Read pledge and backer data from Kickstarter's public API in real time.

ks.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Track a Kickstarter page in real time
# License: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Zuph/ACAB-License/master/LICENSE.md/LICENSE.md

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interval=5 # refresh interval in seconds
url="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lookingglass/looking-glass-portrait/stats.json"

[[ -z $1 ]] && {
          command -v watch >/dev/null && { watch -t -d -n $interval "$0 ${url}"; exit 0; } || { clear; while true; do echo -e "`$0 ${url}`"; printf "\033[0;0H"; sleep $interval; done }
} ||

data=$(curl $url 2> /dev/null )

backers=$(echo -e $data | sed 's|.*backers_count":\([0-9]*\),.*|\1|')
comments=$(echo -e $data | sed 's|.*comments_count":\([0-9]*\),.*|\1|')
pledged_=$(echo -e $data | sed 's|.*pledged":"\([0-9.]*\).*|\1|')
pledged=$(LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 printf "%'.2f\n" $pledged_)
echo we raised \$$pledged from $backers backers with $comments comments.
echo $backers >> /tmp/.log_backers
echo $pledged_ >> /tmp/.log_raised
echo $comments >> /tmp/.log_comments

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