get-gocomics

#!/bin/bash

# A quick script to snag comics from comicskingdom.com, put them on imgur, and
# format bbcode for posting them on the Something Awful Forums.

# *** YOU WILL NEED TO GET THE IMGUR UPLOAD SCRIPT FROM https://github.com/tremby/imgur.sh
# AND PUT IT IN THE SAME DIRECTORY ***

# Today's date:
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d`
# To give a specific date other than today, customize and un-comment this line:
#DATE='2022-01-01'

# List the comics you want below.  The name must be *exactly* as it appears
# in the comicskingdom URL!
for COMICNAME in pros-cons blondie hagar-the-horrible; do

    RAWOUTPUT=`wget -q -O - "https://www.comicskingdom.com/${COMICNAME}/${DATE}"`
    FILENAME=`echo "$RAWOUTPUT" | grep og:image | awk -F '"' '{print $4}'`
    wget -q -O "${DATE}-${COMICNAME}.gif" "$FILENAME"
    DISPLAYNAME=`echo "$RAWOUTPUT" | grep og:title | awk -F '"' '{print $4}' | sed "s/&/\&/g" | sed "s/'/'/g" | sed "s/'/'/g"`
    echo "[b]${DISPLAYNAME}[/b]"
    ./imgur.sh "${DATE}-${COMICNAME}.gif" 2>/dev/null | awk '{printf("[img]%s[/img]\n",$0)}'
    echo

done