searcher.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Search Google Videos for the search term and times specified below:
# Separate muliple search terms with + i.e.: 'albert+einstein'

SEARCH_LONG='y'
SEARCH_MED='y'
SEARCH_SHORT='n'

while getopts lms OPT; do
    case $OPT in
	+l)
	    SEARCH_LONG=y
	    ;;
	l)
	    SEARCH_LONG=n
	    ;;
	+m)
	    SEARCH_MED=y
	    ;;
	m)
	    SEARCH_MED=n
	    ;;
	+s)
	    SEARCH_SHORT=y
	    ;;
	s)
	    SEARCH_SHORT=n
	    ;;
	*)
	    echo "usage: `basename $0` [+-lms] [--] ARGS..."
	    exit 2
    esac
done
shift `expr $OPTIND - 1`
OPTIND=1

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
    echo "At least one search term is required"
    exit 2
fi

searching () {
  rm -f "$BASENAME$2"
  for i in `seq 0 10 990 `; do
      curl --silent -A "AT, Bitches" "http://www.google.com/search?q=$2+site:video.google.com&hl=en&safe=off&tbs=dur:$1&tbm=vid&start=$i&sa=N" | grep -o "docid=[0-9-]*" | tee -a "$BASENAME$2"
  done
}

search () {
  SEARCH=`echo "$@" | tr ' ' '+'`
  echo "Searching for term '$SEARCH'..."

  # Select which lengths of video you want
  ##
  # Subsequently return all the videos in one, sorted, deduped list of ID's
  #
  BASENAME='seed_videos_'
  OUTNAME='_dedupe'
  NAME=$BASENAME$SEARCH
  OUT=$NAME$OUTNAME
  
  if [ $SEARCH_LONG = 'y' ]; then
    searching "l" "$SEARCH"
  fi
  
  if [ $SEARCH_MED = 'y' ]; then
    searching "m" "$SEARCH"
  fi
  if [ $SEARCH_SHORT = 'y' ]; then
    searching "s" "$SEARCH"
  fi
  
  sort -u $NAME | tee $OUT
  SEARCHCOUNT=$(cat $OUT | wc -l)
  echo "Search term '$SEARCH' returned $SEARCHCOUNT deduped results."
}

rest=$*
if [ ${rest:0:1} == "@" ]; then
  cat ${rest:1} | while read terms; do
    search $terms
  done
else
  search $rest
fi