xkcd.py

# Script to get all xkcd comic pics

import urllib2
tits={}

def zeropad(i):
    plen=3-len(str(i))
    pstr=''
    j=0
    while(j<plen):
        pstr=pstr+'0'
        j+=1
    return pstr+str(i)

for i in range(274,700):
        print str(i)
        try:
            dat=urllib2.urlopen('http://xkcd.com/'+str(i)+'/').read()
        except:
            print "Couldn't get it.."
            continue
        try:
            url=dat.split("""<br/>
<br/>
<img src=\"""")[1].split('" title="')
            title=url[1].split('"')[0]
            url=url[0]
            print "    "+url+"  :  "+title
            tits[zeropad(i)]=title
            f=open('/home/shashi/xkcd/'+zeropad(i)+'-'+
            url.replace('http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/',''),"w")
        except:
            print "Error parsing html"
        try:
            f.write(urllib2.urlopen(url).read())
        except:
            print "Error downloading pic."
        f.close()

f=open("xkcd.lst","w")
f.write(str(tits))
f.close()

print "Done, yo! Enjoy!"