curl multi-line

28th Feb 2024 01:45 #1
whs912km

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i need to run curl command, multiline like this one:

Code:

curl -s "https://link" \ | grep -oP '<img src="\K[^"]*' \ | head -n1

but cmd run each line separately. so, with first line i get all elements from web page, but idk how run right full command
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28th Feb 2024 02:52 #2
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Originally Posted by whs912km

i need to run curl command, multiline like this one:

Code:

curl -s "https://link" \ | grep -oP '<img src="\K[^"]*' \ | head -n1

but cmd run each line separately. so, with first line i get all elements from web page, but idk how run right full command

try this - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32341091/multiline-curl-command
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29th Feb 2024 03:02 #3

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thanks for your reply, but same behavior. also with curl only (not cmd/powershell)

my goal is download the file

Code:

https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-4KDEzUk5fgjxkLoT-4kINZA-t500x500.jpg

found trough Elements tab:

[Attachment 77338 - Click to enlarge]

here the full command

Code:

curl -s "https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/defected-radio-show-most-rated-special-hosted-by-sam-divine-221223" \
| grep -oP '<img src="\K[^"]*' \
| head -n1

unlucky the kind user who gave me this command did not answer any further, and left me in doubt

here my log:

Code:

D:\curl-8.6.0\bin
curl -s "https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/defected-radio-show-most-rated-special-hosted-by-sam-divine-221223" \
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#333">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//style.sndcdn.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//a-v2.sndcdn.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//api-v2.soundcloud.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//sb.scorecardresearch.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//secure.quantserve.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//eventlogger.soundcloud.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//api.soundcloud.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//ssl.google-analytics.com">
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//i1.sndcdn.com">

(cut)
......
.......

D:\curl-8.6.0\bin
 | grep -oP '<img src="\K[^"]*' \
| not expected

D:\curl-8.6.0\bin
 | head -n1

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29th Feb 2024 08:15 #4

whs912km

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finally i've get right command to rip and print jpg link with:
Code:
curl -s "https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/defected-radio-show-most-rated-special-hosted-by-sam-divine-221223" | awk -F'"' '/<img src="https:\/\/i1\.sndcdn\.com\/artworks-.*\.jpg/ {print $2; exit}'
print
Code:
https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-4KDEzUk5fgjxkLoT-4kINZA-t500x500.jpg
now i need to automate the full process and download this jpg file. how to ?

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29th Feb 2024 10:02 #5
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edit command from my first post, get jpg link (removed < before 'image', and put command on a single line)

Code:

curl -s "https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/defected-radio-show-most-rated-special-hosted-by-sam-divine-221223" | grep -oP 'img src="\K[^"]*' | head -n1

but still idk how to download ...
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29th Feb 2024 12:12 #6

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problem solved (thanks to chatGPT). here 4 alternative ways

this command, trough curl, download jpg file with original filename (put link on command above)

Code:

curl -s "https://link" | grep -oP 'img src="\K[^"]*' | tail -n 1 | xargs -n 1 sh -c 'curl -o "$(basename "$0")" "$0"'

or this "artwork.bash" use curl, required link, save with original filename jpg (copy code above, save as artwork.bash and run it from curl folder)

Code:

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Enter the SoundCloud link: " soundcloud_link
curl -s "$soundcloud_link" | grep -oP 'img src="\K[^"]*' | tail -n 1 | xargs -n 1 sh -c 'curl -o "$(basename "$0")" "$0"'

another script use python, with curl, required link, save with original filename jpg

Code:

import subprocess
import os

def extract_image_url(soundcloud_link):
    curl_command = f'curl -s "{soundcloud_link}"'
    curl_output = subprocess.check_output(curl_command, shell=True, text=True)
    
    # Extract the image URL directly in Python
    for line in curl_output.split('\n'):
        if '<meta property="og:image" content="' in line:
            image_url = line.split('<meta property="og:image" content="')[1].split('"')[0]
            return image_url

    raise ValueError("Image URL not found")

def download_image(image_url):
    filename = os.path.basename(image_url)
    subprocess.run(['curl', '-o', filename, image_url])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    soundcloud_link = input("Enter the SoundCloud link: ")
    
    try:
        image_url = extract_image_url(soundcloud_link)
        download_image(image_url)
        print(f"Image downloaded successfully! Saved as: {os.path.basename(image_url)}")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")

another command use yt-dlp to download

Code:

import yt_dlp

URL = input('soundcloud link: ')

ydl_opts = {
    'writethumbnail': True,
    'skip_download': True,
}

with yt_dlp.YoutubeDL(ydl_opts) as ydl:
    info = ydl.extract_info(URL, download=False, process=False)
    thumbnails = info.get('thumbnails') or []
    info['thumbnails'] = [t for t in thumbnails if t.get('height') == 500]
    ydl.process_ie_result(info)

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29th Feb 2024 14:26 #7
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use curl -s -o "defected_radio.jpg" to download the image

curl to scrape the soundcloud URL, grep "<img src=.http" to capture the required line, awk "BEGIN{FS=\"\042\"} {print $2}" to parse the line and get the image name and lastly xargs curl -s -o "defected_radio.jpg" to feed the image name to curl and then download the image to current directory.

here is the complete code

Code:

curl -s "https://soundcloud.com/defectedrecords/defected-radio-show-most-rated-special-hosted-by-sam-divine-221223" | grep "<img src=.http" | awk "BEGIN{FS=\"\042\"} {print $2}" | xargs curl -s -o "defected_radio.jpg"
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29th Feb 2024 16:09 #8
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thank you jack for your advice, but what difference (advantage) from my curl command above ?

Last edited by whs912km; 1st Mar 2024 at 09:56.

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1st Mar 2024 14:20 #9
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what difference (advantage) from my curl command above ?

Advantage ... absolutely none

Difference ... Your code is for linux. The code I provided is for Windows.

I posted because some other person, using windows, may wish to do the the same as you.

I tried to show that piping does not require multiline. Multiline is used when the line of code is very long and you wish to show it confined to a smaller space.

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1st Mar 2024 15:42 #10
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thanks for your clarification.

however i am win user, i don't use linux ...! and my command above post#6 for curl or also bash file, work great on windows
also my command above (thanks to chatGPT) save file with original filename, without edit manually curl command for -o "defected_radio.jpg"

also bash file ask each time new soundcloud link. this allows to use bash file with different links without edit curl command

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2nd Mar 2024 08:55 #11
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You are absolutely correct. Thanks for the clarification.

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