#!/usr/bin/perl # # Simple program to fetch daily comic strips. # # Copyright (c) 2006 Marcus Libäck <marcus@terminal.se> # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions # are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the # documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products # derived from this software without specific prior written permission. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES # OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. # IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, # INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT # NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, # DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY # THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT # (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF # THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # use LWP::Simple; use POSIX qw(strftime); $comic = "foxtrot"; # Name of comic strip. $url = "http://www.foxtrot.com/"; # Url of the html-code. $pattern = "(http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/.*(.gif|.jpg|.png))"; # Search pattern to exract file name. $local_path = "/home/phuse/www/images/comics/".$comic."/"; # Where to save the fetched file. $date = (strftime "%y%m%d", localtime); # Today's date... # Determine the path of the strip. if (get ($url) =~ /$pattern/) { $image = $&; } else { die ("Unable to determine name of image"); } # Determine the file type if ($image =~ /(\.gif|\.jpg|\.png)/) { $type = $&; } else { die ("Unable to determine file type"); } # Fetch the image and save to file. open (FILE, '>', $local_path.$comic.$date.$type) or die $!; print FILE get ($image); close (FILE);