playsimilar.fish

#!/usr/bin/fish

# IF YOU ARE A FISH SHELL USER:
# ----------------------------
# For ease of use, either copy this file inside the ~/.config/fish/functions/ folder. 

# IF YOU ARE NOT a FISH SHEL USER:
# ----------------------------
# save it wherever you please 
# create a sym link in your favourite folder of $PATH with the name you prefer to call it
# and add at the end of file a new line with just "playsimilar" so the main function is called


function findsong
  lynx --dump "https://tunebat.com/Search?q=$argv" | grep " 6. https" | cut -d" " -f5
end

function findrelated
  set song (findsong $argv)
  lynx --dump $song | grep open.spotify | cut -f3 -d" " | grep spotify | awk '!a[$0]++'
end

function reformatsong
  echo $argv | sed 's/https:\/\/open.spotify.com\//spotify:/g' | sed 's/\//:/g'
end

function playsimilar
  set songs (findrelated $argv)
  mpc stop
  mpc clear
  for song in $songs
    mpc add (reformatsong $song)
  end
  mpc play
end