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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# http://github.com/mitchweaver/bin
+#
+# get a given album cover from metal-archives.com
+#
+# Usage: ./album 'hellhammer - death fiend'
+#
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+import requests
+import sys
+import re
+import urllib
+
+def find_album_url(band, album):
+
+    def get_soup(url):
+        data  = requests.get(url).text
+        return BeautifulSoup(data, "html5lib")
+
+    url = 'https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/' + band.lower()
+    soup = get_soup(url)
+
+    for link in soup.find_all('a'):
+        strlink = str(link)
+        # scrape the band page for the discography link
+        # we need to do this because MA hides it behind an ID#
+        if 'iscography' in strlink and 'omplete' in strlink:
+            # sed out the href garbage
+            url = strlink.replace('<a href="', '').replace('"><span>Complete discography</span></a>', '')
+            # scrape the album page
+            for link in get_soup(url).find_all('a'):
+                # sed out the reviews
+                if not 'reviews' in str(link):
+                    # look for the album
+                    if album.lower() in str(link).lower():
+                        urls = re.findall('https?://(?:[-\w.]|(?:%[\da-fA-F]{2}))+/.*."', str(link))
+                        return(urls[0].replace('"', ''))
+
+def get_album_art(url):
+    try:
+        def get_soup(url,header):
+            return BeautifulSoup(urllib.request.urlopen(urllib.request.Request(url,headers=header)), "html5lib")
+
+        header = {'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}
+        image_urls = [a['src'] for a in get_soup(url, header).find_all("img")]
+
+        image = urllib.request.urlopen(image_urls[1]).read()
+
+        file = open("./cover.jpg", 'wb')
+        file.write(image)
+        file.close()
+    except:
+        print("Error - can't find it?")
+
+def main():
+    arg = sys.argv[1].split(' - ')
+    url = find_album_url(arg[0], arg[1])
+    get_album_art(url)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__": main()