Takes a list of search terms as arguments, searches the Magic The Gathering database for an image related to each search term and downloads them.

mtgCardScraper.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Usage:   ./mtgCardScraper.sh [search terms]
# Example: ./mtgCardScraper.sh "zombie" "angel"
#          Searching for zombie..
#          Grabbed Zombie Apocalypse.jpg
#          Searching for angel..
#          Grabbed Angel of Despair.jpg

# Please use responsibly.

for _arg in "$@"; do
    _searchquery="${_arg// /+}"
    echo "Searching for ${_searchquery}.."
    _searchresults=`curl -q --request GET "http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/InlineCardSearch.ashx?nameFragment=${_searchquery}"`
    _cardname=`echo "${_searchresults}" | grep -Po '(?<="Name":")[^"]*' | head -1`
    _cardid=`echo "${_searchresults}" | grep -Po '(?<="ID":")[^"]*' | head -1`
    wget -q "http://gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=${_cardid}&type=card" -O "/tmp/temp.jpg"
    rm "/tmp/temp.jpg"
    echo "Grabbed ${_cardname}.jpg"
done