Fetch today's xkcd comic

Created: 2008-03-05 14:08:52 Last updated: 2008-04-07 13:54:04

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Use the local java plugins and some filtering operations to fetch the comic strip image from http://xkcd.com/

Based on the FetchDailyDilbert workflow.

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Processors (6)

Name	Type	Description
comicURLRegex	stringconstant
xkcdURL	stringconstant
getImageLinks	local
getComicStrip	local
findComicURL	local
getPage	local

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Name	Description
todaysXkcd

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Source	Sink
comicURLRegex:value	findComicURL:regex
findComicURL:filteredlist	getComicStrip:url
getComicStrip:image	todaysXkcd
getImageLinks:imagelinks	findComicURL:stringlist
getPage:contents	getImageLinks:document
xkcdURL:value	getComicStrip:base
xkcdURL:value	getPage:url

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Fetch today's xkcd comic

Created by Alan Williams on Wednesday 05 March 2008 14:08:52 (UTC)

Last edited by Alan Williams on Monday 07 April 2008 13:54:04 (UTC)

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