idtube.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

for arg in "$@"
do
  search_term=$(sed 's/ /+/g' <<< "$arg")
  html=$(curl -s https://yewtu.be/search?q="$search_term")

  channel_info=$(echo "$html" | grep -A 6 '<a href="/channel/' | head -n 7)
  channel_id=$(echo "$channel_info" | grep channel | awk -F"/" '{print $NF}' | sed 's/..$//')
  channel_name=$(echo "$channel_info" | grep auto | cut -d ">" -f2 | cut -d "&" -f1)

  yt_url="https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id="
  insert_text=$"$yt_url$channel_id Youtube \"~"$channel_name"\""

  conf_file="$HOME/.newsboat/urls"
  xdf_path="$HOME/.config/newsboat/urls" 


  if [[ -f "$conf_file" ]]; then
    echo "$insert_text" >> "$conf_file" && echo "Appended $channel_name to  $conf_file"
  elif [[ -f "$xdf_path" ]]; then
    echo "$insert_text" >> "$xdf_path"  && echo "Appended $channel_name to  $xdf_path"
  else
    exit "Please create $conf_file or $xdf_path"
    
  fi
done