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Comic strip fetching upgraded

Posted: 2010-07-04 14:18, martin

Pulling stuff from the web can be a pain.
Some of you might have noticed that the strips Rocky (in black and white) and Wulffmorgenthaler was not always updated as it should. The reason for this was that the algorithm for fetching it was kind of unreliable. Also, the Wulffmorgenthaler site served images with totally crazy filenames containing Danish characters and whitespaces all over the place, which made it even harder.

Pulling stuff from the web can be a pain.

Some of you might have noticed that the strips Rocky (in black and white) and Wulffmorgenthaler was not always updated as it should. The reason for this was that the algorithm for fetching it was kind of unreliable. Also, the Wulffmorgenthaler site served images with totally crazy filenames containing Danish characters and whitespaces all over the place, which made it even harder.

So, what I've done is first, fetch the images in a more stable fashion, and secondly, convert filenames to be web safe.

There's probably more to do, but for now, it's hopefully serving you your daily comic strips with less errors than before. Aren't you happy that your favorite web developer fix other people's errors? :)