Improved the post, -p, function.

ratatoskr.sh

@@ -62,11 +62,23 @@ get_oauth_token() {
 
 # Scrobble music with -S flag
 scrobble_music() {
-    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
+    local result
+    result="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'album={{album}}')" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'artist={{artist}}')" \
         -d "$(playerctl metadata -f 'title={{title}}')" \
-        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/pleroma/scrobble"
+        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/pleroma/scrobble")"
+    # Check for errors
+    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "there was a problem contacting the server"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    local error="$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.error')"
+    if [[ "$error" != "null" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: $error"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Track scrobbled!"
     exit 0
 }
 
@@ -97,9 +109,28 @@ post_music() {
 
 # Post status with -p flag, command line.
 post_status() {
-    curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: ${content_type:-text/markdown}" \
+    local text="$@"
-        -d "status=${@}" \
+    visibility="${visibility:-public}"
-        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses"
+    local content_type="${content_type:-text/markdown}"
+local json="$(jq -n --arg status "$text" \
+        --arg spoiler_text "$spoiler_text" \
+        --arg visibility "$visibility" \
+        --arg content_type "$content_type" \
+        '{ status: $status, spoiler_text: $spoiler_text, visibility: $visibility, content_type: $content_type }')"
+    local result
+    result="$(curl -sS --oauth2-bearer "${oauth_token}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+        -d "$(echo "$json" | jq 'if .spoiler_text == "" then del(.spoiler_text) else . end | if .visibility == "" then del(.visibility) else . end')" \
+        "${instanceURL}/api/v1/statuses")"
+    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        echo "there was a problem contacting the server"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    local error="$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.error')"
+    if [[ "$error" != "null" ]]; then
+        echo "Error: $error"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "Status posted!"
     exit 0
 }