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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
Released a new version of xword-dl, my command-line script for scraping online crossword solvers and saving them as .puz files!
This version features ~*community contributions*~ of downloaders for Der Standard (cryptic) and the McKinsey Crossword, and a bunch of bug fixes and stuff.
https://github.com/thisisparker/xword-dl/releases/tag/v2022.11.29
Attachments:
- Release notes for v2022.11.29 on Github: The marquee additions in this release: new downloaders for the McKinsey Crossword and Der Standard, contributed by @iNtEgraIR2021 — thank you! Beyond the headlines: - a refactor to the download-by-URL system (described in #73) means downloaded puzzles are able to pick better filenames for themselves and select more granular settings. Mostly behind the scenes, but it immediately closes #74. - bug fix on Universal and USA Today downloaders - consolidation of NYT and NYT Variety parsing, now using the same API and a much smaller parser for easier maintenance - bug fix on Guardian puzzles, now more accurately labeling when solutions are unavailable (closing #72) - switch select-by-URL page parsing to lxml (a new requirement) to give a more lenient read to malformed pages. This one actually affects at least one page in the wild! (remote)
