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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2011 Fanficdownloader team
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+import time
+import logging
+import re
+import urllib2
+
+from .. import BeautifulSoup as bs
+from ..htmlcleanup import stripHTML
+from .. import exceptions as exceptions
+
+from base_adapter import BaseSiteAdapter,  makeDate
+
+
+def getClass():
+    return CheckmatedComAdapter
+
+
+class CheckmatedComAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
+
+    def __init__(self, config, url):
+        BaseSiteAdapter.__init__(self, config, url)
+
+        self.decode = ["Windows-1252",
+                       "utf8"] # 1252 is a superset of iso-8859-1.
+                               # Most sites that claim to be
+                               # iso-8859-1 (and some that claim to be
+                               # utf8) are really windows-1252.
+        self.username = "" # if left empty, site doesn't return any message at all.
+        self.password = ""
+        self.is_adult=False
+        
+        # get storyId from url--url validation guarantees query is only sid=1234
+        self.story.setMetadata('storyId',self.parsedUrl.query.split('=',)[1])
+        logging.debug("storyId: (%s)"%self.story.getMetadata('storyId'))
+        
+        self._setURL('http://' + self.getSiteDomain() + '/story.php?story='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId'))
+        
+        # Each adapter needs to have a unique site abbreviation.
+        self.story.setMetadata('siteabbrev','chm')
+
+        # If all stories from the site fall into the same category,
+        # the site itself isn't likely to label them as such, so we
+        # do.
+        self.story.addToList("category","Harry Potter")
+
+        # The date format will vary from site to site.
+        # http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior
+        self.dateformat = "%b %d, %Y"
+            
+    @staticmethod # must be @staticmethod, don't remove it.
+    def getSiteDomain():
+        # The site domain.  Does have www here, if it uses it.
+        return 'www.checkmated.com'
+
+    def getSiteExampleURLs(self):
+        return "http://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"/story.php?story=1234"
+
+    def getSiteURLPattern(self):
+        return re.escape("http://"+self.getSiteDomain()+"/story.php?story=")+r"\d+$"
+
+    ## Login seems to be reasonably standard across eFiction sites. This story is in The Bedchamber
+    def needToLoginCheck(self, data):
+        if 'This story is in The Bedchamber' in data \
+                or 'That username is not in our database' in data \
+                or "That password is not correct, please try again" in data:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+        
+    def performLogin(self, url):
+        params = {}
+
+        if self.password:
+            params['name'] = self.username
+            params['pass'] = self.password
+        else:
+            params['name'] = self.getConfig("username")
+            params['pass'] = self.getConfig("password")
+        params['login'] = 'yes'
+        params['submit'] = 'login'	
+	
+        loginUrl = 'http://' + self.getSiteDomain()+'/login.php'
+        d = self._fetchUrl(loginUrl,params)
+        e = self._fetchUrl(url)
+
+        if "Welcome back," not in d : #Member Account
+            logging.info("Failed to login to URL %s as %s" % (loginUrl,
+                                                              params['name']))
+            raise exceptions.FailedToLogin(url,params['name'])
+            return False
+        elif "This story is in The Bedchamber" in e:
+            logging.info("Your account does not have sufficient priviliges to read this story.")
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
+
+
+    ## Getting the chapter list and the meta data, plus 'is adult' checking.
+    def extractChapterUrlsAndMetadata(self):
+
+        # index=1 makes sure we see the story chapter index.  Some
+        # sites skip that for one-chapter stories.
+        url = self.url
+        logging.debug("URL: "+url)
+
+        try:
+            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
+            if e.code == 404:
+                raise exceptions.StoryDoesNotExist(self.url)
+            else:
+                raise e
+
+        if self.needToLoginCheck(data):
+            # need to log in for this one.
+            self.performLogin(url)
+            data = self._fetchUrl(url)
+
+        # The actual text that is used to announce you need to be an
+        # adult varies from site to site.  Again, print data before
+        # the title search to troubleshoot.
