send multiple albums in one message

webhook

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-# Settings
 # Discord Webhook URL (e.g. https://discord.com/api/webhooks/WEBHOOK_ID/TOKEN)
 discord_url=""
 # Message content (e.g. :newspaper: @everyone A new album has been added!"
@@ -10,29 +8,25 @@ embed_color=""
 # latestalbum path (for cron job, e.g. /home/amolinae/.local/bin/latestalbum)
 lapath=""
 
-generate_post_data() {
-  cat <<EOF
-{
-  "content": "$message",
-  "embeds": [{
-    "title": "$albumtitle",
-    "description": "$albumurl",
-    "color": "$embed_color",
-    "thumbnail": {
-      "url": "$albumcover"
-    }
-  }]
-}
-EOF
-}
-
 data="$($lapath)"
-
 if [ -z "$data" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-echo "$data" | paste -d '\t' - - - | while IFS=$'\t' read -r albumtitle albumurl albumcover; do
-  payload=$(generate_post_data "$albumtitle" "$albumurl" "$albumcover")
-  curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "$payload" "$discord_url"
-done
+payload=$(echo "$data" | paste -d '\t' - - - | head -n10 | jq -Rn --arg msg "$message" --argjson color "$embed_color" '
+  {
+    content: $msg,
+    embeds: [
+      inputs
+      | split("\t")
+      | {
+          title: .[0],
+          description: .[1],
+          color: $color,
+          thumbnail: { url: .[2] }
+        }
+    ]
+  }
+')
+
+curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST -d "$payload" "$discord_url"