xkcd.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
#
require 'json'
require 'open-uri'
require 'pry'

nonstandard_url = "http://xkcd.com/info.0.json"
start_url = "http://xkcd.com/1/info.0.json"
end_url = "http://xkcd.com/1243/info.0.json"

starting_integer = 1
ending_integer = 12 # 1243

sequential_urls = starting_integer.upto(ending_integer).map do |i|
  "http://xkcd.com/#{i}/info.0.json"
end

urls = [nonstandard_url, sequential_urls].flatten
content = urls.map do |url|
  JSON.parse open(url).read
end

require'pry';binding.pry