+            
+        if "Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site." in data:
+            raise exceptions.FailedToDownload(self.getSiteDomain() +" says: Access denied. This story has not been validated by the adminstrators of this site.")
+            
+        # use BeautifulSoup HTML parser to make everything easier to find.
+        soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(data)
+        # print data
+
+        # Now go hunting for all the meta data and the chapter list.
+        
+        ## Title
+        a = soup.findAll('span', {'class' : 'storytitle'})
+        self.story.setMetadata('title',a[0].string)
+        
+        # Find authorid and URL from... author url.
+        a = a[1].find('a', href=re.compile(r"authors.php\?name\=\w+"))
+        self.story.setMetadata('authorId',a['href'].split('=')[1])
+        self.story.setMetadata('authorUrl','http://'+self.host+'/'+a['href'])
+        self.story.setMetadata('author',a.string)
+			
+        a = soup.find('select', {'name' : 'chapter'})
+        if a == None:
+            self.chapterUrls.append((self.story.getMetadata('title'),url))
+        else:
+            for chapter in a.findAll('option'):
+                self.chapterUrls.append((stripHTML(chapter),'http://'+self.host+'/story.php?story='+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+'&chapter='+chapter['value']))
+			
+        self.story.setMetadata('numChapters',len(self.chapterUrls))
+
+        # eFiction sites don't help us out a lot with their meta data
+        # formating, so it's a little ugly.
+
+        # utility method
+        def defaultGetattr(d,k):
+            try:
+                return d[k]
+            except:
+                return ""
+
+				
+        # website does not keep track of word count, and there is no convenient way to calculate it
+
+        summary = soup.find('fieldset')
+        summary.find('legend').extract()
+        self.setDescription(url,summary)
+
+		
+        # <span class="label">Rated:</span> NC-17<br /> etc
+        table = soup.findAll('div', {'class' : 'text'})[1]
+        for labels in table.findAll('tr'):
+            value = labels.findAll('td')[1]
+            label = labels.findAll('td')[0]
+
+			
+            if 'Rating' in stripHTML(label):
+                self.story.setMetadata('rating', stripHTML(value))
+
+            if 'Ship' in stripHTML(label):
+                for char in value.string.split('/'):
+                    if char != 'none':
+                        self.story.addToList('characters',char)		
+
+            if 'Status' in stripHTML(label):
+                if value.find('img', {'src' : 'img/incomplete.gif'}) == None:
+                    self.story.setMetadata('status', 'Completed')
+                else:
+                    self.story.setMetadata('status', 'In-Progress')
+
+            if 'Published' in stripHTML(label):
+                self.story.setMetadata('datePublished', makeDate(stripHTML(value), self.dateformat))
+            
+            if 'Updated' in stripHTML(label):
+                self.story.setMetadata('dateUpdated', makeDate(stripHTML(value), self.dateformat))
+			
+        a = self._fetchUrl(self.story.getMetadata('authorUrl')+'&cat=stories')	
+        for story in bs.BeautifulSoup(a).findAll('table', {'class' : 'storyinfo'}):
+            a = story.find('a', href=re.compile(r"review.php\?s\="+self.story.getMetadata('storyId')+'&act=view'))
+            if a != None:
+                for labels in story.findAll('tr'):
+                    value = labels.findAll('td')[1]
+                    label = labels.findAll('td')[0]
+                    if 'genre' in stripHTML(label):
+                        for genre in value.findAll('img'):
+                            self.story.addToList('genre',genre['title'])
+        
+            
+    # grab the text for an individual chapter.
+    def getChapterText(self, url):
+
+        logging.debug('Getting chapter text from: %s' % url)
+
+        soup = bs.BeautifulSoup(self._fetchUrl(url),
+                                     selfClosingTags=('br','hr')) # otherwise soup eats the br/hr tags.
+        
+        div = soup.find('div', {'id' : 'resizeableText'})
+        div.find('div', {'class' : 'storyTools'}).extract()
+
+        if None == div:
+            raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error downloading Chapter: %s!  Missing required element!" % url)
+    
+        return self.utf8FromSoup(url,div)