user_rip.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [[ -z $(pip3 show scdl) ]]; then
    sudo pip3 install scdl
fi

SCDL_TARGET="$1"
shift
SCDL_ADD_ARGS="$@"
SCDL_TARGET_DIR="$(pwd)/$SCDL_TARGET"

SCDL_PREFIX="scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/$SCDL_TARGET"
SCDL_SUFFIX="-c --addtofile"

echo -e "Downloading everything from $SCDL_TARGET to $SCDL_TARGET_DIR . . . . \n\n"

mkdir -p $SCDL_TARGET_DIR

#this is confusing, it's basically a dictionary of {type: flag, type2: flag2 . . . }
declare -A SCDL_FLAGS=( ["uploads"]="-t" ["favorites"]="-f" ["commented"]="-C" ["playlists"]="-p")

for SCDL_TYPE in "${!SCDL_FLAGS[@]}"; do
    SCDL_FLAG=${SCDL_FLAGS[$SCDL_TYPE]}
    SCDL_TARGET_TYPE_DIR=$SCDL_TARGET_DIR/$SCDL_TYPE
    mkdir -p $SCDL_TARGET_TYPE_DIR
    SCDL_CMD="$SCDL_PREFIX $SCDL_FLAG --path $SCDL_TARGET_TYPE_DIR $SCDL_SUFFIX $SCDL_ADD_ARGS"
    echo "$SCDL_CMD"
    eval $SCDL_CMD