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Fix issue #16

06 Oct 03:33
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This fixes a small bug that prevented the label from being displayed on the newest print cover image the first time the program was run after a new print cover becomes available.

Ready for prime time.

06 Oct 02:07
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I know version 1.0.0 is awfully suspect and unusual to find these days, but this project does everything I intended from the beginning, and more. I won't pretend to have only revealed the tip of the iceberg. What you see is what you get. No frills Economist print cover capturing. Enjoy!

Everything works!

21 Sep 23:55
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This program was originally written as a Perl script. A week later, The Economist Web site was majorly updated and the pages have to be interpreted in a javascript/browser environment. This project is a port which now does everything the original Perl script did:

  • download cover images for every issue available since 1997
  • for each issue, download thumbnail, medium, and large image
  • for each year, download and cache the Web page listing available issues
  • for the current year, expire the cached page after 24 hours
  • generate 3 HTML files that show the thumbnail images for every issue

fetch index page for current year

10 Sep 18:04
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Pre-release

fetch index page for current year and display thumbnail image url for each edition

fetch index page for current year
for each edition in index page do
    display thumbnail image url
done