#!/usr/bin/bash

echo '{"version":1}' # ig??
echo '['
echo '[]'

i3status | while :
do
    # following text is certainly code
    read line
    muted=""
    color="#000000"

    if [[ $(pactl get-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ | rg "yes") ]];
    then
        color="#ff0000"
        muted=" MUTED "
    fi

    line=",[{\"full_text\":\"$muted\",\"background\":\"#ff0000\"},{\"full_text\":\"$line\",\"background\":\"$color\"}]"
    echo "$line" || exit 1
done