From 001c361290211fbd35a9a12ca04d7e35fba62477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: missytake <missytake@systemli.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 08:01:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] remove --first and --begin, just giving the URL where you
 want to start is way easier

---
 main.py | 54 +++++++++++++++---------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index b4a3069..397bffc 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ def fetch_page(
     domain: str,
     i: int,
     url: str,
-    download: bool,
     img_tag: {str,str},
     out_dir: Path,
     next_tag: {str,str},
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ def fetch_page(
     :param domain: the comic's domain
     :param i: which page of the comic this is
     :param url: the URL of the page
-    :param download: whether to download the comic
     :param img_tag: the html attribute and its content of the <img> tag where the comic is located
     :param out_dir: the directory the comic is saved to
     :param next_tag: the html attribute and its content of the "next" button
@@ -31,20 +29,19 @@ def fetch_page(
     page = requests.get(url)
     soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, "html.parser")
 
-    if download:
-        img_url = soup.find("img", **img_tag).get("src")
-        if not img_url.startswith("https://"):
-            img_url = domain + img_url
-        comic = requests.get(img_url)
-        filename = out_dir / f"{i:05d}-{url.split('/')[-1]}.{img_url.split('.')[-1]}"
+    img_url = soup.find("img", **img_tag).get("src")
+    if not img_url.startswith("https://"):
+        img_url = domain + img_url
+    comic = requests.get(img_url)
+    filename = out_dir / f"{i:05d}-{url.split('/')[-1]}.{img_url.split('.')[-1]}"
 
-        try:
-            output_file = open(filename, "wb")
-        except FileNotFoundError:
-            os.mkdir(out_dir)
-            output_file = open(filename, "wb")
-        output_file.write(comic.content)
-        output_file.close()
+    try:
+        output_file = open(filename, "wb")
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        os.mkdir(out_dir)
+        output_file = open(filename, "wb")
+    output_file.write(comic.content)
+    output_file.close()
 
     return soup.find("a", **next_tag).get("href")
 
@@ -69,24 +66,12 @@ def fetch_comic(args):
         img_split = args.img.split("::")
         img_tag = {img_split[0]: img_split[1]}
 
-    if args.first:
-        first_url = soup.find("a", rel=args.first).get("href")
-        if not first_url.startswith("https://"):
-            first_url = args.domain + first_url
-        page = requests.get(first_url)
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, "html.parser")
-
-    try:
-        next_url = soup.find("a", **next_tag).get("href")
-    except AttributeError:
-        print(soup.find("a"))
-    i = 1
+    next_url = args.domain
+    i = 0
     while i < args.end:
-        begin = args.begin if args.begin else 1
-        download = False if i < begin else True
         print(f"Fetching: {next_url}")
         next_url = fetch_page(
-            args.domain, i, next_url, download, img_tag, out_dir, next_tag
+            args.domain, i, next_url, img_tag, out_dir, next_tag
         )
         if not next_url:
             break  # end reached
@@ -107,9 +92,6 @@ def cli():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--img", default=None, help="a unique html_attribute::content of the comic's img element"
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--first", default=None, help="html 'rel' tag of the 'first comic' button"
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--next", default=None, help="html attribute and content of the 'next comic' button"
     )
@@ -117,12 +99,6 @@ def cli():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--limit", default=None, help="Maximum of images to download", type=int
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--begin",
-        default=None,
-        help="At which page to start with downloading",
-        type=int,
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--end",
         default=99999,