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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# super quickly hacked together script
+# for listing your twitch following from the command-line.
+
+# REQUIREMENTS:
+#   editing this script.
+#   downloading a python script.
+#   python 2 or 3.
+#   a web browser.
+#   curl.
+#   GNU sort.
+#   GNU awk.
+
+# TODO:
+#   fix known issues.
+#   automatically extract relevant values from a cURL string.
+#   add toggle for colors.
+#   optional CSV output.
+#   automatically download json2?
+#   rewrite in python?
+
+# fill these in with values extracted from your browser's
+# "copy as cURL" feature.
+# 1. open a new tab in Chromium or Firefox; these instructions apply to either.
+# 2. open the web inspector (ctrl+shift+I) and click on the network tab.
+# 3. go to https://www.twitch.tv/directory/following/live
+#    make sure this is with the network tab already open!
+#    if it isn't, open it up and just refresh the page.
+# 4. type "followed" in the filter of the network tab.
+# 5. right click on the first result and click copy as cURL.
+#    in Chromium, it's in a submenu as "copy as cURL (bash)"
+# 6. paste into a text editor and extract the following header values:
+#    (each header is specified by a -H flag)
+authorization="Authorization: OAuth abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234"
+
+
+json2() {
+    # download this from https://github.com/vi/json2/blob/master/json2
+    # and edit this line accordingly.
+    python3 ~/src/json2/json2 "$@"
+}
+
+curl -LsS 'https://gql.twitch.tv/gql'  \
+    -H "$authorization"  \
+    --data-binary '[{"variables":{"limit":100},"extensions":{},"operationName":"FollowingLive_CurrentUser","query":"query FollowingLive_CurrentUser($limit: Int, $cursor: Cursor) {\n currentUser {\n follows {\n totalCount\n }\n followedLiveUsers(first: $limit, after: $cursor) {\n edges {\n node {\n login\n displayName\n stream {\n game {\n name\n }\n viewersCount\n title\n type\n }\n }\n }\n pageInfo {\n hasNextPage\n }\n }\n }\n}\n"}]'  \
+     | json2 | tr -d '\r' | awk '
+    function trunc(s,L) {
+        e = length(s) > L ? "…" : "";
+        return (substr(s, 0, L -(e ? 1 : 0)) e);
+    }
+    $1~/\/stream\/game\/name$/{game=substr($2,2)}
+    $1~/\/stream\/title$/{title=substr($2,2)}
+    $1~/\/login$/{name=substr($2,2)}
+    $1~/\/viewersCount$/{viewers=substr($2,2)}
+    $1~/\/stream\/type$/{
+        printf "\x1b[90m%5s\x1b[0m \x1b[97m%-25s\x1b[0m %s\n      \x1b[36m%s\x1b[0m\n",
+          viewers, name, trunc(game, 48), title;
+    }
+    ' FPAT='(^[^=]+)|(=.*)'