windows discord note when message is empty, linux ddns and discord new quiet options.

Discord.ps1

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ end {
         if ($distinct) {
             Out-File -FilePath $distinctFile -InputObject $message
         }
+    } elseif ($distinct) {
+        echo "duplicate message"
     }
 }
 

SendDiscordChunk.ps1

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function SendDiscordMessage
 
     # convert string into json, escaping the given message
     $title   = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $title
-    $message = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $message
+    $message = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $message.trim()
     $botName = ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $botName
 
     # rewrite json string, because "\u001b[m" needs to "\u001b[0m" instead
@@ -24,29 +24,34 @@ function SendDiscordMessage
     $message = $message -Replace "\\u001b\[m", "\u001b[0m"
 
     # only enable colors if needed
-    $prefix = '';
+    $prefix = ''
     if ($message -contains "\u001b") {
-        $prefix = 'ansi\n';
+        $prefix = 'ansi\n'
     }
 
-    # remove wrapping quotes around json string, replace with color-enabled block quotes
+    if ($message -eq '""') {
-    $message = '"```' + $prefix + $message.SubString(1, $message.length - 2) + '\n```"'
+        # message empty, so denote as such
+        $message = '"\ud83d\udea9 MESSAGE EMPTY \ud83d\udea9"'
+    } else {
+        # remove wrapping quotes around json string, replace with color-enabled block quotes
+        $message = '"```' + $prefix + $message.SubString(1, $message.length - 2) + '\n```"'
+    }
 
     # build post data: {"username": "$botName", "content": "$message"}
-    $content = "{";
+    $content = "{"
-    if ($botName) {
+    if ($botName -ne '""') {
-        $content += '"username": ' + $botName + ', ';
+        $content += '"username": ' + $botName + ', '
     }
-    $content += '"embeds": [{"description": ' + $message;
+    $content += '"embeds": [{"description": ' + $message
 
     if ($color -ge 0) {
-        $content += ', "color": ' + $color;
+        $content += ', "color": ' + $color
     }
-    if ($title) {
+    if ($title -ne '""') {
-        $content += ', "title": ' + $title;
+        $content += ', "title": ' + $title
     }
 
-    $content += '}]}';
+    $content += '}]}'
 
     # post data is complex, so we have to pipe it into curl
     # display the resulting id/message returned from Discord

discord.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #                          cyan(#00ffff),    blue(#0343df),   purple(#7e1e9c), magenta(#c20078),  grey(#929591),
 # LIGHT:  pink(#ff81c0),   apricot(#ffb16d), beige(#e6daa6),  mint(#9ffeb0),   lavender(#c79fef), white(#ffffff).
 
+quiet=false
 skipMsg=false
 declare -A colors
 colors=(
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ print_usage() {
 }
 
 # handle all arguments provided
-while getopts 'h:c:d:t:z' flag; do
+while getopts 'h:c:d:t:zq' flag; do
     case "$flag" in
         h)
             if [[ "$OPTARG" == "http"*"?wait=true" ]]; then
@@ -67,6 +68,9 @@ while getopts 'h:c:d:t:z' flag; do
         z)
             skipMsg=true
             ;;
+        q)
+            quiet=true
+            ;;
         *)
             echo "unknown option provided '$flag'"
             print_usage
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ if [[ -z "$message" ]] && [[ "$skipMsg" = false ]]; then
 fi
 
 # sed removes blank lines from the end of the message
-fullMsg=$(echo "$message" | sed -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;ba' -e '}')
+message=$(echo "$message" | sed -e :a -e '/^\n*$/{$d;N;ba' -e '}')
+fullMsg="$message"
 
 # if message is too long, split it, and after curl, recursively call with remainder
 # 4k max, but we must account for escaping text in json, so limit to 90% capacity
@@ -127,8 +132,13 @@ fi
 message=$(echo "$message" | jq -aRs . | sed 's/\\u001b\[m/\\u001b[0m/g')
 
 if [[ "$message" = '"\n"' ]]; then
-    # message empty, so denote as such
+    if [[ "$quiet" = true ]]; then
-    message='"\ud83d\udea9 MESSAGE EMPTY \ud83d\udea9"'
+        # quiet was specified, and there was no message, so stop now
+        exit 0
+    else
+        # message empty, so denote as such
+        message='"\ud83d\udea9 MESSAGE EMPTY \ud83d\udea9"'
+    fi
 else
     if [[ "$message" = *"\\u001b"* ]]; then
         prefix="ansi\n"

dynv6.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+quiet=false
+while getopts 'q' flag; do
+    case "$flag" in
+        q)
+            quiet=true
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+shift "$((OPTIND-1))"
+
 # we need zone and token, we also accept, netmask, and overrides
 zone=$1
 device=$2
@@ -7,7 +17,8 @@ scope=$3
 
 # stop if we do not have the required information
 if [ -z "$zone" -o -z "$token" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: token=<your-authentication-token> [netmask=64] [ipv4=<override>] [ipv6=<override>] $0 your-name.dynv6.net [device] [scope]"
+    echo '"-q": quiet flag, to suppress "address unchanged" messages'
+    echo "Usage: token=<your-authentication-token> [netmask=64] [ipv4=<override>] [ipv6=<override>] $0 your-name.dynv6.net [-q] [device] [scope]"
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -73,7 +84,9 @@ ipv6="$ipv6/$netmask"
 
 # update IPv4, if changed
 if [ "$old4" = "$ipv4" ]; then
-    echo "IPv4 address unchanged"
+    if [ "$quiet" = false ]; then
+        echo "IPv4 address unchanged"
+    fi
 else
     # send IPv4 address to dynv6
     echo -n "Updating IPv4: "
@@ -86,7 +99,9 @@ fi
 
 # update IPv6, if changed
 if [ "$old6" = "$ipv6" ]; then
-    echo "IPv6 address unchanged"
+    if [ "$quiet" = false ]; then
+        echo "IPv6 address unchanged"
+    fi
 else
     # send IPv6 address to dynv6
     echo -n "Updating IPv6: "