/formulae/

Instantiating formulae

A script that downloads a template from one of my formulae and saves it to disk as a new file. A starting point for whatever I need to build.

To instantiate my shell script template, I run it like this:

instantiate template.sh newscript.sh

To instantiate my Python commandline script template, I run it like this:

instantiate cli.template.py newscript.py

The script itself is nice and simple (and, of course, based on my shell script formula).

#!/bin/sh
set -eu

cmdname=`basename "$0"`
siteuri="https://me.micahrl.com"

usage() {
    cat <<ENDUSAGE
Usage: $cmdname [-h] [-l] [-u] <FORMULA> <DESTINATION>
Retrieve a formula from https://me.micahrl.com/formulae.

ARGUMENTS
    -h | --help:    Print help and exit
    -l | --list:    Retrieve a list of formulae and exit
    -u | --uri:     Use a different URI than '$siteuri' (for local testing)
    FORMULA:        The name of the formula
    DESTINATION:    Where to save it on the local filesystem
ENDUSAGE
}

formula=
destination=
while test $# -gt 0; do
    case "$1" in
        -h | --help ) usage; exit 0;;
        -l | --list )
            curl "$siteuri/formulae/index.formulae.txt"
            exit;;
        -u | --uri )
            siteuri="$2"
            shift 2;;
        *)
            if test -z "$formula"; then
                formula="$1"
            elif test -z "$destination"; then
                destination="$1"
            else
                usage
                exit 1
            fi
            shift;;
    esac
done

if test -z "$formula" || test -z "$destination"; then
    usage
    exit 1
fi

mkdir -p "$(dirname $destination)"
curl -L -o "$destination" "$siteuri/q/$formula"
chmod 700 "$destination"