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Remove superfluous proxy options, the environment variables should be externally
Remove the old format converter, it's
Two utilities to interface with MangaDex via its JSON API, one to download
stuff at once, the other to incrementally mirror series (via cron).
Download all the english chapters of Grappler Baki:
$ mdex_dl.tcl https://mangadex.org/title/ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f
Idem but only the chapters 11 and 12:
$ mdex_dl.tcl https://mangadex.org/title/ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f 11 12
or using chapter URLs:
$ mdex_dl.tcl https://mangadex.org/chapter/b0bf931e-da4f-4bdc-b03e-70d4eff3c323 \
https://mangadex.org/chapter/39978fce-46c5-4b62-8130-00356573a619
Download the covers for volume 1, 2 and 3:
$ mdex_dl.tcl https://mangadex.org/title/ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f covers 1 2 3
Monitoring example with two mangas already monitored (and a new online chapter for the first one) and another being added:
$ ls -1F manga_dir/
Baki Dou (2018)_ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f.xml
Baki the Grappler_5e9a2a3e-f992-4af4-a887-cd130460c9e5.xml
catalog.tcllist
timestamps.tcldict
$ cat manga_dir/catalog.tcllist
5e9a2a3e-f992-4af4-a887-cd130460c9e5 # Baki Dou (2018)
{ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f
autodl 1
title "Baki the Grappler"
group "TheSpinyBackTeam"
}
$ echo '{f1c716b5-e82f-4625-a646-280cfa66abad title "City Hunter"}' >>manga_dir/catalog.tcllist
$ mdex_monitor.tcl -autodl manga_dir/catalog.tcllist
[1/3] Processing manga 5e9a2a3e-f992-4af4-a887-cd130460c9e5...
Downloading manga feed JSON...
[1/1] Downloading Baki Dou (2018) - c093 [TheSpinyBackTeam]...
Downloading @Home server URL JSON...
<...curl output...>
[2/3] Processing manga ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f...
Downloading manga feed JSON...
No new chapters
[3/3] Processing manga f1c716b5-e82f-4625-a646-280cfa66abad...
Downloading manga feed JSON...
New catalog item, monitoring chapter updates from now on
$ ls -1F manga_dir/
Baki Dou (2018) - c093 [TheSpinyBackTeam]/
Baki Dou (2018)_ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f.xml
Baki the Grappler_5e9a2a3e-f992-4af4-a887-cd130460c9e5.xml
City Hunter_ea3122bb-0c28-4669-8686-d6df1274512f.xml
catalog.tcllist
timestamps.tcldict
Idem using a single feed:
...
$ mdex_monitor.tcl -single-feed -auto-dl manga_dir/catalog.tcllist
...
$ ls -1F manga_dir/
Baki Dou (2018) - c093 [TheSpinyBackTeam]/
catalog.tcllist
mangadex.xml
timestamps.tcldict
NAME
mdex_dl.tcl - download MangaDex chapters
SYNOPSIS
mdex_dl.tcl [OPTION]... MANGA_URL|MANGA_ID [CHAPTER_NUM...]
mdex_dl.tcl [OPTION]... CHAPTER_URL...
mdex_dl.tcl [OPTION]... MANGA_URL|MANGA_ID covers [VOLUME_NUM...]
DESCRIPTION
Download each of the specified items (chapters or covers).
If no item number list is specified, download all of them.
OPTIONS
-lang LANG_CODE
Only download chapters in this language.
Defaults to `en`.
-help
Print this help message and exit.
NAME
mdex_monitor.tcl - monitor MangaDex manga updates
SYNOPSIS
mdex_monitor.tcl [OPTION]... CATALOG
DESCRIPTION
Read mangas to monitor from CATALOG, a file using the following syntax:
CATALOG = ITEM ITEM...
ITEM = MANGA_ID | "{" MANGA_ID OPTION VALUE OPTION VALUE... "}"
Everything from a "#" to the end of line is a comment.
Since this is actually a literal Tcl list, all the spaces used in these
syntax rules are runs of one or more whitespace characters ([[:space:]]+ in
POSIX EREs).
The following item OPTIONs are available:
autodl
If VALUE is 1, new chapters for this manga are downloaded to the
directory specified via the -autodl-dir option. If the global
-autodl option is set, using a value of 0 disables it.
group
Only download chapters having VALUE matching one of their group
names.
title
Use VALUE as title instead of the MangaDex provided one.
For each item:
Query MangaDex for the item's chapter list.
If this is the first run since it was added to CATALOG, nothing is done
except for the creation of its (empty) Atom feed.
Else, if there are new chapters since the last run, the Atom feed is
updated and those chapters are downloaded if autodl is currently
enabled.
A database holding the last chapter timestamp for each item is maintained
next to CATALOG.
OPTIONS
-lang LANG_CODE
Only monitor new chapters in this language.
Defaults to "en".
-autodl
Set the "autodl" option for every catalog item.
-autodl-dir DIRECTORY
Where to auto download new chapters.
Defaults to the same directory as CATALOG.
-feed-dir DIRECTORY
Where to store the chapter update feeds.
Defaults to the same directory as CATALOG.
-single-feed
Produce a single feed instead of one per manga.
-help
Print this help message and exit.
mdex_monitor.tcl only)curl >= 7.67.0