comics

GoComics API wrapper

Installation

pip install comics

Quick start

Find and download the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip published on January 2, 1990:

import comics

ch = comics.search("calvinandhobbes").date("January 2, 1990")
ch.download("calvinandhobbes.png")

Find comics

Available comics can be found using the directory class:

import comics

# List available comics - total of 470
comics.directory.listall()
# >>> ("1-and-done", "9-chickweed-lane-classics", "9chickweedlane", "9to5", ... )

# Find endpoints for Calvin and Hobbes
comics.directory.search("Calvin and Hobbes")
# >>> ("calvinandhobbes", "calvinandhobbesenespanol")

First, pass the desired endpoint to comics.search. For example, to search for Calvin and Hobbes comics in english use comics.search("calvinandhobbes"); for spanish, use comics.search("calvinandhobbesenespanol").

Search and download comics

Then, search for a comic strip using the date or random_date method:

import comics

# Get a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by date
ch = comics.search("calvinandhobbes").date("2013-05-13")  # Also accepts datetime object

# Get a random Calvin and Hobbes comic strip
random_ch = comics.search("calvinandhobbes").random_date()

Finally, show, download, or stream the comic strip:

# Show comic strip - opens in Jupyter notebook or default image viewer application
ch.show()

# Download comic strip - defaults to {endpoint}.png if an export path is not provided
# E.g., a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip will be exported as "calvinandhobbes.png" in the current working directory
ch.download()

# Stream comic strip - useful if custom image content manipulation is desired
ch.stream()

Attributes

An instantiated search class will have the following public attributes:

import comics

garfield = comics.search("garfield")
garfield.endpoint
# >>> "garfield"
garfield.title
# >>> "Garfield"
garfield.start_date
# >>> "1978-06-19"

An instantiated search class with date or random_date will have the following public attributes:

import comics

garfield = comics.search("garfield").date("08/20/2000")
garfield.endpoint
# >>> "garfield"
garfield.title
# >>> "Garfield"
garfield.date
# >>> "2000-08-20"
garfield.url
# >>> "https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2000/08/20"
garfield.image_url
# >>> "https://assets.amuniversal.com/6694c52099bd01365606005056a9545d"

Exceptions

An exception will be thrown if the queried date is unregistered or before the comic's origin date:

import comics
from comics.exceptions import InvalidDateError

try:
    peanuts = comics.search("peanuts").date("1900-01-01")
    peanuts.download()
except InvalidDateError:
    print("Whoops, an invalid date was queried.")

An exception will be thrown if the queried endpoint is unregistered:

import comics
from comics.exceptions import InvalidEndpointError

try:
    invalid_comic = comics.search("invalid_endpoint").date("2000-01-01")
    invalid_comic.download()
except InvalidEndpointError:
    print("Whoops, an invalid endpoint was queried.")

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT license.