def __url_to_seriesref(url_s):
'''
Converts a ComicVine URL into a SeriesRef. The URL has to contain
a magic number of the form 4050-XXXXXXXX (a series) or 4000-XXXXXXXX
(an issue.) If the given URL has a usable magic number, use it to query
the db and construct a SeriesRef for the series associated with that
number. Returns none if the url couldn't be converted, for any reason.
'''
series_ref = None
# 1. try interpreting the url as a comicvine issue (i.e. 4000-XXXXXXXX)
if not series_ref:
url_s = url_s.strip()
pattern=r"^.*?\b(4000)-(?<num>\d{2,})\b.*$"
match = re.match(pattern, url_s, re.I)
if match:
issueid_s = match.group("num")
try:
dom = cvconnection._query_issue_details_dom( __api_key, issueid_s)
num_results_n = int(dom.number_of_total_results)
if num_results_n == 1:
# convert url into the series id for this issue
url_s = "4050-"+dom.results.volume.id
except:
pass # happens when the user enters an non-existent key
# 2. now try interpreting the url as a comicvine series (4050-XXXXXX)
if not series_ref:
url_s = url_s.strip()
pattern=r"^.*?\b(49|4050)-(?<num>\d{2,})\b.*$"
match = re.match(pattern, url_s, re.I)
if match:
seriesid_s = match.group("num")
try:
dom = cvconnection._query_series_details_dom(__api_key, seriesid_s)
num_results_n = int(dom.number_of_total_results)
if num_results_n == 1:
series_ref = __volume_to_seriesref(dom.results)
except:
pass # happens when the user enters an non-existent key
return series_ref
def _query_issue(issue_ref, slow_data):
""" ComicVine implementation of the identically named method in the db.py """
# interesting: can we implement a cache here? could speed things up...
issue = Issue(issue_ref)
dom = cvconnection._query_issue_details_dom(__api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
__issue_parse_simple_stuff(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_series_details(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_story_credits(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_summary(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_roles(issue, dom)
if slow_data:
# grab extra cover images and a community rating score
page = cvconnection._query_issue_details_page(__api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
__issue_scrape_extra_details(issue, page)
return issue
def _query_issue(issue_ref, slow_data):
''' ComicVine implementation of the identically named method in the db.py '''
del slow_data; # unused
# interesting: can we implement a cache here? could speed things up...
issue = Issue(issue_ref)
dom = cvconnection._query_issue_details_dom(
__api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
__issue_parse_simple_stuff(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_series_details(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_story_credits(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_summary(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_roles(issue, dom)
# the commented code below once scraped additional cover images and
# the community rating from Comic Vine directly. it did this by reading
# in the contents of an html page on the Comic Vine website, rather
# than using part of the Comic Vine API. This is against Comic
# Vine's acceptable use policy (see issue 421,
# https://github.com/cbanack/comic-vine-scraper/issues/421 )
#
# I have removed this code to address this issue, but if Comic Vine
# ever gives us the option to access additional cover art or community
# ratings directly, the code below could be rewritten to get those details
# again, and then the features that rely on it will start using that data
# and working as they used to (the features affected are: scraping
# community rating, auto-identification of comic series, and searching
# for additional covers for a particular issue.)
#if slow_data:
# grab extra cover images and a community rating score
# page = cvconnection._query_issue_details_page(
# __api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
# __issue_scrape_extra_details( issue, page )
return issue
def _query_issue(issue_ref, slow_data):
''' ComicVine implementation of the identically named method in the db.py '''
del slow_data; # unused
# interesting: can we implement a cache here? could speed things up...
issue = Issue(issue_ref)
dom = cvconnection._query_issue_details_dom(
__api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
__issue_parse_simple_stuff(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_series_details(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_story_credits(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_summary(issue, dom)
__issue_parse_roles(issue, dom)
# the commented code below once scraped additional cover images and
# the community rating from Comic Vine directly. it did this by reading
# in the contents of an html page on the Comic Vine website, rather
# than using part of the Comic Vine API. This is against Comic
# Vine's acceptable use policy (see issue 421,
# https://github.com/cbanack/comic-vine-scraper/issues/421 )
#
# I have removed this code to address this issue, but if Comic Vine
# ever gives us the option to access additional cover art or community
# ratings directly, the code below could be rewritten to get those details
# again, and then the features that rely on it will start using that data
# and working as they used to (the features affected are: scraping
# community rating, auto-identification of comic series, and searching
# for additional covers for a particular issue.)
#if slow_data:
# grab extra cover images and a community rating score
# page = cvconnection._query_issue_details_page(
# __api_key, sstr(issue_ref.issue_key))
# __issue_scrape_extra_details( issue, page )
return issue
