##################### # Name: yt-meta.sh # Date: 2016-12-10 # Lisc: ISC # Main: jadedctrl # Desc: Fetches metadata about # a specific YT video. ##################### # Usage: yt-meta.sh $video_id if echo "$1" | grep "youtube.com" then id="$(echo $1 | sed 's/.*video_id=//')" elif [ -z $1 ] then "No video specified." exit 1 else id="$1" fi video_file="/tmp/yt-video_$RANDOM" if type "wget" &> /dev/null then wget -q https://youtube.com/watch?v=$id -O $video_file wget -q https://youtube.com/results?search_query=$id -O $video_file.1 elif type "curl" &> /dev/null then curl -s https://youtube.com/watch?v=$id -o $video_file curl -s https://youtube.com/results?search_query=$id -o $video_file.1 fi # Now for displaying the metadata title="$(grep "\"title\":\"" $video_file | sed 's/.*"title":"//' | sed 's/".*//')" author="$(grep "\"author\":\"" $video_file | sed 's/.*"author":"//' | sed 's/".*//')" views="$(grep "\"view_count\":\"" $video_file | sed 's/.*"view_count":"//' | sed 's/".*//')" duration="$(grep "