global for verbose

main.go

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+var verbose bool
+
 // Push represents a message sent to the Pushover api
 type Push struct {
 	Token     string    `json:"token"`
@@ -36,8 +38,8 @@ type PushResponse struct {
 	Errors  []string `json:"errors,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func msg(msg interface{}, quiet *bool) {
-	if !*quiet {
+func msg(msg interface{}) {
+	if verbose {
 		fmt.Println(msg)
 	}
 }
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 	var url = flag.String("url", "", "url to send")
 	var priority = flag.Int("pri", 0, "priority of message")
 	var sound = flag.String("sound", "pushover", "sound")
-	var verbose = flag.Bool("v", false, "verbose")
+	flag.BoolVar(&verbose, "v", false, "verbose")
 
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -77,13 +79,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if err := json.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(push); err != nil {
-		msg(err, verbose)
+		msg(err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
 	req, err = http.NewRequest("POST", pushURL, buf)
 	if err != nil {
-		msg(fmt.Sprintf("can't POST: %s\n", err), verbose)
+		msg(fmt.Sprintf("can't POST: %s\n", err))
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	res, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		msg(fmt.Sprintf("can't make request: %s\n", err), verbose)
+		msg(fmt.Sprintf("can't make request: %s\n", err))
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
@@ -100,14 +102,14 @@ func main() {
 	var resBody PushResponse
 	if err = json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&resBody); err != nil {
 		if err != nil {
-			msg(err, verbose)
+			msg(err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 4, ' ', 0)
 	defer w.Flush()
 	if len(resBody.Errors) > 0 {
-		if *verbose {
+		if verbose {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Errors:\t%s\n", strings.Join(resBody.Errors, ", "))
 			if resBody.User != "" {
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "User:\t%s\n", resBody.User)
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ func main() {
 		}
 		os.Exit(1)
 	} else {
-		if *verbose {
+		if verbose {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Request:\t%s\n", resBody.Request)
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "Status:\t%d\n", resBody.Status)
 		}