HTTP::GetImages - Spider to recover and store images from web pages.


HTTP-GetImages documentation Contained in the HTTP-GetImages distribution.

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NAME

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HTTP::GetImages - Spider to recover and store images from web pages.

SYNOPSIS

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	use HTTP::GetImages;

	$_ = new HTTP::GetImages (
		dir  => '.',
		todo => ['http://www.google.com/',],
		dont => ['http://www.somewhere/ignorethis.html','http://and.this.html'],
		chat => 1,
	);

	$_->print_imgs;
	$_->print_done;
	$_->print_failed;
	$_->print_ignored;

	my $hash = $_->imgs_as_hash;
	foreach (keys %{$hash}){
		warn "$_ = ",$hash->{$_},"\n";
	}

	exit;

DESCRIPTION

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This module allow syou to automate the searching, recovery and local storage of images from the web, including those linked by anchor (A), mage (IMG) and image map (AREA) elements.

Supply a URI or list of URIs to process, and HTTP::GetImages will recurse over every link it finds, searching for images.

By supplying a list of URIs, you can restrict the search to certain webservers and directories, or exclude it from certain webservers and directories.

You can also decide to reject images that are too small or too large.

DEPENDENCIES

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	LWP::UserAgent;
	HTTP::Request;
	HTML::TokeParser;

PACKAGE GLOBAL VARIABLE

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$CHAT

Set to above zero if you'd like a real-time report to STDERR. Defaults to off.

CONSTRUCTOR METHOD new

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Besides the class reference, accepts name=>value pairs:

max_attempts

The maximum attempts the agent should make to access the site. Default is three.

dir

the path to the directory in which to store images (no trailing oblique necessary);

rename

Default value is 0, which allows images to be saved with their original names. If set with a value of 1, images will be given new names based on the time they were saved at. If set to 2, images will be given filenames according to their source location.

todo

one or more URL to process: can be an anonymous array, array reference, or scalar.

dont

As todo, above, but URLs should be ignored.

If one of these is ALL, then will ignore all HTML documents that do not match exactly those in the todo array of URLs to process. If one of these is NONE, will ignore no documents.

ext_ok

A regular expression 'or' list of image extensions to match.

Will be applied at the end of a filename, after a point, and is insensitive to case.

Defaults to (jpg|jpeg|bmp|gif|png|xbm|xmp).

ext_bad

As ext_ok (above), but default value is:(wmv|avi|rm|mpg|asf|ram|asx|mpeg|mp3)

match_url

The minimum path a URL must contain. This can be a scalar or an array reference.

min_size.

The minimum size an image can be if it is to be saved.

max_size

The maximum size an image can be if it is to be saved.

The object has several private variables, which you can access for the results when the job is done. However, do check out the public methods for accessing these.

DONE

a hash keys of which are the original URLs of the images, value being are the local filenames.

FAILED

a hash, keys of which are the failed URLs, values being short reasons.

METHOD print_imgs

Print a list of the images saved.

METHOD imgs_as_hash

Returns a reference to a hash of images saved, where keys are new image locations, values are original locations.

METHOD print_done

Print a list of the URLs accessed and return a reference to a hash of the same.

METHOD print_failed

Print a list of the URLs failed, and reasons and return a reference to a hash of the same.

METHOD print_ignored

Print a list of the URLs ignored and return a reference to a hash of the same.

SEE ALSO

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Every thing and every one listed above under DEPENDENCIES.

REVISIONS

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Version 0.34*, updates by Lee Goddard:

Re-implemented the dont = ['ALL']> feature that got lost during the redesign of the API; agent now makes multiple attempts to get the image.

Version 0.32, updates by Lee Goddard: fixed bugs.

Version 0.31, updates by Lee Goddard: added 'max_size'.

Version 0.3, updates by Lee Goddard:

Made it a nicer API and tidied up some coding and added a couple of methods. Started to add tests.

Version 0.25, updates by Duncan Lamb and Lee Goddard:

* The character ~ in the URL would confuse the abs_url subroutine, resolving http://www.o.com/~home/page.html to http://www.o.com. It doesn't any more.
* EXTENSIONS_BAD list added.
* NEWNAMES updated.
* Frame parsing.
* Multiple minimum-paths for URLs added.

USES

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GetImages.pm is proud to be part of Duncan Lamb's HTTP::StegTest:

An example report can be found at http://64.192.146.9/ in which the library was run against several anti-American and "pro-Taliban" sites. The reports display images that changed between collections, images that tested positive for being altered by an outside program, and images which were "false positives." Over 25,000 images were tested across 10 sites.

