From 6f1ae79122a9445d922954fdf5ca8b481a33a11b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: meftimes <meftimes@black>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 20:24:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] professional rework

---
 remind.sh | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)

diff --git a/remind.sh b/remind.sh
index 67f8376..45b00f1 100755
--- a/remind.sh
+++ b/remind.sh
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-TODAY=$(date +"%B %d") #month day
-CURRENTYEAR=$(date +%Y)
+DATES_FILE="/home/meftimes/scripts/dates.txt"
+NTFY_TOKEN="token_goes_here"
 
-if grep -q "$TODAY" /home/$USER/scripts/dates.txt; then
-  NAME=$(grep "$TODAY" /home/meftimes/scripts/dates.txt | awk '{$1=$2=$3=$4=""; print $0}')
-  BIRTHYEAR=$(grep "$TODAY" /home/meftimes/scripts/dates.txt | awk '{print $4}')
-  AGE=$(expr $CURRENTYEAR - $BIRTHYEAR)
-  CATEGORY=$(grep "$TODAY" /home/meftimes/scripts/dates.txt | awk '{print $1}')
-  REMINDER=$(grep "$TODAY" /home/meftimes/scripts/dates.txt | awk '{$1=$2=$3=""; print $0}')
+TODAY=$(date +"%B %d") #works
 
-  case $CATEGORY in
-    "BIRTHDAY" )
-    curl \
-      -u :ntfy_token_goes_here \
-      -H "Priority: urgent" \
-      -H "Tags: birthday" \
-      -H "Title: Birthday" \
-      -d "$NAME is $AGE years old today!" \
-      https://ntfy_url_goes_here
-      ;;
+  grep "$TODAY" $DATES_FILE | while read -r LINE; do
+    CATEGORY=$(echo "$LINE" | awk '{print $1}')
+    
+    case $CATEGORY in
+      "BIRTHDAY" )
+        CURRENTYEAR=$(date +%Y)
+        NAME=$(echo "$LINE" | awk '{$1=$2=$3=$4=""; print $0}' )
+        BIRTHYEAR=$(echo "$LINE" | awk '{print $4}')
+        AGE=$(( CURRENTYEAR - BIRTHYEAR ))
 
-    "RENT" )
-    curl \
-      -u :ntfy_token_goes_here \
-      -H "Priority: urgent" \
-      -H "Tags: money_with_wings" \
-      -H "Title: Rent Reminder" \
-      -d "Payment due!" \
-      https://ntfy_url_goes_here
-      ;;
+        TAGS="birthday"
+        TITLE="Birthday"
+        CONTENT="$NAME is $AGE years old today!"
+        ;;
 
-    "REMINDER" )
-    curl \
-      -u :ntfy_token_goes_here \
-      -H "Priority: urgent" \
-      -H "Tags: reminder_ribbon" \
-      -H "Title: Reminder" \
-      -d "$REMINDER" \
-      https://ntfy_url_goes_here
-      ;;
-  esac
+      "RENT" )
+        TAGS="money_with_wings"
+        TITLE="Rent Reminder"
+        CONTENT="Payment due!"
+        ;;
 
-else
-  echo true #do nothing
-fi
-
-#absolute path required in script for cronjob to work
+      "REMINDER" )
+        REMINDER=$(echo "$LINE" | awk '{$1=$2=$3=""; print $0}')
+        TAGS="reminder_ribbon"
+        TITLE="Reminder"
+        CONTENT="$REMINDER"
+          ;;
+      *)
+        TAGS=""
+        TITLE="Unknown category"
+        CONTENT="..."
+      esac
+    
+      curl \
+        -u :$NTFY_TOKEN \
+        -H "Priority: urgent" \
+        -H "Tags: $TAGS" \
+        -H "Title: $TITLE" \
+        -d "$CONTENT" \
+        https://ntfy.meftimes.com/alerts
+  done