bromium

#!/bin/bash

help() {
   echo 'usage: bromium [--enable-cookies] [--userdir /path/to/userdir] [URL]'
   echo '       bromium --help'
   echo
   echo '    Run chromium with an empty temporary profile'
   echo '    or with a given directory.'
   echo
   echo '    By default bromium will run in "incognito"'
   echo '    mode. If you want to allow cookies then'
   echo '    use --enable-cookies'
   echo
   echo '    If you are using bromium as a privacy tool'
   echo '    then you may want to consider changing your'
   echo '    default search provider. See'
   echo '    https://stackoverflow.com/a/50888866'
   echo
   echo '    --enable-cookies  - do not run in incognito mode'
   echo
   echo '    --userdir $DIR    - run from a given user directory. This'
   echo '                        can be used to prepare a specific'
   echo '                        configuration for a specific application'
   echo '                        and then use that directory only for that'
   echo '                        application.'
   echo '                        When run with --userdir, cookies will'
   echo '                        be *enabled*.'
   echo
   echo '    How to prepara a special userdir:'
   echo
   echo '    1. terminate all chromium browser'
   echo '    2. move your original chromium configuration to the side'
   echo '       `mv ~/.config/chromium ~/.config/chromium.your-original-config`'
   echo '    3. start chromium'
   echo '    4. configure whatever you need'
   echo '    5. terminate chromium'
   echo '    6. move the config to the side'
   echo '       `mv ~/.config/chromium ~/.config/chromium.my-special-config`'
   echo '    7. restore your original config'
   echo '       `mv ~/.config/chromium.your-original-config ~/.config/chromium`'
   echo '    8. now you can use your special config with bromium'
   echo '       `bromium --userdir ~/.config/chromium.my-special-config $SOME_APPLICATION_URL`'
   echo
   exit 1
}

# TODO: change theme: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14129/gtk-enable-set-dark-theme-on-a-per-application-basis

# defaults
incognito_option="--incognito"
temp_profile_option="--temp-profile"

while true; do
  case "$1" in
    --help)   help ;;
    --enable-cookies)  incognito_option="" ;;
    --userdir) shift; userdir="$1" ;;
    *)   break ;;
  esac
  shift
done

if [ "$userdir" ]; then
  user_or_tmp_dir="$userdir"
  temp_profile_option=""
else
  tmp_user_dir=$( mktemp -d /tmp/bromium.XXXX )
  user_or_tmp_dir="$tmp_user_dir"
  temp_profile_option="--temp-profile"
fi

# see http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/ for options

# $1 = URL and/or furher options
if [ "$1" ]; then
  chromium --user-data-dir="$user_or_tmp_dir" \
             $temp_profile_option             \
           --password-store=basic             \
           --disable-notifications            \
             $incognito_option                \
           "$@"
else
  chromium --user-data-dir="$user_or_tmp_dir" \
             $temp_profile_option             \
           --password-store=basic             \
           --disable-notifications            \
             $incognito_option                \
           "about:blank"
fi

# be really sure that "$tmp_user_dir" contains a correct tmpdir
# before rm -rf /* or such
#
if [[ "$tmp_user_dir" =~ /tmp/bromium ]]; then
  rm -r "$tmp_user_dir"
elif [ "$userdir" ]; then
  # if userdir was set then do nothing
  true
else
  echo "hae? $tmp_user_dir"
fi