AUTHOR

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Lee Goddard (LGoddard@CPAN.org|LGoddard@CPAN.org) 05/05/2001 16:08 ff.

With updates and fixes from Duncan Lamb (duncan_lamb@hotmail.com|duncan_lamb@hotmail.com), 12/2001.

COPYRIGHT

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HTTP-GetImages documentation Contained in the HTTP-GetImages distribution.
package HTTP::GetImages;

use vars qw /$EXTENSIONS_RE $EXTENSIONS_BAD $VERSION/;

$VERSION=0.343;

use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request;
use HTML::TokeParser;
use Carp;
use strict;
use warnings;
no strict 'refs';

my $CHAT;

# Default values to apply to $self->{ext_ok}
$EXTENSIONS_RE = '(jpg|jpeg|bmp|gif|png|xbm|xmp)';

# Default values for $self->{ext_bad}
$EXTENSIONS_BAD = '(wmv|avi|rm|mpg|asf|ram|asx|mpeg|mp3)';


sub new { my ($class) = (shift);
	warn "Making new ",__PACKAGE__ if $CHAT;
    unless (defined $class) {
    	carp "Usage: ".__PACKAGE__."->new( {key=>value} )\n";
    	return undef;
	}
	my %args;

	# Take parameters and place in object slots/set as instance variables
	if (ref $_[0] eq 'HASH'){	%args = %{$_[0]} }
	elsif (not ref $_[0]){		%args = @_ }
	else {
		carp "Usage: $class->new( { key=>values, } )";
		return undef;
	}
	my $self = bless {}, $class;

	# Slots that have default values:
	# $self->{min_size};
	# $self->{match_url}
	# $self->{dir},
	# $todo,= []
	$self->{dont} = [];
	# $MINIMGSIZE
	$self->{ext_ok} = $EXTENSIONS_RE;	# Defualt extensions to use
	$self->{ext_bad} = $EXTENSIONS_BAD; # Ditto for ignore.
	$self->{rename} = 0;
	$self->{max_attempts} = 3;

	# Set/overwrite public slots with user's values
	foreach (keys %args) {
		$self->{lc $_} = $args{$_};
		warn "$_ -> $self->{$_}\n" if $CHAT;
	}

	# Catch parameter errors
	if (not exists $self->{dir} or not defined $self->{dir}){
		croak "No 'dir' slot defined";
	}
	if (!-d $self->{dir}){
		croak "The dir to save to <$self->{dir}> could not be found or is not a directory";
	}
	if (not exists $self->{todo}){
		croak "The 'todo' slot is not defined";
	}

	# React to user slots
	if (exists $self->{chat} and defined $self->{chat}){
		$CHAT = 1;
		warn "Chat mode on";
	} else { undef $CHAT	}

	# Turn scalars into arrays for later use
	if (exists $self->{match_url} and not ref $self->{match_url}){
		$self->{match_url} = [$self->{match_url}];
	}
	if (exists $self->{todo} and not ref $self->{todo}){
		$self->{todo} = [$self->{todo}];
	}
	if (exists $self->{dont} and not ref $self->{dont}){
		$self->{dont} = [$self->{dont}];
	}
	@_ = @{$self->{todo}};
	$self->{todo} = {};
	foreach (@_){ $self->{todo}->{$_} = 1 }
	if ($self->{dont}){
		@_ = @{$self->{dont}};
		$self->{dont} = {};
		foreach (@_){ $self->{dont}->{$_} = 1 }
	}

	# Slots that are not adjustable by user:
	$self->{DONE}	= {};
	$self->{FAILED} = {};

	DOC:
	while (keys %{$self->{todo}} ){
		@_ = keys %{$self->{todo}};
		my $doc_url = shift @_;
		warn "-"x60,"\n" if $CHAT;
		my ($doc,$p);
		# If using match_url feature: ignore doc if not match start of one string
		if (exists $self->{match_url}){
			foreach (@{$self->{match_url}}){
				if ($doc_url !~ /^$_/){
					warn "URL out of scope: $doc_url $_\n" if $CHAT;
					delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
					next DOC;
				} else {
					warn "URL ok by $_\n" if $CHAT;
				}
			}
		}

		if (exists $self->{FAILED}->{$doc_url} or exists $self->{DONE}->{$doc_url}){
			warn "Already done $doc_url.\n" if $CHAT;
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}

		if (exists $self->{dont}->{$doc_url}){
			warn "In IGNORE list: $doc_url.\n" if $CHAT;
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}

		if (exists $self->{dont}->{ALL} and not $self->{todo}->{$doc_url}){
			warn "Not in TODO list: $doc_url.\n" if $CHAT;
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}

