chromium-create-private-profile

#!/bin/bash

help() {
   echo 'usage: chromium-create-private-profile SHORTCUT URL'
   echo '       chromium-create-private-profile --help'
   echo
   echo '   PURPOSE:'
   echo
   echo '   Will create a clean, private, dedicated profile for'
   echo '   a web site that you can call from the command line'
   echo '   via shortcut.'
   echo
   echo '   DETAILS:'
   echo
   echo '   Will create an executable under ~/bin/SHORTCUT that'
   echo '   will use a clean, private chromium config and data'
   echo '   directory under ~/.local/chrome-SHORTCUT.'
   echo
   echo '   You can customize ~/bin/SHORTCUT as you wish.'
   echo '   By default it will use `bromium --enable-cookies`'
   echo '   to access the given URL.'
   echo
   echo '   The ~/.local/chrome-SHORTCUT directory will'
   echo '   be created (copied) from the'
   echo '   ~/.config/chromium.fresh-after-start.with_titlebar'
   echo '   template.'
   echo
   echo '   You will need to create the' 
   echo '   template ~/.config/chromium.fresh-after-start.with_titlebar'
   echo '   once and can use it after with'
   echo '   chromium-create-private-profile. Create the template'
   echo '   as follows:'
   echo
   echo '     * `mv ~/.chromium ~/.chromium.original`'
   echo '       (do not overwrite a previously existing'
   echo '        ~/.chromium.original !)'
   echo '     * `chromium` # will create a fresh ~/.chromium'
   echo '     * configure chromium as you wish'
   echo '     * terminate chromium'
   echo '     * `mv ~/.chromium ~/.config/chromium.fresh-after-start.with_titlebar`'
   echo '     * `mv ~/.chromium.original ~/.config/chromium`'
   echo '       (restore original chromium config)'
   echo
   exit 1
}

set -e # exit on error

[ "$1" == "--help" -o "$1" == "" -o "$2" == "" ] && help

SHORTCUT="$1"
CONF_DIR="$HOME/.local/chrome-$SHORTCUT"
EXEC="$HOME/bin/$SHORTCUT"
URL="$2"

if [ -e "$CONF_DIR" ]; then
  echo "Error: $CONF_DIR already exists. Aborting"
  exit 2
fi

if [ -e "$EXEC" ]; then
  echo "Error: $EXEC already exists. Aborting"
  exit 3
fi

cp -a "$HOME/.config/chromium.fresh-after-start.with_titlebar" \
      "$CONF_DIR"

cat << EO_SCRIPT > "$EXEC"
#!/bin/bash

help() {
   echo 'usage: $SHORTCUT'
   echo '       $SHORTCUT --help'
   echo
   echo '    Run chrome with profile in $CONF_DIR'
   echo
   exit 1
}

[ "$1" == "--help" ] && help

#GTK_THEME=Adwaita:dark bromium --enable-cookies --userdir="$CONF_DIR" $URL
bromium --enable-cookies --userdir "$CONF_DIR" $URL
EO_SCRIPT

chmod +x "$EXEC"