Correct Horse Battery: The Band

run.sh

#!/bin/bash

# see http://cyfta.com/band-name-y-3-word-combos-with-exactly-1-youtube-hit/ for what this is all about.

key="YOURYOUTUBEAPIKEY"

mkdir -v q

for s in {1..1000}; do
  # generate "passwords"
	words=$(grep -v '^[A-Z]' /usr/share/dict/american-english | grep -v "'s$" | shuf | head -n 3 | tr '\n' ' ' | sed -e 's/ $//')
	fn="q/${words// /_}"
	q="$(php -r "echo urlencode('$words');")"
	url="https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=$key&q=$q&part=id,snippet&safeSearch=none"
	echo "$q -> $fn"
	curl "$url" > "$fn"
done