		# Not in do list, not an image, not run with IGNORE NONE option
		if (not exists $self->{todo}->{$doc_url} and $doc_url !~ m|(\.$self->{ext_ok})$|i
		and not exists $self->{dont}->{NONE}){
			warn "Not in DO list - ignoring $doc_url .\n" if $CHAT;
			$self->{dont}->{$doc_url} = "Ignoring";
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}

		unless ($doc = $self->get_document($doc_url)){
			warn "Agent could not open $doc_url" if $CHAT;
			$self->{FAILED}->{$doc_url} = "Agent couldn't open document";
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}

		# If an image, save it
		if ($doc_url =~ m|(\.$self->{ext_ok})$|i) {
			$self->{DONE}->{$doc_url} = $self->_save_img($doc_url,$doc);
			warn "OK: $doc_url" if $CHAT;
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		} else {
			$self->{DONE}->{$doc_url} = "Did HTML.";
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
		}

		# Otherwise try to parse it
		unless ($p = new HTML::TokeParser( \$doc )){
			warn "* Couldn't create parser from \$doc\n" if $CHAT;
			$self->{FAILED}->{$doc_url} = "Couldn't create agent parser";
			delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
			next DOC;
		}
		warn "OK - parsing document $doc_url ...\n" if $CHAT;

		while (my $token = $p->get_token){

			if (@$token[1] eq 'img' and exists @$token[2]->{src}){
				warn "*** Found image: @$token[2]->{src}\n" if $CHAT;
				my $uri = &abs_url( $doc_url, @$token[2]->{src} );
				if ($uri and not exists $self->{IGNORE0}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{DONE}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{FAILED}->{$uri}
				){
					$self->{todo}->{$uri} = 1;
				} else {
					warn "\t ignoring that img.\n" if $CHAT;
				}
			}
			elsif (@$token[1] =~ /^(area|a)$/ and exists @$token[2]->{href} and @$token[0] eq 'S'){
				warn "*** Found link: @$token[2]->{href}\n" if $CHAT;
				my $uri = &abs_url( $doc_url, @$token[2]->{href} );
				if ($uri and not exists $self->{dont}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{DONE}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{FAILED}->{$uri}
				and not (exists $self->{dont}->{ALL} and not exists $self->{todo}->{$uri})
				){
					$self->{todo}->{$uri} = 1;
				} else {
					warn "\t ignoring that link.\n" if $CHAT;
				}
			}
			elsif (@$token[1] eq 'frame' and exists(@$token[2]->{src})){	# This block (DL)
				warn "*** Found frame: @$token[2]->{src}\n" if $CHAT;
				my $uri = &abs_url( $doc_url, @$token[2]->{src} );
				if ($uri and not exists $self->{IGNORE0}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{DONE}->{$uri} and not exists $self->{FAILED}->{$uri}
				and not (exists $self->{dont}->{ALL} and not exists $self->{todo}->{$uri})				){
					$self->{todo}->{$uri} = 1;
				} else {
					warn "\t ignoring that frame.\n" if $CHAT;
				}
			}
		}	# Next token
		delete $self->{todo}->{$doc_url};
	} # Next DOC

	return $self;
} # End sub new





#
# SUB get_document
# Accepts a URL, returns the source of the document at the URL
#	or undef on failure
#
sub get_document { my ($self,$url) = (shift,shift);		# Recieve as argument the URL to access
	if ($url =~ m|(\.$self->{ext_bad})$|i) {				# (DL)
		warn "Ignoring - extension on the 'bad' list" if $CHAT;
		return undef;
	}
	my ($req,$res);
	my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;						# Create a new UserAgent
	for my $attempt (1..$self->{max_attempts}){
		if ($attempt!=1 and $attempt-1 == $self->{max_attempts}){
			$ua->agent('MSIE Internet Explorer 6.0 (Mozilla compatible'); # Naughty?
		} else {
			$ua->agent('Perl::'.__PACKAGE__.' v'.$VERSION);	# Give it a type name
		}
		warn "Attempt ($attempt) to access <$url>...\n"  if $CHAT;
		$req = new HTTP::Request('GET', $url); 			# Format URL request
		next if not defined $req;
		$res = $ua->request($req);						# $res is the object UA returned
		last if $res->is_success();					# If not successful
	}
	if (not defined $req){
		warn "...could not GET.\n" if $CHAT;
		return undef;
	}
	if (not $res->is_success()) {						# If not successful
		warn"...failed.\n"  if $CHAT;
		return undef
	}

