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MangaDex tools
==============
Overview
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Some useful tools to interface with MangaDex via its JSON API:
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| 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 |
| -proxy PROXY_URL |
| Set the curl HTTP/HTTPS proxy. |
| |
| -lang LANG_CODE |
| Only download chapters in this language. |
| Defaults to `en`. |
| |
| -help |
| Print this help message and exit. |
| |
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| 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 |
| -proxy PROXY_URL |
| Set the curl HTTP/HTTPS proxy. |
| |
| -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. |
| |
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| NAME |
| mdex_convert_catalog.tcl - update monitor config files for new MangaDex API |
| |
| SYNOPSIS |
| mdex_convert_catalog.tcl [OPTION]... CATALOG_PATH |
| |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Convert the catalog found at CATALOG_PATH along with its corresponding |
| timestamp database to work with the new MangaDex API. |
| Before that, the old versions are backuped to .old suffixed files. |
| |
| OPTIONS |
| -proxy PROXY_URL |
| Set the curl HTTP/HTTPS proxy. |
| |
| -help |
| Print this help message and exit. |
| |
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Examples
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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
Dependencies
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* Tcl 8.6
* tcllib (json module)
* curl >= 7.67.0
* tdom (mdex_monitor.tcl only)