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cdb-crawlr
Ruby gem and command-line tool for querying ComicBookDB.com
Installation
https://rubygems.org/gems/cdb-crawlr
gem install cdb-crawlr
Examples
Series Search:
irb > CDB::Series.search('Walking Dead')
=> [<struct CDB::Series cdb_id=457, name="The Walking Dead", publisher="Image Comics", start_date="2003">,
<struct CDB::Series cdb_id=21275, name="Dead Man Walking", publisher="Boneyard Press", start_date="1992">,
<struct CDB::Series ...]bash$ cdb search series Walking Dead
{ "cdb_id": 457, "name": "The Walking Dead", "publisher": "Image Comics", "start_date": "2003" }
{ "cdb_id": 21275, "name": "Dead Man Walking", "publisher": "Boneyard Press", "start_date": "1992" }
...
Series Display:
irb > CDB::Series.show(457) # cdb_id from search
=> <struct CDB::Series
cdb_id=457,
name="The Walking Dead",
publisher="Image Comics",
imprint="Skybound Entertainment",
start_date="October 2003",
end_date="Ongoing",
issues=
[<struct CDB::Issue
cdb_id=257301,
num="102",
name="Something to Fear Part Six",
story_arc="Something to Fear",
cover_date="September 2012">,
<struct CDB::Issue ...],
country="United States",
language="English">bash$ cdb show series 457
{
"cdb_id": 457,
"name": "The Walking Dead",
"publisher": "Image Comics",
"imprint": "Skybound Entertainment",
"start_date": "October 2003",
"end_date": "Ongoing",
"issues": [
{
"cdb_id": 257301,
"num": "102",
"name": "Something to Fear Part Six",
"story_arc": "Something to Fear",
"cover_date": "September 2012"
}, ...
],
"country": "United States",
"language": "English"
}
Issue Search:
irb > CDB::Issue.search('Deadpool')
=> [<struct CDB::Issue cdb_id=14581, series="Wolverine (1988)", num="88", name="It's D-D-Deadpool, Folks!">,
<struct CDB::Issue cdb_id=60919, series="Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)", num="TPB vol. 16", name="Deadpool">,
<struct CDB::Issue ...]bash$ cdb search issue Deadpool
{ "cdb_id": 14581, "series": "Wolverine (1988)", "num": "88", "name": "It's D-D-Deadpool, Folks!" }
{ "cdb_id": 60919, "series": "Ultimate Spider-Man (2000)", "num": "TPB vol. 16", "name": "Deadpool" }
...