oots-get

This is a simple Python script to maintain a local archive of the web comic 'The Order of the Stick', though can probably be modified reasonably easily for others if required.

This is a work in progress although base functionality is working perfectly.

Primarily an exercise in using 'Beautiful Soup' with a live target. Also I love this comic and when I originally wrote it I often spent a lot of time without any internet.

This is a rewrite from scratch of my original Ruby script of the same name.

Usage

Install

Using pipx to install globally (recommended) :

pipx install oots-get

Or use pip:

pip install oots-get

Quick start

Run the script :

oots-get

This will parse the OOTS website, then download any missing comics. These comics will be stored in the comics/oots subdirectory of the users home directory by default though this will be changable shortly via settings file.

This package has been tested to work under both Linux and Windows 10.

Configuration File

To be added.

Command line switches

• --only-new ( short form: -n) : only check for new up to the last comic already downloaded, this speeds up operation.

To-Do

see the TODO.md file.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

I'll add a proper CONTRIBUTING.md file soon.

Copyright

(C) Grant Ramsay (grant@gnramsay.com) 2021-2024.