Script to fuzzy select a channel, update the twt config, stream video and chatter

[shmup]

Howdy everyone! I wanted to share a script that works for my process. I save this script as twitch.

In a nutshell:

1. Run twitch and choose a channel using fzy as a fuzzy filter.
2. Updates the $HOME/.config/twt/config.toml channel with the selection.
3. Streams the twitch.tv/<selection> using streamlink and mpv.
4. Runs twt to peep the chatter.

Screenshot and a shell demo. Pretend you can see the video opening. 😇

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# $HOME/bin/twitch
# fuzzy filtering https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy
# updates twt config for streaming chat https://github.com/Xithrius/twitch-tui
# streams via mpv and https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink
# runs twt

TWITCHES=(
	"oldtimeycomputershow"
	"dkutelevision"
	"pisshospital"
	"wondervillenyc"
	"sickovision"
	"forgotten_vcr"
	"thatweekinsnl"
	"gamesdonequick"
)

PLAYER="mpv"
PLAYER_ARGS="--really-quiet"
CONFIG=$HOME/.config/twt/config.toml
SELECTION=$(printf "%s\n" "${TWITCHES[@]}" | fzy)

[[ -z $SELECTION ]] && echo "xoxo" && exit 0

# update the twt config w/ the selected channel
sed "s/channel = \".*\"/channel = \"$SELECTION\"/" -i "$CONFIG"

# run --quiet[ly] in the background
streamlink \
	--player "$PLAYER" \
	--player-args "$PLAYER_ARGS" \
	--quiet \
	--default-stream best \
	--retry-streams 3 \
	--url "twitch.tv/$SELECTION" &

# run twt
twt

[shmup]

I'd like to eventually use the API to get a list of channels I'm following that are active and live. Currently I pop into my browser first to see what's streaming.

[Xithrius]

This is tracked in #147, but will probably be implemented in 2.1, since I need to get 2.0 out sometime in the near future. The last stable release was in 2021, being 1.6.0.

[Xithrius]

The main branch currently implements storage, so items such as previous mentions, and switched-to channels are stored in a JSON file.

This allows the user to hit s, and start typing in a channel name. If they've visited it before and the channels option in the [storage] section is set to true, then they can hit tab to complete the channel name.

Same goes for mentions.

[Xithrius]

Currently logging is just for the developers, and no verbose stuff has been added, and for nothing in specific. info will be the default log level, and verbose will give debug.

Now tracking in #187.

[shmup]

Figured it out:

[Xithrius]

I'm going to be doing a lot of modularity in the near future, so the keybinds window will most likely not be a popup.

This will also allow scrolling in said window.

[shmup]

Sounds good. I'm just glad I understand what was going on, heh. ? is a nice window of info.

[Xithrius]

:D

[Xithrius]

Hey @shmup, been a while. There have been many changes to this project, mostly including the backend for UI creation/handling, and improvements upon the storage of recent actions by the user (channel switching, mentions, etc). I realize that your script has a hard-coded list of channels, but I think this could be improved upon.

Since there's a dashboard now, it's possible for the user to have a default set of channels they can select from using the start_screen_channels config variable. Perhaps the bash script can extract these values, and use them as the previously hard-coded ones.

Along with this, there is a storage.json file that is generated at ~/.config/twt/storage.json, which has all the recent channels and mentions that the user has done (these can be disabled with some config options). By using jq, maybe the bash script can use the stored recent channels as well.

Any thoughts on these ideas?

Thanks!

[Xithrius]

Managing and interacting with the user's follower list is being done in #419. I'll close this for the time being.