U custom utilites

Prerequesites

• git
• ruby 2.x
• bundler

git clone this repository, cd into it, and then run

bundle
./u install to path

This will symlink the "u" executable to "/usr/local/bin/u". Assuming "/usr/local/bin/u" is in your $PATH you can now run "u" from anywhere on the command line.

Caveats

• U is pretty Mac specfic at the moment.
• First couple of times you will have to approve accessibility control in the system preferences. This is so U can determine whether iTerm2 is not in focus and send messages to Notification Center instead.

Usage

You can call a script and provide parameters like so:

u extract article: http://medium.com/some-article-to-read-later

Where the script name follows "u" and the parameters follow the colon.

You can call methods that don't take parameters like so:

u about

Fetch and set your background to a randomly selected nature image from wallhaven

u get a wallpaper: 2560x1440 Mountains // OS X specific

Write your own scripts

Your own scripts can be anywhere you like, but should be postfixed with uscript.rb. To run them simply cd into the directory with your U scripts and run them!

Use the example.rb file in the packages folder as an easy way to get started writing your own scripts.

Features

• If a script completes when iTerm2 doesn't have focus it will send you a notification.
• Builtin text extraction for web pages
• Notify yourself of finished jobs with Pushover

Documentation

U configuration is stored as a JSON file. The default configuration is stored in ~/.u

Example JSON configuration

{
	"colorize": true			// make the output look pretty
	"personal_email": "foo@gmail.com"	// where email goes by default
}

Available Built-ins for Scripts

Provides email address set to "personal_email"

me

Send a notification to your pushover devices, requires API keys

notify(message)

Send an email

email to: me, subject: 'U is awesome', body: 'Some plain text goes here'

Print messages to STDOUT with optional color levels. Available levels are :error, :warn, or nil by default. If iTerm2 doesn't have focus when the message is printed it will send a notification to OS X Notification Center.

uprint(message, :level) # level is a symbol or nil by default

Access settings in the users ~/.u/config file

settings.some_property

Required API Keys and Environment Vars for Full Functionality

Services used:

• Pushover for mobile notifications
• Dandelion for webpage text extraction

Environment Variables:

• PUSHOVER_USER_KEY
• PUSHOVER_APP_TOKEN
• DANDELION_TOKEN
• U_SMTP_ADDRESS
• U_SMTP_PORT
• U_EMAIL_ADDRESS
• U_EMAIL_PASSWORD

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