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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# dependencies: grep sed curl video_player
+# video_player ( needs to be able to play urls )
+player_fn="vlc"
+
+prog="ani-cli"
+logfile="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/ani-hsts"
+
+c_red="\033[1;31m"
+c_green="\033[1;32m"
+c_yellow="\033[1;33m"
+c_blue="\033[1;34m"
+c_magenta="\033[1;35m"
+c_cyan="\033[1;36m"
+c_reset="\033[0m"
+
+
+help_text () {
+	while IFS= read line; do
+		printf "%s\n" "$line"
+	done <<-EOF
+	USAGE: $prog <query>
+	 -h	 show this help text
+	 -d	 download episode
+	 -H	 continue where you left off
+	EOF
+}
+
+
+die () {
+	printf "$c_red%s$c_reset\n" "$*" >&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+err () {
+	printf "$c_red%s$c_reset\n" "$*" >&2
+}
+
+search_anime () {
+	# get anime name along with its id
+	search=$1
+	titlepattern='<a href="/category/'
+
+	curl -s "https://gogoanime.vc//search.html" \
+		-G \
+		-d "keyword=$search" |
+	sed -n -E '
+		s_^[[:space:]]*<a href="/category/([^"]*)" title="([^"]*)".*_\1_p
+		'
+}
+
+search_eps () {
+	# get available episodes for anime_id
+	anime_id=$1
+
+	curl -s "https://gogoanime.vc/category/$anime_id" |
+	sed -n -E '
+		/^[[:space:]]*<a href="#" class="active" ep_start/{
+		s/.* '\''([0-9]*)'\'' ep_end = '\''([0-9]*)'\''.*/\2/p
+		q
+		}
+		'
+}
+
+get_links () {
+	# get the download page url
+	anime_id=$1
+	ep_no=$2
+
+	dpage_url=$(
+	curl -s "https://gogoanime.vc/$anime_id-episode-$ep_no" |
+	sed -n -E 's_^[[:space:]]*<a href="#" rel="100" data-video="([^"]*)" >.*_https:\1_p')
+
+	curl -s "$dpage_url" |
+	sed -n -E "s/^[[:space:]]*sources:\[\{file\: '([^']*)'.*/\1/p" | sed 1q
+}
+
+dep_ch () {
+	for dep; do
+		if ! command -v "$dep" >/dev/null ; then
+			die "Program \"$dep\" not found. Please install it."
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+# get query
+get_search_query () {
+	if [ -z "$*" ]; then
+		printf "Search Anime: "
+		read -r query
+	else
+		query=$*
+	fi
+}
+
+# create history file
+[ -f "$logfile" ] || : > "$logfile"
+
+#####################
+## Anime selection ##
+#####################
+
+anime_selection () {
+	search_results=$*
+	menu_format_string='[%d] %s\n'
+	menu_format_string_c1="$c_blue[$c_cyan%d$c_blue] $c_reset%s\n"
+	menu_format_string_c2="$c_blue[$c_cyan%d$c_blue] $c_yellow%s$c_reset\n"
+
+	count=1
+	while read anime_id; do
+		# alternating colors for menu
+		[ $((count % 2)) -eq 0 ] &&
+			menu_format_string=$menu_format_string_c1 ||
+			menu_format_string=$menu_format_string_c2
+
+		printf "$menu_format_string" "$count" "$anime_id"
+		count=$((count+1))
+	done <<-EOF
+	$search_results
+	EOF
+
+	# User input
+	printf "$c_blue%s$c_green" "Enter number: "
+	read choice
+	printf "$c_reset"
+
+	# Check if input is a number
+	[ "$choice" -eq "$choice" ] 2>/dev/null || die "Invalid number entered"
+
+	# Select respective anime_id
+	count=1
+	while read anime_id; do
+		if [ $count -eq $choice ]; then
+			selection_id=$anime_id
+			break
+		fi
+		count=$((count+1))
+	done <<-EOF
+	$search_results
+	EOF
+
+	[ -z "$selection_id" ] && die "Invalid number entered"
+
+	read last_ep_number <<-EOF
+	$(search_eps "$selection_id")
+	EOF
+}
+
+##################
+## Ep selection ##
+##################
+
+episode_selection () {
+	[ $is_download -eq 1 ] &&
+		printf "Range of episodes can be specified: start_number end_number\n"
+
+	printf "${c_blue}Choose episode $c_cyan[1-%d]$c_reset:$c_green " $last_ep_number
+	read ep_choice_start ep_choice_end
+	printf "$c_reset"
+
+}
+
+open_episode () {
+	anime_id=$1
+	episode=$2
+
+	# clear the screen
+	printf '\x1B[2J\x1B[1;1H'
+	if [ $episode -lt 1 ] || [ $episode -gt $last_ep_number ]; then
