Search strings in any 4chan post. - Only views 1 thread per second to abide by the 4chan API rules (Plus a second to load the page) - Got rid of this. Bored of waiting... - Will error at the end of a search - Fixed. I forgot that threads 404. - Doesn't search thread titles - Debugging is still in there, so be prepared for a lot of output - It su…

4chansearch.py

"""Inspired by /g/sicp's bot's threadsearching module
https://github.com/gentoomen/bhottu/blob/master/modules/threadsearch.py
irc.rizon.net #/g/sicp
 
Search intensity added by Taiiwo - github.com/Taiiwo

Usage: python 4chansearch.py "1" 2 3/4
1: String to search for
2: Board letter
3: all: Search every reply to every thread on the board
4: onlyop: Search only the OP.
Example: python 4chansearch.py "ARG" x all
"""
import urllib2, json, time, sys
def search_replies(string, board, *args): # Search text in the replies of threads   
    results = []
    rawjson = urllib2.urlopen('http://api.4chan.org/' + board + '/catalog.json').read()
    time.sleep(1)
    parsedjson = json.loads(rawjson)
    count = 0
    pagecount = 0
    retme = []
    for page in parsedjson:
        print 'Searching page ' + str(count)
        count += 1
        threadcount = 0
        for thread in page['threads']:
            if 'args' in locals():
                if args[0] != 'onlyop':
                    print 'On thread ' + str(threadcount)
                    threadcount += 1
                    #get thread number
                    num = thread['no']
                    try:
                        rawreplies = urllib2.urlopen('http://api.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(num) + '.json').read()
                    except:
                        print "Thread 404'd"
                        break
                    time.sleep(0.0001)
                    parsedreplies = json.loads(rawreplies)
                    for post in parsedreplies['posts']:
                        if 'com' in post and string in post['com']: # (Thinking of checking post['name']
                            if num == post['no']:
                                retme.append('http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(num))
                                print 'http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(num)
                            else:
                                retme.append('http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(num) + '#p' + str(post['no']))
                                print 'http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(num) + '#p' + str(post['no'])
                else:
                    #print pagecount
                    pagecount += 1
                    if 'com' in thread:
                        if string in thread['com']:
                            retme.append('http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(thread['no']))
                            print 'http://boards.4chan.org/' + board + '/res/' + str(thread['no'])
    return retme
def main():
    for i in search_replies(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3]):
        print i
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()