Music posting with -M is now working. I still need to deal with the resulting json, so be prepared for spam.

ratatoskr.sh

@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ get_oauth_token() {
 
 # Functions that deal with posting.
 
-# Post music with -M flag
+# Scrobble music with -S flag
-post_music() {
+scrobble_music() {
     curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'album={{album}}')" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'artist={{artist}}')" \
@@ -71,10 +71,21 @@ post_music() {
 }
 
 
+# Post music with -M flag requires playerctl.
+post_music() {
+    local text="[$(playerctl metadata -f 'Now playing "{{title}}" by "{{artist}}" from "{{album}}"')]"
+    local link="(https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=$(playerctl metadata -f '{{artist}} {{title}}' | urlencode -b))"
+    local json=$(jq -n --arg status "$text$link" --arg spoiler_text "Music" --arg content_type "text/markdown" '{status: $status, spoiler_text: $spoiler_text, content_type: $content_type}')
+    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "$json" \
+        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+
 # Post status with -p flag, command line.
 post_status() {
-    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
+    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: ${content_type:-text/markdown}" \
-        -d "content=${content_type:-text/markdown}" \
         -d "status=${@}" \
         "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses"
     exit 0
@@ -98,6 +109,7 @@ declare -A command=(
     [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\""
+    [S]="Scrobble the currently playing music track, requires playerctl."
 )
 
 # if the default file doesn't exist, create it
@@ -118,6 +130,7 @@ while getopts "${args}" i ; do
         h) help;;
         M) post_music;;
         p) post_status "${OPTARG}";;
+        S) scrobble_music;;
     esac
 done