Bash script for easily running Parsec's web app in Linux distros. Remember to edit the PARSEC_APP variable according to your browser

run-parsec.sh

#!/bin/bash

#Command for running the web app
PARSEC_APP="google-chrome-stable ui.parsecgaming.com"
#PARSEC_APP="google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=heklcdmcmclhhhaholelehcafdpbemdn"

#If the daemon is already running, you can either restart the daemon or attempt to join the web app with the currently running daemon
#This variable determines if a join is to be attempted
ATTEMPT_JOIN_DAEMON=false

PARSEC_PID=$(pgrep -x parsecd)

JOINED_DAEMON=false
if [ "$PARSEC_PID" != "" ]; then
	if [ "$ATTEMPT_JOIN_DAEMON" = true ]; then
		JOINED_DAEMON=true
		echo "The web app will attempt to join a currently running daemon. WARNING: a daemon can only be joined once"
	else
		echo "A daemon instance is already running"
		echo "Would you like to kill the currently running daemon? All applications currently using it will stop working. (y/n)"
		read KILL_PARSEC
		if [ $KILL_PARSEC == "y" ]; then
			echo "Killing daemon instance..."
			kill $PARSEC_PID
		else
			echo "Execution aborted by the user"
			exit
		fi
	fi
fi

if [ "$JOINED_DAEMON" = false ]; then
	echo "Launching daemon..."
	parsecd app_daemon=1 &
	PARSEC_PID=$!
fi

echo "Launching web app..."
$PARSEC_APP
echo "Web app terminated"

echo "Terminating daemon..."
kill $PARSEC_PID

echo "Exited succesfully"