Boxcar push notification shell script

bc

#!/bin/bash

# Sends a Boxcar push notification through the Boxcar HTTP API
# Usage examples
#  $ bc 			  # Just sends a notification with title 'bc'
#  $ bc "Done"			  # Sends a notification with title 'Done'
#  $ echo foobar | bc 		  # Sends a notification with title 'bc' and message body 'foobar'
#  $ echo foobar | bc "Done"      # Sends a notification with title 'Done' and message body 'foobar'
#
# Expects a file ~/.boxcar to exist with content like
# BOXCAR_ACCESS_TOKEN=<your boxcar access token goes here>

. ~/.boxcar
TITLE=${1:-bc}
BOXCAR_SOUND=${BOXCAR_SOUND:-score}

# Only read a message if NOT a tty, e.g. if stdin is piped in
tty -s
if [[ ! $? == 0 ]]; then
	read MESSAGE
fi

curl -d "user_credentials=${BOXCAR_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
	    -d "notification[title]=${TITLE}" \
	    -d "notification[long_message]=${MESSAGE}" \
	    -d "notification[sound]=${BOXCAR_SOUND}" \
	    https://new.boxcar.io/api/notifications