#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Simple, minimalist command line tool to post status to hubzilla via the API. Requires curl.
# Put it in your path, and sneeze your statuses to the zot network from your shell.

CONF=${HOME}/.streams_post

usage () {
echo "usage: util/streams_post [conffile]"
echo "Create a conf file, either in .streams_post in your home directory, or supplied as an arg"
echo " USER=youruserame "
echo " PASS=yourpass"
echo " SITE=your.site.domain.org"
echo
echo "Type \"util/streams_post\" (with or without a conf file as an arg), then enter your message. Use ctrl-D to send.."

}

CUR=`which curl`

[ "$CUR" ] || { echo "curl is not installed or on your path"; usage; exit 1; }

[ "$1" ] && CONF="$1"


. ${CONF}

[ "$USER" ] || { echo "no USER"; usage; exit 1; }
[ "$PASS" ] || { echo "no PASS"; usage; exit 1; }
[ "$SITE" ] || { echo "no SITE"; usage; exit 1; }

echo "enter your message to be posted as $USER @ $SITE, then hit Ctrl-D to send."

MSG=$(cat)

curl -ssl -u${USER}:${PASS} --data-urlencode "body=${MSG}" https://${SITE}/api/z/1.0/item/update