#!/bin/bash # small script to extract the makemkv-beta-key from the forum as it changes once a month # URL of the MakeMKV forum post FORUM_URL="https://forum.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1053" # Fetch the page content CONTENT=$(curl -sL "$FORUM_URL") # 1. Extract the key (T- followed by 66 alphanumeric characters) KEY=$(echo "$CONTENT" | grep -oP 'T-[a-zA-Z0-9]{66}') # 2. Extract the line immediately following the key # - sed 's/<[^>]*>/\n/g': Replaces all HTML tags with newlines to isolate text # - grep -A 5 "$KEY": Gets 5 lines of context after the key # - grep -v "$KEY": Removes the line containing the key itself # - grep -m 1 "[[:alnum:]]": Grabs the very next line containing actual text # - sed 's/ / /g': Cleans up non-breaking space entities VALIDITY=$(echo "$CONTENT" | sed 's/<[^>]*>/\n/g' | grep -A 5 "$KEY" | grep -v "$KEY" | grep -m 1 "[[:alnum:]]" | sed 's/ / /g; s/^[[:space:]]*//; s/[[:space:]]*$//') # Output if [ -n "$KEY" ]; then echo "$KEY" echo "$VALIDITY" else echo "Error: Could not retrieve data from the forum." exit 1 fi