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February 25, 2016 19:36
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Simple Go program to download xkcd images to local disk
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package main | |
import ( | |
"fmt" | |
"net/http" | |
"encoding/json" | |
"strconv" | |
"os" | |
"log" | |
"io" | |
) | |
var ComicURL string = "http://xkcd.com/" | |
type Comic struct { | |
Year string `json:"year"` | |
SafeTitle string `json:"safe_title"` | |
Transcript string `json:"transcript"` | |
Image string `json:"img"` | |
} | |
func main() { | |
for i:=1; i < 50; i++ { | |
result, err := GetComic(ComicURL + strconv.Itoa(i) + "/info.0.json") | |
if err != nil { | |
fmt.Errorf("Error %v", err) | |
} | |
extension := result.Image[len(result.Image)-4 : ] | |
img, err := os.Create("./xkcd/" + result.SafeTitle + extension) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatal(err) | |
} | |
resp, err := http.Get(result.Image) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatal(err) | |
} | |
defer resp.Body.Close() | |
_, err = io.Copy(img,resp.Body) | |
if err != nil { | |
log.Fatal(err) | |
} | |
defer img.Close() | |
fmt.Printf("URL : %s\n", result.Image) | |
} | |
} | |
func GetComic(url string)(*Comic, error) { | |
resp, err := http.Get(url) | |
if err != nil { | |
defer resp.Body.Close() | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK { | |
fmt.Println("ERROR") | |
defer resp.Body.Close() | |
fmt.Errorf("Error trying to access the provided URL: %s", resp.Status) | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
var comicBlock Comic | |
result := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&comicBlock) | |
if result != nil { | |
defer resp.Body.Close() | |
return nil, err | |
} | |
defer resp.Body.Close() | |
return &comicBlock, nil | |
} |
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