+     ;;
+   s)
+     selector=$OPTARG
+     ;;
+   n)
+     name=$OPTARG
+     ;;
+   d)
+     description=$OPTARG
+     ;;
+
+   \?)
+     echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
+     exit 1
+     ;;
+   :)
+     echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
+     exit 1
+     ;;
+ esac
+done
+
+echo "-u $url -o $OUTPUT -s $selector -n $name -d $description"
+
+
+if [[ ! ($url || $name ) ]]; then
+  echo "-u URL, -n NAME and -d DESCRIPTION are all required."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! selector ]]; then
+  selector=a
+fi
+
+if [[ ! description ]]; then
+  description=""
+fi
+
+# extract the urls
+echo "extract_href -u $url -o $OUTPUT -s $selector  "
+extract_href -u $url -o $OUTPUT -s $selector  
+
+# write the config file
+echo '{ "name" : "'$name'",
+"url" : "'$url'",
+"description" : "'$description'"
+}' > $JSON
+
+
+# call gist
+mygist=$(gist collection.json urls.txt -d "extract_href output from $url, \"$name\"")
+echo "$mygist,$url" >> gists.txt
+echo $mygist