Lots of updates, removed the timeline display code because it's buggy and the web client does it better anyway. Repurposed this program to do posting from the cli, so for music, or from other programs, or quick posts without having the leave the cli.

README.md

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 # ratatoskr
 
-A command line client for Pleroma, written in bash.
+A command line client for Pleroma, written in bash. Originally it was to be a client with viewing as well as posting features, but there are plenty of clients that do decent formatting of statuses, and the web client also does a great job, especially with things like threading. So This project is mainly for posting to your instance.
+
+It can be used to post things you may want to send like playing music, or it can be used to post from piped in information as in:
+
+    echo "Hello world" | ./ratatoskr -p
+
+It's still very much a work in progress, but have fun with it anyway. :)

ratatoskr.sh

@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Hopefully one day this will be a full featured Pleroma client.
-# Let's see how far we can get. :)
-
-# Handle subprocesses that may not close with the main program.
-trap "trap - SIGTERM && kill -- -$$" SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
-
 
 # Display usage information.
 help() {
     echo "${0##*/}"
     echo "Released under the terms of the WTFPL License"
     echo -e "Usage:\n"
-    echo "With no arguments, open the interactive client."
     for i in "${!command[@]}" ; do
         echo "-${i/:/ <parameter>}: ${command[${i}]}"
     done | sort
@@ -66,9 +59,13 @@ play_sound() {
     if [[ "${enable_sound}" == "false" ]]; then
         return
     fi
-    local soundFile="${configPath}/soundpacks/${sound_pack:-default}/${1}.opus"
+    soundName="$*"
-    if [[ -e "${soundFile}" ]]; then
+    declare -A sounds=(
-    sox -qV0 "${soundFile}" -d &> /dev/null &
+        [error]="|sox -n -p synth saw E2 fade 0 0.25 0.05 repeat"
+        [post]='|sox -np synth .05 tri C2:C7'
+    )
+    if [[ -n "${sounds[${soundName}]}" ]]; then
+    sox -qV0 "${sounds[${soundName}]}" -d norm -9 &> /dev/null &
     fi
 }
 
@@ -139,10 +136,10 @@ post_music() {
 
 # Post status with -p flag, command line.
 post_status() {
-    if [[ "${1}" == "" ]]; then
+    if [[ "${*}" == "" ]]; then
         return
     fi
-    local statusText="$@"
+    local statusText="$*"
     local statusVisibility="${statusVisibility:-public}"
     local statusContent_type="${statusContent_type:-text/markdown}"
     local statusSpoiler_text=""
@@ -171,65 +168,6 @@ post_status() {
 }
 
 
-
-
-# Display timelines
-show_timeline() {
-    result="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" "${instanceURL}/api/v1/timelines/${timeline:-home}")"
-                                                                                                                                                                
-    # Error checking
-    # Check if the result is a valid JSON
-    if ! echo "$result" | jq '.' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        echo "Error: The response from the server was invalid."
-        play_sound error
-        return
-    fi
-                                                                                                                                                                
-    if [[ "${result}" == "${oldResult}" ]]; then
-        return
-    elif [[ ${#oldResult} -gt 5 ]]; then
-        local temperaryVariable="${result}"
-        result="${result//${oldResult%\]}/}"
-        result="${result%,\]}]"
-        oldResult="${temperaryVariable}"
-        play_sound new_${timeline:-home}
-    fi
-
-    error=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.error // "null"' 2> /dev/null)
-    if [[ "${error:-null}" != "null" ]]; then
-        echo "Error fetching ${timeline:-home} timeline: $error"
-        play_sound error
-        return
-    fi
-                                                                                                                                                                
-    # handle new events
-    events="$(jq -r '.[].content' <<< "$result")"
-    spoiler_text="$(jq -r '.[].spoiler_text' <<< "$result")"
-    created_at="$(jq -r '.[].created_at' <<< "$result")"
-    stripped_events="$(echo "$events" | sed -E 's/<[^>]+>//g')"
-    stripped_events="${stripped_events//&#39;/\'}"
-    usernames="$(jq -r '.[].account.username' <<< "$result")"
-    echo -e "$usernames" | while read -r username; do
-        spoiler="$(echo "$spoiler_text" | head -n 1)"
-        created="$(echo "$created_at" | head -n 1)"
-        created="${created%.*}"
-        created="${created/T/ at }"
-        if [ -z "$spoiler" ]; then
-            echo "$username: $(echo "$stripped_events" | head -n 1)"
-            echo "Posted $created"
-        else
-            echo "$username [$spoiler]: $(echo "$stripped_events" | head -n 1)"
-            echo "Posted $created"
-        fi
-        stripped_events="$(echo "$stripped_events" | tail -n +2)"
-        spoiler_text="$(echo "$spoiler_text" | tail -n +2)"
-        created_at="$(echo "$created_at" | tail -n +2)"
-        echo
-    done
-    oldResult="${result}"
-}
-
-
 # Variable initialization
 configPath="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/ratatoskr" # Path for settings, usually ~/.config/ratatoskr
 configFile="default.conf" # The default config file, eventually will support multiple accounts.
@@ -270,7 +208,8 @@ declare -A command=(
     [C]="Recreate default configuration file. Acquire new oauth token."
     [h]="Help, show usage information for ${0##*/}."
     [M]="Post the currently playing music track, requires playerctl."
-    [p::]="Post from the command line, e.g. ${0##*/} -p \"hello world\""
+    [p::]="Post from the command line, e.g. ${0##*/} -p \"hello world\" or echo \"Hello world\" | ${0}"
+    [v:]="Post visibility, [direct | followers | public | unlisted], default is public."
     [S]="Scrobble the currently playing music track, requires playerctl."
 )
    
@@ -280,12 +219,19 @@ shortOptions="${!command[*]}"
 shortOptions="${shortOptions//[[:space:]]/}"
                                                                                                                                                                 
 options="$(getopt -o "$shortOptions" -- "$@")"
+eval set -- "$options"
                                                                                                                                                                 
-while true; do
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     case $1 in
+        --)
+            shift
+            break;;
         -C)
             get_oauth_token
             shift;;
+        -v)
+            statusVisibility="${2}"
+            shift 2;;
         -h)
             help
             exit 0;;
@@ -293,14 +239,14 @@ while true; do
             post_music
             exit 0;;
         -p)
-            if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+            if read -rt 0 ; then
                 post_status "$(cat)"
             else
-                shift
+                shift 3
-                post_status "$@"
+                #post_status "$@"
             fi
             exit 0;;
-        -S|--scrobble-music)
+        -S)
             scrobble_music
             exit 0;;
         *)
@@ -311,35 +257,4 @@ while true; do
 done
 
 
-# Main loops
-# Display timelines and requested information.
-while : ; do
-    show_timeline
-    sleep "${interval:-300}"
-done &
-
-
-# Handle commands
-while : ; do
-    # Command prompt:
-    read -er command
-    if [[ ! "${command}" =~ ^/ ]]; then
-        post_status "${command}"
-        continue
-    fi
-    case "${command}" in
-        "/exit"|"/quit")
-            exit 0
-        ;;
-        "/refresh")
-            show_timeline
-        ;;
-        *)
-            echo "Error: '${command}' is not a valid command."
-            play_sound error
-        ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-
 exit 0