import subprocess, sys, time, xml.etree.ElementTree as ET with open('/tmp/.bggkey') as f: bgg_key = f.read().strip() HEADER = 'Authorization: Bearer ' + bgg_key BASE_URL = 'https://boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi2/search' def search_bgg(query_word): url = BASE_URL + '?query=' + query_word + '&type=boardgame' result = subprocess.run(['curl', '-s', '-H', HEADER, url], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30) if result.returncode != 0: return [] xml_text = result.stdout.strip() if not xml_text: return [] try: root = ET.fromstring(xml_text) except ET.ParseError: return [] items = [] for item in root.findall('item'): if item.get('type', '') != 'boardgame': continue name_el = item.find('name') name_val = name_el.get('value', '') if name_el is not None else '' year_el = item.find('yearpublished') year_val = year_el.get('value', '') if year_el is not None else '' items.append((item.get('id', ''), name_val, year_val)) return items # 1. Aeon (no apostrophe) print('=== Aeon ===', file=sys.stderr) items = search_bgg('Aeon') print(' Got ' + str(len(items)) + ' results', file=sys.stderr) for i, (item_id, name, year) in enumerate(items[:30]): print(' [' + str(i) + '] id=' + item_id + ' name=' + repr(name) + ' year=' + year, file=sys.stderr) for item_id, name, year in items: if 'system overload' in name.lower(): print(' FOUND: ' + item_id + ' ' + name + ' ' + year, file=sys.stderr) time.sleep(3) # 2. feast print('\n=== feast ===', file=sys.stderr) items = search_bgg('feast') print(' Got ' + str(len(items)) + ' results', file=sys.stderr) for i, (item_id, name, year) in enumerate(items[:20]): print(' [' + str(i) + '] id=' + item_id + ' name=' + repr(name) + ' year=' + year, file=sys.stderr) for item_id, name, year in items: if 'wilderfeast' in name.lower(): print(' FOUND: ' + item_id + ' ' + name + ' ' + year, file=sys.stderr) time.sleep(3) # 3. Wilderfeast retry print('\n=== Wilderfeast retry ===', file=sys.stderr) items = search_bgg('Wilderfeast') print(' Got ' + str(len(items)) + ' results', file=sys.stderr) for i, (item_id, name, year) in enumerate(items[:20]): print(' [' + str(i) + '] id=' + item_id + ' name=' + repr(name) + ' year=' + year, file=sys.stderr)