TV show cover downloader | Uses thetvdb.com's api | Run ./getcovers.sh in your TV show root folder

getcovers.sh

#!/bin/bash

apikey="APIKEY HERE"
folderlist=`ls -d -- */`

while read p
  do
    echo "$p"
    url=`python /media/audvid/sorted/Videos/TV/getposterurl.py $apikey $p`
    cd "$p"
    wget $url -O cover.jpg
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]
      then echo "$p" >> errorlist
    fi
    cd ..
  done < $folderlist

getposterurl.py

#!/usr/bin/env python2
# TV show cover downloader, by blha303 <[email protected]>
# Released under the BSD license
# Called with 'python getposterurl.py <APIKEY> <SEARCH>...
# Example: python getposterurl.py <APIKEY> Game of Thrones
# returns http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/121361-3.jpg

import xmltodict
from urllib2 import urlopen
from sys import argv

apikey = argv[1]
name = "%20".join(argv[2:])
name = name.replace("/", "")
apiurl = "http://thetvdb.com/api/%s/" % apikey
searchurl = "http://thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php?seriesname=%s" % name
seriesurl = apiurl + "series/%s"
bannerurl = "http://thetvdb.com/banners/"

searchpage = xmltodict.parse(urlopen(searchurl).read())
if name == "FM":
  try:
    seriesid = searchpage["Data"]["Series"][1]["seriesid"]
  except KeyError:
    seriesid = searchpage["Data"]["Series"]["seriesid"]
else:
  try:
    seriesid = searchpage["Data"]["Series"][0]["seriesid"]
  except KeyError:
    seriesid = searchpage["Data"]["Series"]["seriesid"]

seriespage = xmltodict.parse(urlopen(seriesurl % seriesid).read())
print bannerurl + seriespage["Data"]["Series"]["poster"]