dotfiles/.local/bin/newsboatnotifs

#!/bin/sh
#gets called by newsboat if it finds a new article.
CACHE="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/cache.db"
ALREADY_NOTIFIED="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/notified"
[ -f "$ALREADY_NOTIFIED" ] || touch "$ALREADY_NOTIFIED"

unread="$(sqlite3 "$CACHE" "SELECT unread,pubDate,title FROM rss_item;" |
	grep -vE '^0' | sort -t'|' -k2 -gr |
	grep -vf "$ALREADY_NOTIFIED")"
[ -z "$unread" ] && exit
echo "$unread" >> "$ALREADY_NOTIFIED"
[ "$( echo "$unread" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ] && plural=s
formatted="$(echo "$unread" | sed 's/[0-9]*|[0-9]*|//')"
notify-send "new article${plural}" "$formatted"

#update statusbar to account for new articles
pkill -RTMIN+13 dwmblocks