As the old post “Setup default browser per Insync account” (Setup default browser per insync account) has been closed, I am proposing a solution to manage multiple browser profiles.
My use case involves different .desktop launchers for Google Chrome, each with a unique --user-data-dir, which provides full separation between my Google accounts (for personal and work purposes).
I created an executable bash script to replace the “Insync Helper” command. I also created a .desktop launcher named “My Insync Helper” to run the script and associated it with all Insync file types, such as .gddoc, .gdslides, etc.
The script accepts the path of an Insync file, extracts the cloud account and the cloud file URL, selects the correct launcher, and opens it using the gtk-launch command.
Here is the script. You’ll need to configure the CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_DESKTOP_EXEC_MAP variable to match your accounts and respective launcher.
#!/bin/bash
# Example of an Insync file content (.gddoc, .gdsheet, .gdslides)
# {"url": "<cloud-url>", "file_id": "<file_id>", "account_email": "<cloud_account_email>"}
if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
echo "File not found [$1]"
exit 1
fi
CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=$(cat "$1" | tr { '\n' | tr , '\n' | tr } '\n' | grep ".account_email" | awk -F'"' '{print $4}')
CLOUD_URL=$(cat "$1" | tr { '\n' | tr , '\n' | tr } '\n' | grep ".url" | awk -F'"' '{print $4}')
if [[ "$CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL" == "" ]]; then
echo "Cloud account email not present"
exit 1
fi
if [[ "$CLOUD_URL" == "" ]]; then
echo "Cloud URL not present"
exit 1
fi
DEFAULT_DESKTOP_EXEC="google-chrome"
# Each line must have the following format
# <cloud-account-email>:<app-exec-name>
#
# <cloud-account-email> must match the content of the filed "account_email" in the Insync file
# <app-exec-name> is the .desktop file name without .desktop suffix
# Eg. for file "google-chrome-my-profile.desktop
# the <app-exec-name> must be "google-chrome-my-profile"
CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_DESKTOP_EXEC_MAP="
account1@google.com:google-chrome-profile1
account2@example.net:google-chrome-profile2
account3@whatever.org:google-chrome-profile3
"
if [[ $CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL ]]; then
DESKTOP_EXEC=$(echo "$CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL_DESKTOP_EXEC_MAP" | grep "$CLOUD_ACCOUNT_EMAIL" | cut -d ":" -f2)
fi
if [[ -z $DESKTOP_EXEC ]]; then
DESKTOP_EXEC=$DEFAULT_DESKTOP_EXEC
fi
echo "gtk-launch $DESKTOP_EXEC $CLOUD_URL"
gtk-launch $DESKTOP_EXEC "$CLOUD_URL"
