open-urls: Open a bunch of links in a new browser window

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open-urls

Open a bunch of links in a new browser window

open-urls

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Library and executable that opens a bunch urls on stdin or as args

halp() {
  cat <<-EOHALP
	open-urls: Library and executable to open a bunch of urls
	in a new browser window.
	
	Usage:
	  open-urls https://example.org https://example.com
	  BROWSER=qutebrowser open-urls https://example.org https://example.com
	  echo 'https://example.com
	  https://example.org' | open-urls
	
	As a bash library:
	  source /path/to/open-urls
	  urls=( "https://example.org https://example.com )
	  BROWSER=firefox
	  open-urls urls # This is a reference to the variable urls. Do not expand it!
	
	Currently supported browsers:
	- brave
	- chrome
	- chromium
	- firefox
	- qutebrowser
	EOHALP
}

open-urls() {
  local cmd fmt
  declare -n _urls
  _urls="$1"

  case "$browser" in
  qutebrowser)
    cmd="qutebrowser '${_urls[0]}'"
    fmt=" ':open --tab %s'"
    ;;
  firefox)
    cmd="firefox -url '${_urls[0]}'"
    fmt=" -url '%s'"
    ;;
  chrome)
    if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
      cmd="/Applications/Google\\ \\Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\\ \\Chrome --new-window '${_urls[0]}'"
    else
      cmd="google-chrome --new-window '${_urls[0]}'"
    fi
    fmt=" -url '%s'"
    ;;
  chromium|brave)
    cmd="$browser-browser --new-window '${_urls[0]}'"
    fmt=" -url '%s'"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Do not understand browser $browser. Exiting" >/dev/stderr
    halp >/dev/stderr
    exit 1
    ;;
  esac

  cmd="$cmd $(printf "$fmt" "${_urls[@]:1}")"

  if [[ -n "${I3SOCK:-}" ]]; then
    # We are running in i3. Use i3-msg exec
    cmd="i3-msg exec -- \"$cmd\""
  fi
  echo "$cmd" >/dev/stderr
  eval "$cmd"
}

if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
  : ${browser:=${BROWSER-firefox}}
  urls=()
  if [[ -p /dev/stdin ]]; then
    # Reading from a pipe
    while IFS= read -r url; do
      urls=( "${urls[@]}" "$url" )
    done
  else
    urls=( "$@" )
  fi
  open-urls urls
fi

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