#!/bin/bash

parse_json()
{
  local json=`cat $1`
  local parent_prop=$2
  local prop=$3

  # "'TODO: this hack' is the Snooze button of development" - @iamdevloper
  echo $json \
    | sed 's/\\\\\//\//g' \
    | sed 's/^[\ ]*//g' \
    | sed 's/[{}]//g' \
    | awk -v k="$parent_prop" '{n=split($0,a,"\","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}' \
    | sed 's/\"\:\"/\|/g' \
    | sed 's/"[\,]/ /g' \
    | sed 's/\"//g' \
    | grep "$prop|" \
    | sed "s/^$prop|//g"
}

parse_ubuntuusers_json()
{
  local temp_file=`mktemp`
  local json=`curl -s -X GET 'http://suckup.de/planet-ubuntuusers-json/json.php?callback=' -o $temp_file`

  local titles=`parse_json "$temp_file" "posts" "title"`
  local titles_array
  mapfile -t titles_array <<< "$titles"

  local dates=`parse_json "$temp_file" "posts" "date"`
  local dates_array
  mapfile -t dates_array <<< "$dates"

  local counter=0 i
  for i in "${titles_array[@]}"; do
    echo "${titles_array[$counter]} | ${dates_array[$counter]}"
    let counter+=1
  done

  rm $temp_file
}

parse_ubuntuusers_json

echo "foobar: $counter - $i"