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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+use LWP::UserAgent;
+use Getopt::Long;
+
+sub get
+{
+ my($uri, $ua, $res);
+ ($uri) = @_;
+
+ $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
+ $ua->agent("ANNData/0.1");
+
+ $res = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new("GET", "$uri"));
+
+ die "could not fetch $uri\n" unless $res->is_success;
+ return $res->content;
+}
+
+sub getlist
+{
+ my($name, $il, $html, @ret);
+ ($name) = @_;
+
+ $il = uc(($name =~ /^(.)/)[0]);
+ $il = "9" if (!($il =~ /[A-Z]/));
+ $html = get "http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?list=$il";
+
+ # The only way to recognize entries that seems sure is to look
+ # after the "HOVERLINE" class.
+
+ push @ret, $1 while $html =~ /<A\s.*CLASS=HOVERLINE\s.*>.*<FONT.*>([^<>]*$name[^<>]*)<\/FONT/ig;
+
+ return(@ret);
+}
+
+sub getid
+{
+ my($name, $il, $html, $url);
+ ($name) = @_;
+
+ $il = uc(($name =~ /^(.)/)[0]);
+ $il = "9" if (!($il =~ /[A-Z]/));
+ $html = get "http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?list=$il";
+
+ # The only way to recognize entries that seems sure is to look
+ # after the "HOVERLINE" class.
+
+ (($url) = ($html =~ /<A\s.*CLASS=HOVERLINE\s.*HREF=\"([^\"]+)\".*$name/i)) || return;
+
+ return((($url =~ /\?id=(\d+)$/)[0]));
+}
+
+sub getnamefromid
+{
+ my($id, $html);
+ ($id) = @_;
+
+ $html = get "http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=$id";
+
+ return(($html =~ /\<TITLE\>Anime News Network - ([^<]*)<\/TITLE>/)[0]);
+}
+
+GetOptions(\%options, ("l"));
+
+if($options{"l"}) {
+ @list = getlist $ARGV[0];
+ foreach $name (@list) {
+ print "$name\n";
+ }
+ exit 0;
+}
+
+unless($test = getid $ARGV[0]) {
+ printf STDERR "could not find $ARGV[0]\n";
+ exit 1;
+}
+
+print getnamefromid($test) . "\n";
+