Forward mailto links to server via ./aerc <mailto>

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/aerc.go b/aerc.go
index d44d3ba1..1b313c3e 100644
--- a/aerc.go
+++ b/aerc.go
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ var (
 )
 
 func usage() {
-	log.Fatal("Usage: aerc [-v]")
+	log.Fatal("Usage: aerc [-v] [mailto:...]")
 }
 
 func main() {
-	// TODO: Support starting with mailto links, ad-hoc accounts, etc
 	opts, optind, err := getopt.Getopts(os.Args, "v")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Print(err)
 		usage()
+		return
 	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		switch opt.Option {
@@ -111,8 +111,13 @@ func main() {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	if optind != len(os.Args) {
+	args := os.Args[optind:]
+	if len(args) > 1 {
 		usage()
+		return
+	} else if len(args) == 1 {
+		lib.ConnectAndExec(args[0])
+		return
 	}
 
 	var (
diff --git a/lib/socket.go b/lib/socket.go
index c2565790..78e86c43 100644
--- a/lib/socket.go
+++ b/lib/socket.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package lib
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -80,3 +81,19 @@ func (as *AercServer) handleClient(conn net.Conn) {
 	}
 	as.logger.Printf("Closed Unix connection %d", clientId)
 }
+
+func ConnectAndExec(msg string) error {
+	sockpath := path.Join(xdg.RuntimeDir(), "aerc.sock")
+	conn, err := net.Dial("unix", sockpath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	conn.Write([]byte(msg + "\n"))
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(conn)
+	if !scanner.Scan() {
+		return errors.New("No response from server")
+	}
+	result := scanner.Text()
+	fmt.Println(result)
+	return nil
+}