	warn "...ok.\n" if $CHAT;
	# Test size
	if ((exists $self->{max_size} or exists $self->{min_size})
	and $url =~ m|(\.$self->{ext_ok})$|i) {
		$_ = length ($res->content);
		if (defined $_ and $self->{min_size} and $_ < $self->{min_size}){
			warn "Image size too small, ignoring.\n" if $CHAT;
			$self->{dont}->{$url} = "Size $_ bytes is too small.";
			return undef;
		}
		elsif (defined $_ and $self->{max_size} and $_ > $self->{max_size}){
			warn "Image size too large, ignoring.\n" if $CHAT;
			$self->{dont}->{$url} = "Size $_ bytes is too large.";
			return undef;
		}
	}
	return $res->content;							# $res->content  is the HTML the UA returned from the URL
}



# PRIVATE METHOD _save_img
#
# Accepts and the actual image source.
# Won't store same image twice.
#
# Returns the path the image was saved at.

sub _save_img { my ($self,$url,$img) = (shift,shift,shift,shift);
	local *OUT;
	my $filename;
	# Remvoe any file path from the $url
	if (exists $self->{DONE}->{$url} or exists $self->{FAILED}->{$url}){
		warn "Already got this one ($url), not saving.\n" if $CHAT;
		return undef;
	}
	$url =~ m|/([^./]+)(\.$self->{ext_ok})$|i;
	if ($self->{rename}){
		$filename = $self->{dir}.'/'.(join'',localtime).$2;
	} elsif ($self->{rename} == 2){				# )
		$filename = $url;					# } DL
		$filename =~ s/\/|\:|\~|\?/_/g;		# )
		$filename = $self->{dir}.'\\'.$filename;	# )
	} else {
		$filename = "$self->{dir}/$1$2";
	}
	warn "Saving image as <$filename>...\n"  if $CHAT;
	open OUT,">$filename" or warn "Couldn't open to save <$filename>!" and return "Failed to save.";
		binmode OUT;
		print OUT $img;
	close OUT;
	warn "...ok.\n" if $CHAT;
	return $filename;
}


#
# SUB abs_url returns an absolute URL for a $child_url linked from $parent_url
#
# DOC http://www.netverifier.com/pin/nicolette/jezfuzchr001.html
# SRC /pin/nicolette/jezfuzchr001.jpg
#
sub abs_url { my ($parent_url,$child_url) = (shift,shift);
	if ($child_url =~/^#/){
		return undef;
	}
	my $hack;
	if ($child_url =~ m|^/|) {
		$parent_url =~ s|^(http://[\w.]+)?/.*$|$1|i;
		return $parent_url.$child_url;
	}
	if ($child_url =~ m|^\.\.\/|i){
		$parent_url =~ s/\/[^\/|^~]+$//; # Strip filename (fix: DL)
		if ($parent_url =~ /\/$/){$parent_url =~ s/\/$//;}	# (DL)
		if ($child_url =~ /^\.\//){$child_url =~ s/^\.\///;}	# (DL)
		while ($child_url=~s/^\.\.\///gs ){
			$parent_url =~s/[^\/]+\/?$//;
		}
		$child_url = $parent_url.$child_url;
	} elsif ($child_url !~ m/^http:\/\//i){
		# Assume relative path needs dir
		$parent_url =~ s/\/[^\/]+$//;	# Strip filename
		if ($parent_url =~ /\/$/){ chop $parent_url }
		$child_url = $parent_url .'/'.$child_url;
	}
	return $child_url;
}


sub print_imgs { my $self=shift;
	foreach (keys %{$self->{DONE}}){
		next if $_!~$self->{ext_ok};	# hack hack
		print "From $_\n\t$self->{DONE}->{$_}\n";
	}
}

sub imgs_as_hash { my $self=shift;
	my $n = {};;
	foreach (keys %{$self->{DONE}}){
		next if $_!~$self->{ext_ok};	# hack hack
		$n->{$self->{DONE}->{$_}} = $_;
	}
	return $n;
}

sub print_done { my $self=shift;
	foreach (keys %{$self->{DONE}}){
		print "At $_\n\t$self->{DONE}->{$_}\n";
	}
	return \$self->{DONE};
}

sub print_failed { my $self=shift;
	foreach (keys %{$self->{FAILED}}){
		print "At $_\n\t$self->{FAILED}->{$_}\n";
	}
	return \$self->{FAILED};
}

sub print_ignored { my $self=shift;
	foreach (keys %{$self->{IGNORED}}){
		print "At $_\n\t$self->{IGNORED}->{$_}\n";
	}
	return \$self->{IGNORED};
}





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