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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+version=0.1.0
+aid=221100
+game="dayz"
+workshop="https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id="
+api="https://api.battlemetrics.com/servers"
+
+#BEGIN CONFIG================
+steam_path=""
+workshop_dir="$steam_path/steamapps/workshop/content/$aid"
+game_dir="$steam_path/steamapps/common/DayZ"
+key=""
+whitelist=""
+fav=""
+name="player"
+separator="│"
+#TODO: ping flag is unimplemented. Table creation requires rigid number of arguments. Add binary switch when constructing table
+#ping=1
+debug=0
+#END CONFIG==================
+
+export dzpipe=/tmp/dzfifo
+export tmp=tmp/dz.tmp
+[[ -p $dzpipe ]] && rm $dzpipe
+mkfifo $dzpipe
+exec 3<> $dzpipe
+trap cleanup EXIT INT
+
+declare -A deps
+deps=([awk]="5.1.1" [curl]="7.80.0" [jq]="1.6" [tr]="9.0" [yad]="12.0")
+
+depcheck(){
+	for dep in "${!deps[@]}"; do
+		command -v $dep 2>&1>/dev/null || (printf "[ERROR] Requires %s >= %s\n" $dep ${deps[$dep]} ; exit 1)
+	done
+}
+
+logger(){
+	printf "[DZGUI] %s\n" "$1"
+}
+
+query_api(){
+	logger "Querying BattleMetrics"
+	response=$(curl -s "$api" -H "Authorization: Bearer "$key"" -G -d "sort=-players" \
+		-d "filter[game]=$game" -d "filter[ids][whitelist]=$whitelist")
+	if [[ "$(jq -r 'keys[]' <<< "$response")" == "errors" ]]; then
+		code=$(jq -r '.errors[] .status' <<< $response)
+		refresh_yad
+		#TODO: fix granular api codes
+		err "Error $code: malformed API key"
+	fi
+#	elif [[ -z "$(jq -r '.data[]' <<< "$response")" ]]; then
+#		refresh_yad
+#		echo "Malformed server IDs" > $dzpipe
+#		return 1
+#	fi
+}
+concat_mods(){
+	readarray -t serv <<< "$remote_mods"
+	for i in "${serv[@]}"; do
+		id=$(awk -F"= " '/publishedid/ {print $2}' "$workshop_dir"/$i/meta.cpp | awk -F\; '{print $1}')
+		mod=$(awk -F\" '/name/ {print $2}' "$workshop_dir"/$i/meta.cpp | sed -E 's/[^[:alpha:]0-9]+/_/g; s/^_|_$//g')
+		link="@$id-$mod;"
+		echo -e "$link"
+	done | tr -d '\n' | perl -ple 'chop'
+}
+launch(){
+	mods=$(concat_mods)
+	if [[ $debug -eq 1 ]]; then
+		printf "[DZGUI] [DEBUG] steam -applaunch $aid -connect=$ip -nolauncher -nosplash -skipintro \"-mod=$mods\"\n"
+	else
+		steam -applaunch $aid -connect=$ip -nolauncher -nosplash -skipintro -name=$name \"-mod=$mods\"
+		exit
+	fi
+}
+
+fetch_mods(){
+	remote_mods=$(curl -s "$api" -H "Authorization: Bearer "$key"" -G -d filter[ids][whitelist]="$1" -d "sort=-players" \
+	| jq -r '.data[] .attributes .details .modIds[]')
+}
+#TODO: unimplemented
+#symlinks(){
+#	for d in "$workshop_dir"/*; do
+#		id=$(awk -F"= " '/publishedid/ {print $2}' "$d"/meta.cpp | awk -F\; '{print $1}')
+#		mod=$(awk -F\" '/name/ {print $2}' "$d"/meta.cpp | sed -E 's/[^[:alpha:]0-9]+/_/g; s/^_|_$//g')
+#		link="@$id-$mod"
+#		[[ -h "$game_dir/$link" ]] && : || 
+#			printf "[INFO] Creating symlink for $mod\n"
+#			ln -fs "$d" "$game_dir/$link"
+#	done
+#}
+
+check_ping(){
+		ping_ip=$(echo "$1" | awk -F'\t' '{print $2}' | awk -F: '{print $1}')
+		ms=$(ping -c 1 "$ping_ip" | awk -Ftime= '/time=/ {print $2}')
+		[[ -z $ms ]] && echo "Timeout" || echo "$ms"
+}
+create_array(){
+	list=$(cat $tmp) 
+	#TODO: improve error handling for null values
+	logger "Formatting output"
+	while read line; do
+		name=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $1}')
+		if [[ $(echo "$name" | wc -m) -gt 30 ]]; then
