From 975286228e26bc3c06f33961948fa55056b33bf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Hurst <julian.hurst92@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2021 03:05:31 +0200
Subject: Add 'export to json' support

---
 doc/metube.1.scd |  3 +++
 metube.go        | 13 ++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/metube.1.scd b/doc/metube.1.scd
index 6cd422d..81323a1 100644
--- a/doc/metube.1.scd
+++ b/doc/metube.1.scd
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ It uses ytparser under the hood.
 *-p int*
 	The page to get
 
+*-j*
+	Export the items to json
+
 # SEE ALSO
 
 *metube*(5)
diff --git a/metube.go b/metube.go
index b436a3d..43184d9 100644
--- a/metube.go
+++ b/metube.go
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"bufio"
 	"os"
+	"encoding/json"
 
 	"git.sr.ht/~ark/ytparser"
 )
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ func main() {
 	page := flag.Int("p", 0, "The page to get")
 	lang := flag.String("l", "en", "The language to search in (follows youtube's language codes: en, fr, de, ja...)")
 	order := flag.String("o", "relevance", "The criterion to use for the search order (relevance, date, views, rating)")
+	jsonExport := flag.Bool("j", false, "Export to json")
 	flag.Parse()
 	if *format == "-" {
 		*format = readStdin()
@@ -36,5 +39,13 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	ytparser.PrintItems(items, *format)
+	if *jsonExport {
+		by, err := json.Marshal(items)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println(string(by))
+	} else {
+		ytparser.PrintItems(items, *format)
+	}
 }
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