#!/bin/bash # Because why not? curl must be installed readonly BROWSER="google-chrome" # Create a random imgur url that may or may not be valid imgururl() { # 1/3 chance for length of 5, 6 or 7 length string STRLN=$((5 + RANDOM % 3)) local ID # don't nag about useless cat, this is more readable # shellcheck disable=2002 ID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w ${STRLN} | head -n 1) echo "http://i.imgur.com/${ID}.jpg" } # Test if we found a valid URL testimgur() { local URL=${1} local RESULT RESULT=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -I -w "%{http_code}" "${URL}") if [[ ${RESULT} == "200" ]]; then echo true else echo false fi } main() { local FAIL=0 while true; do local URL URL=$(imgururl) if [[ $(testimgur "${URL}") == "true" ]]; then echo "Found ${URL} after ${FAIL} failed tries" ${BROWSER} "${URL}" > /dev/null 2>&1 local FAIL=0 else ((FAIL++)) fi done } main