aur_json

#!/bin/bash

#
# raw json fetcher for the AUR
#

out() {
  type -p json_reformat >/dev/null && json_reformat || cat
}

case $# in
  1) qtype=info arg=$1 ;;
  2) qtype=$1 arg=$2 ;;
  *) exit 1 ;;
esac

[[ $qtype = @(info|?(m)search) ]] || exit 2

# open connection
exec 4<>/dev/tcp/aur.archlinux.org/80

# send http request (avoid 1.1 so we don't have to handle a keep-alive)
printf 'GET /rpc.php?type=%s&arg=%s HTTP/1.0\r
User-Agent: bashium 0.1\r
Host: aur.archlinux.org\r
Accept: */*\r
Accept-Encoding: deflate, gzip\r
\r
' "$qtype" "$arg" >&4

# read http response code
read -r -u 4 _ resp _
if [[ $resp ]] && (( resp >= 300 )); then
  echo "error: server responded with HTTP $resp"
  exit 1
fi

# read response until the end of the headers
while read -r -u 4 body; do
  [[ $body = $'\r' ]] && break
done

# gunzip the remainder of the FD
gzip -d <&4 | out