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A small zsh script for getting and displaying Dilbert comics in kitty terminal
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# DILBERT | |
# Add this to your .bashrc or if you are using oh-my-zsh add a functions.zsh file under your oh-my-zsh/custom folder. | |
# Requirements: | |
# - Kitty terminal | |
# - ripgrep | |
# - ImageMagick | |
function dilbert () { | |
officialUrl=https://dilbert.com | |
url="" | |
data="" | |
comicNum=0 | |
pageNum=1 | |
# SPECIFIC COMIC | |
if [[ "$1" =~ '[0-9-]{10}' ]] ; then | |
url=$(curl -s $officialUrl/strip/$1 | rg -oP 'src="\Khttps://assets.amuniversal.com[^"]+') | |
if [[ -z $url ]] ; then | |
echo "Comic not found" | |
return | |
fi | |
echo "\nDilbert -- $1\n" | |
kitty +kitten icat --align left $url | |
return | |
fi | |
# QUERY | |
if [[ "$1" == "-q" ]] ; then | |
data=$(curl -s "$officialUrl/search_results?sort=date_desc&terms=$2") | |
pages=($(echo $data | rg -oP 'page=\K[^&]*')) | |
lastPage=${pages[-2]} | |
if ! [[ -z "$lastPage" ]] && [[ "$3" != "newest" ]] ; then | |
pageNum=$((1 + $RANDOM % lastPage)) | |
fi | |
data=$(curl -s "$officialUrl/search_results?sort=date_desc&terms=$2&page=$pageNum") | |
# RANDOM | |
else | |
if [[ "$1" != "newest" ]] ; then | |
pageNum=$((1 + $RANDOM % 100)) | |
fi | |
data=$(curl -s "$officialUrl/search_results?sort=date_desc&terms=+&page=$pageNum") | |
fi | |
#Arrays of image urls and dates | |
srcs=($(echo $data | rg -oP 'src="\Khttps://assets.amuniversal.com[^"]+')) | |
dates=($(echo $data | rg -oP 'comic-title-link" href="https://dilbert.com/strip/\K[^"]+')) | |
len=${#srcs[@]} | |
if [[ len -lt 1 ]] ; then | |
echo "No comics found" | |
return | |
fi | |
# Random comic number | |
comicNum=$((1 + $RANDOM % $len)) | |
#Select first comic | |
if [[ comicNumb -eq 0 ]] || [[ len -eq 1 ]] || [[ "$1" == "newest" ]] || [[ "$3" == "newest" ]] ; then | |
date=${dates[@]:0:1} | |
url=${srcs[@]:0:1} | |
else | |
# Select random comic from page | |
date=${dates[$comicNum]} | |
url=${srcs[$comicNum]} | |
fi | |
# Display the image using icat or alternatively print the alt-text and transcript of the comic | |
echo "\nDilbert -- $date\n" | |
kitty +kitten icat --align left $url | |
echo | |
} |
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