Bash Script to get YouTube Playlist Length / Duration right in Your terminal.

youtube_playlist_length.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if curl is installed
if ! [ -x "$(command -v curl)" ]; then
  echo "Error: curl is not installed. Please install curl and try again." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Check if jq is installed
if ! [ -x "$(command -v jq)" ]; then
  echo "Error: jq is not installed. Please install jq and try again." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Check if a playlist ID is passed as an argument
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
  echo "Error: No playlist ID provided. Please provide a playlist ID as an argument and try again." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Store the playlist ID passed as an argument
playlist_id="$1"

# Store the output of the curl command in a variable
output=$(curl --silent -X 'GET' \
  "https://youtube-playlist-length-analyzer.akamhy.me/api?playlist_id=$playlist_id" \
  -H 'accept: application/json')

# Check the status of the API response
status=$(echo "$output" | jq '.status')

# If the status is not "success", display the error message and exit
if [ "$status" != '"success"' ]; then
  error_message=$(echo "$output" | jq '.message')
  echo "Error: $error_message" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Extract the values of the desired keys and store them in variables
playlist_title=$(echo "$output" | jq '.playlist_title')
playlist_video_count=$(echo "$output" | jq '.playlist_video_count')
playlist_human_readable_duration=$(echo "$output" | jq '.playlist_human_readable_duration')
playlist_human_readable_average_video_duration=$(echo "$output" | jq '.playlist_human_readable_average_video_duration')

# Print the values of the desired keys
echo "Playlist Title: $playlist_title"
echo "Playlist Video Count: $playlist_video_count"
echo "Playlist Duration: $playlist_human_readable_duration"
echo "Playlist Average Video Duration: $playlist_human_readable_average_video_duration"

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