+		err "Episode out of range"
+		printf "${c_blue}Choose episode $c_cyan[1-%d]$c_reset:$c_green " $last_ep_number
+		read episode
+		printf "$c_reset"
+	fi
+
+	printf "Getting data for episode %d\n" $episode
+
+	video_url=$(get_links "$anime_id" "$episode")
+
+	case $video_url in
+		*streamtape*)
+			# If direct download not available then scrape streamtape.com
+			BROWSER=${BROWSER:-firefox}
+			printf "scraping streamtape.com\n"
+			video_url=$(curl -s "$video_url" | sed -n -E '
+				/^<script>document/{
+				s/^[^"]*"([^"]*)" \+ '\''([^'\'']*).*/https:\1\2\&dl=1/p
+				q
+				}
+			');;
+	esac
+
+	if [ $is_download -eq 0 ]; then
+		# write anime and episode number
+		sed -E "
+			s/^${selection_id}\t[0-9]+/${selection_id}\t$((episode+1))/
+		" "$logfile" > "${logfile}.new" && mv "${logfile}.new" "$logfile"
+
+		setsid -f $player_fn "$video_url" >/dev/null 2>&1
+	else
+		printf "Downloading episode $episode ...\n"
+		printf "%s\n" "$video_url"
+		# add 0 padding to the episode name
+		episode=$(printf "%03d" $episode)
+		{
+			curl -L -# -C - "$video_url" -o "${anime_id}-${episode}.mp4" &&
+				printf "${c_green}Downloaded episode: %s${c_reset}\n" "$episode" ||
+				printf "${c_red}Download failed episode: %s${c_reset}\n" "$episode"
+		}
+	fi
+}
+
+############
+# Start Up #
+############
+
+# to clear the colors when exited using SIGINT
+trap "printf '$c_reset'" INT HUP
+
+dep_ch "$player_fn" "curl" "sed" "grep"
+
+# option parsing
+is_download=0
+scrape=query
+while getopts 'hdH' OPT; do
+	case $OPT in
+		h)
+			help_text
+			exit 0
+			;;
+		d)
+			is_download=1
+			;;
+		H)
+			scrape=history
+			;;
+	esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+########
+# main #
+########
+
+case $scrape in
+	query)
+		get_search_query "$*"
+		search_results=$(search_anime "$query")
+		[ -z "$search_results" ] && die "No search results found"
+		anime_selection "$search_results"
+		episode_selection
+		;;
+	history)
+		search_results=$(sed -n -E 's/\t[0-9]*//p' "$logfile")
+		[ -z "$search_results" ] && die "History is empty"
+		anime_selection "$search_results"
+		ep_choice_start=$(sed -n -E "s/${selection_id}\t//p" "$logfile")
+		;;
+esac
+
+
+{ # checking input
+	[ "$ep_choice_start" -eq "$ep_choice_start" ] 2>/dev/null || die "Invalid number entered"
+	episodes=$ep_choice_start
+
+	if [ -n "$ep_choice_end" ]; then
+		[ "$ep_choice_end" -eq "$ep_choice_end" ] 2>/dev/null || die "Invalid number entered"
+		# create list of episodes to download/watch
+		episodes=$(seq $ep_choice_start $ep_choice_end)
+	fi
+}
+
+# add anime to history file
+grep -q -w "${selection_id}" "$logfile" ||
+	printf "%s\t%d\n" "$selection_id" $((episode+1)) >> "$logfile"
+
+for ep in $episodes
+do
+	open_episode "$selection_id" "$ep"
+done
+episode=${ep_choice_end:-$ep_choice_start}
+
+while :; do
+	printf "\n${c_green}Currently playing %s episode ${c_cyan}%d/%d\n" "$selection_id" $episode $last_ep_number
+	printf "$c_blue[${c_cyan}%s$c_blue] $c_yellow%s$c_reset\n" "n" "next episode"
+	printf "$c_blue[${c_cyan}%s$c_blue] $c_magenta%s$c_reset\n" "p" "previous episode"
+	printf "$c_blue[${c_cyan}%s$c_blue] $c_yellow%s$c_reset\n" "s" "select episode"
+	printf "$c_blue[${c_cyan}%s$c_blue] $c_red%s$c_reset\n" "q" "exit"
+	printf "${c_blue}Enter choice:${c_green} "
+	read choice
+	printf "$c_reset"
+	case $choice in
+		n)
+			episode=$((episode + 1))
+			;;
+		p)
+			episode=$((episode - 1))
+			;;
+
+		s)	printf "${c_blue}Choose episode $c_cyan[1-%d]$c_reset:$c_green " $last_ep_number
+			read episode
+			printf "$c_reset"
+			[ "$episode" -eq "$episode" ] 2>/dev/null || die "Invalid number entered"
+			;;
+
+		q)
+			break;;
+
+		*)
+			die "invalid choice"
+			;;
+	esac
+
+	open_episode "$selection_id" "$episode"
+done