shellTube/yt-desc

#!/bin/sh
##############################
# name: yt-desc
# lisc: gnu gplv3
# main: jadedctrl
# desc: print desc of yt video
##############################

# Usage: yt-desc "$url/id"

# STRING --> STRING
# Get the description of a YT video, from HTML.
function video_desc {
	local html="$1"

	echo "$html" \
	| grep "action-panel-details" \
	| sed 's/.*<p .*class="" >//' \
	| sed 's%</p>.*%%' \
	| lynx -stdin -dump \
	| sed 's/^   //'
}

# --------------------------------------
# invocation

function usage {
	echo "usage: yt-desc url/id"
	exit 2
}

# --------------------------------------

if test -z "$1"; then
	usage
elif echo "$1" | grep "youtube" > /dev/null; then
	URL="$1"
else
	URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${1}"
fi

# --------------------------------------

video_desc "$(gendl "$URL")"