Fzf

Snipkit can also be used with other tools to support your optimal workflow.

For example, Snipkit snippets can be searched and executed via fzf instead of using the built-in lookup tool. The following is an example script that first exports all snippets using snipkit export, selects one via fzf, and then executes the snippet using snipkit exec, also handling any necessary parameters.

sn.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Function to check if a command is installed
check_command() {
    if ! command -v "$1" &> /dev/null; then
        echo "Error: $1 is not installed."
        exit 1
    fi
}

# Check if either batcat or bat is installed (required for syntax highlighting)
if command -v batcat &> /dev/null; then
    BAT_CMD="batcat"
elif command -v bat &> /dev/null; then
    BAT_CMD="bat"
else
    echo "Error: bat or batcat is not installed."
    exit 1
fi

# Check if other required commands are installed
check_command "awk"
check_command "jq"
check_command "fzf"
check_command "snipkit"

# Directly call snipkit export to get JSON data
json_data=$(snipkit export -f=id,title,content)

# Extract titles, base64 encoded scripts, and IDs using jq
combined=$(echo "$json_data" | jq -r '.snippets[] | [.id, .title, (.content | @base64)] | @tsv')

# Use fzf to select a title and show the script in a preview window with syntax highlighting
selected=$(echo "$combined" | fzf --prompt="Select a script: " \
                                  --delimiter=$'\t' \
                                  --with-nth=2 \
                                  --preview="echo {} | awk -F'\t' '{print \$3}' | base64 --decode | $BAT_CMD --language=sh --style=numbers --color=always" \
                                  --preview-window=right:60%:wrap)

# Extract the ID and script part from the selected line
selected_id=$(echo "$selected" | awk -F'\t' '{print $1}')
selected_script=$(echo "$selected" | awk -F'\t' '{print $3}' | base64 --decode)

# If a script was selected, execute it using snipkit
if [ -n "$selected_id" ]; then
    snipkit exec --id "$selected_id"
else
    echo "No script selected."
fi