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| require 'mechanize' | |
| require 'open-uri' | |
| a = Mechanize.new | |
| (1..20).each do |i| | |
| page = a.get("http://xkcd.com/#{i}/") | |
| leading_zeros = "%04d" % i | |
| if page.parser.css('#comic') | |
| image_url = page.parser.css('#comic').children[1].first[1].to_s | |
| a.get( a.get(image_url) ).save_as "#{leading_zeros}-#{a.get(image_url).filename}" | |
| end | |
| end |
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