rofi launcher and checks

.gitignore

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+mydyt
 YT_API_KEY

dmenyt

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 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# if the query isn't provided as an arg, grab it with 'dmenu'
 if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-  printf "Search query: "; 
-  query=$( echo | dmenu -p "Search YT Video:" )
+  query=$( printf "" | dmenu -b -p "Search YouTube:" )
 else
 	query="$1"
 fi
 
+# if query was given, replace any spaces with '+' to match YouTube's search syntax
+[ -z "${query}" ] && echo "No query given. Exiting." && exit 1
 query="${query// /+}"
-echo "$query"
 
-# YT_API_KEY location
-YT_API_KEY="$( cat "${HOME}"/.api_keys/YT_API_KEY )"
+# set the variable below to your API key if desired.
+# YT_API_KEY=""
+# otherwise, set your YT_API_KEY file location below
+YT_API_KEY="$( cat "${HOME}/lib/api_keys/YT_API_KEY" )"
 urlstring="https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&q=${query}&type=video&maxResults=20&key=${YT_API_KEY}"
 
-mpv "https://$( curl -s "${urlstring}" \
+# get the video url by filtering the search results with 'jq' and sending them to 'dmenu'
+# the url of the video chosen is then given to 'mpv'
+video="$( curl -s "${urlstring}" \
 	| jq -r '.items[] | "\(.snippet.channelTitle) => \(.snippet.title) => youtu.be/\(.id.videoId)"' \
-	| dmenu -i -p 'Select Video -' -l 20 \
+	| dmenu -b -i -p "Select Video -" -l 20 \
 	| awk '{print $NF}' \
 )"
+
+[ -z "${video}" ] && echo "No video selected. Exiting." && exit 1
+video="https://${video}"
+
+mpv --no-terminal -- "${video}"

myyt

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 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+# if the query isn't provided as an arg, grab it with 'read'
 if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
-  read -rp "Search query: " query
+  read -rp "Search YouTube: " query
 else
 	query="$1"
 fi
 
+# if query was given, replace any spaces with '+' to match YouTube's search syntax
+[ -z "${query}" ] && echo "No query given. Exiting." && exit 1
 query="${query// /+}"
-echo "$query"
 
 # YT_API_KEY location
-YT_API_KEY="$( cat "${HOME}"/.api_keys/YT_API_KEY )"
+YT_API_KEY="$( cat "${HOME}/lib/api_keys/YT_API_KEY" )"
 urlstring="https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&q=${query}&type=video&maxResults=20&key=${YT_API_KEY}"
 
-mpv "https://$( curl -s "${urlstring}" \
+# get the video url by filtering the search results with 'jq' and sending them to 'fzf'
+# the url of the video chosen is then given to 'mpv'
+video="$( curl -s "${urlstring}" \
 	| jq -r '.items[] | "\(.snippet.channelTitle) => \(.snippet.title) youtu.be/\(.id.videoId)"' \
-	| fzf --with-nth='1..-2' +m \
+	| fzf --with-nth='1..-2' +m --height=82% \
 	| awk '{print $NF}' \
 )"
+
+[ -z "${video}" ] && echo "No video selected. Exiting." && exit 1
+video="https://${video}"
+
+mpv --no-terminal -- "${video}"

rofyt

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# if the query isn't provided as an arg, grab it with 'rofi'
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  query=$( rofi -dmenu -mesg "Search YouTube" )
+else
+	query="$1"
+fi
+
+# if query was given, replace any spaces with '+' to match YouTube's search syntax
+[ -z "${query}" ] && echo "No query given. Exiting." && exit 1
+query="${query// /+}"
+
+# set the variable below to your API key if desired.
+# YT_API_KEY=""
+# otherwise, set your YT_API_KEY file location below
+YT_API_KEY="$( cat "${HOME}/lib/api_keys/YT_API_KEY" )"
+urlstring="https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&q=${query}&type=video&maxResults=20&key=${YT_API_KEY}"
+
+# get the video url by filtering the search results with 'jq' and sending them to dmenu
+# the url of the video chosen is then given to 'mpv'
+video="$( curl -s "${urlstring}" \
+	| jq -r '.items[] | "\(.snippet.channelTitle) => \(.snippet.title) => youtu.be/\(.id.videoId)"' \
+	| rofi -dmenu -i \
+	| awk '{print $NF}' \
+)"
+
+[ -z "${video}" ] && echo "No video selected. Exiting." && exit 1
+video="https://${video}"
+
+mpv --no-terminal -- "${video}"