+			name="$(echo $name | awk '{print substr($0,1,30) "..."}')"
+		else
+			:
+		fi
+		ip=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $2}')
+		players=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $3}')
+		stat=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $4}')
+		[[ $stat == "online" ]] && stat="<span color='#77ff33'>online</span>" || :
+		#TODO: probe offline return codes
+		id=$(echo "$line" | awk -F'\t' '{print $5}')
+		ping=$(check_ping "$line")
+		declare -g -a rows=("${rows[@]}" "$name" "$ip" "$players" "$stat" "$id" "$ping")
+	done <<< "$list"
+}
+
+parse_json(){
+	logger "Checking ping"
+	list=$(jq -r '.data[] .attributes | "\(.name)\t\(.ip):\(.port)\t\(.players)/\(.maxPlayers)\t\(.status)\t\(.id)"')
+	echo -e "$list" > $tmp
+}
+
+refresh(){
+	refresh_yad
+	placeholder
+
+	##
+	query_api
+	parse_json <<< "$response"
+	create_array
+	populate
+	##
+
+}
+refresh_yad(){
+	echo -e '\f' > $dzpipe
+}
+populate(){
+	logger "Writing data to pipe"
+	refresh_yad
+	echo "${rows[@]}" > $k.tmp
+	for f in "${rows[@]}"; do echo -e "$f"; done > $dzpipe
+}
+
+placeholder(){
+	echo "Fetching data..." > $dzpipe
+}
+cleanup(){
+	#while kill -0 $pid 2>/dev/null; do
+	#	:
+	#done
+	rm -f $dzpipe 
+	rm -f $tmp
+	unset -f check_ping
+	unset -f create_array
+	unset -f placeholder
+	unset -f populate
+	unset -f query_api
+	unset -f refresh
+	unset -f refresh_yad
+	#logger "Removing temp files"
+}
+
+export -f check_ping
+export -f create_array
+export -f placeholder
+export -f populate
+export -f query_api
+export -f refresh
+export -f refresh_yad
+
+
+printsel(){
+	#TODO: abstract configs
+yad --listen --cycle-read --align=center --separator="" --list --multiple --column="Server":TEXT \
+	--column="IP":TEXT --column="Players":TEXT --column="Status":TEXT --column="ID":TEXT --column="Ping":TEXT \
+	--buttons-layout=start --button=Cancel:1 --button=Connect:0 --buttons-layout=end --button="Refresh":"bash -c refresh" \
+	--text="DZGUI\t$version" --width=1200 --height=500 --separator="$separator" --center --no-escape 2>/dev/null < $dzpipe
+}
+connect(){
+	#TODO: validate inputs with standalone function
+	if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then 
+		kill $spid
+	else
+		if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
+			logger "Exiting with no selection"
+			kill $spid
+		else
+		ip=$(echo "$1" | awk -F"$separator" '{print $2}')
+		bid=$(echo "$1" | awk -F"$separator" '{print $5}')
+		logger "Connecting to $bid @ $ip"
+		fetch_mods "$bid"
+		launch
+
+		#TODO: symlink validation, mod validation
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+err(){
+	printf "[ERROR] %s\n" "$1"
+	cleanup
+	exit
+}
+varcheck(){
+	[[ -z $key ]] && (err "Missing API key")
+	[[ -z $whitelist ]] && (err "Missing server IDs")
+	[[ ! -d $workshop_dir ]] && (err "Malformed workshop path")
+	[[ ! -d $game_dir ]] && (err "Malformed game path")
+	[[ $whitelist =~ [[:space:]] ]] && (err "Separate whitelist values with commas")
+	IFS=,
+	[[ ! "${whitelist[*]}" =~ ${fav} ]] && (err "Fav key value not in whitelist")
+	unset IFS
+}
+checks() {
+	depcheck
+	varcheck
+}
+main(){
+	spid=$$
+	checks
+	refresh_yad
+	placeholder
+	connect "$(printsel)" &
+	pid=$!
+
+	###bundle these
+	query_api
+	parse_json <<< "$response"
+	create_array 
+	populate
+	###end bundle
+	wait $pid
+
+}
+
+main
+
+