From 88c5977bc98b845c6e93fcc5ae8d272083ab4809 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Markil 3 <markil3@singlepilot.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 11:07:00 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Adds supports for ComicInfo.xml files

---
 comic_download/comic_strip.py | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+)

diff --git a/comic_download/comic_strip.py b/comic_download/comic_strip.py
index 0eca7d0..c1c027c 100644
--- a/comic_download/comic_strip.py
+++ b/comic_download/comic_strip.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 
 import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
 def file_safe_string(string):
@@ -537,6 +538,64 @@ class ComicStrip(ImageRepo, ABC):
         """
         self.transformed_images = self.images
 
+    def create_comic_info(self) -> str:
+        """
+        Creates the contents of a ComicInfo.xml file.
+        """        
+        soup = BeautifulSoup('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ComicInfo></ComicInfo>', features="xml")
+        info_tag = soup.find("ComicInfo")
+        info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Title", string=self.title))
+        info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Series", string=self.comic.title))
+        number_el = soup.new_tag("Number")
+        if type(self.identifier) == int:
+            number_el.string = str(self.identifier)
+        elif (type(self.identifier) == list or type(self.identifier) == tuple) and type(self.identifier[-1]) == int:
+            number_el.string = str(self.identifier[-1])
+        if number_el.string:
+            info_tag.append(number_el)
+        if self.date:
+            info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Year", string=str(self.date.year)))
+            info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Month", string=str(self.date.month)))
+            info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Day", string=str(self.date.day)))
+        if self.comic.author:
+            if type(self.comic.author) == str:
+                info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Writer", string=self.comic.author))
+            elif type(self.comic.author) == list:
+                authors = {}
+                writer_string = ""
+                for author in self.comic.author:
+                    author_class = None
+                    if type(author) == str:
+                        author_name = author
+                        author_class = "Writer"
+                    elif type(author) == dict:
+                        author_name = author["name"]
+                        if author["role"].lower() in ("writer", "author", "creator"):
+                            author_class = "Writer"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("penciller"):
+                            author_class = "Penciller"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("inker"):
+                            author_class = "Inker"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("colorist"):
+                            author_class = "Colorist"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("letterer"):
+                            author_class = "Letterer"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("coverartist", "conver_artist"):
+                            author_class = "CoverArtist"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("editor"):
+                            author_class = "Editor"
+                        elif author["role"].lower() in ("translator"):
+                            author_class = "Translator"
+                    if author_class not in authors:
+                        authors[author_class] = author_name
+                    else:
+                        authors[author_class] += "," + author_name
+                for author_class, author_list in authors.items():
+                    info_tag.append(soup.new_tag(author_class, string=author_list))
+        info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("Format", string="Web"))
+        info_tag.append(soup.new_tag("PageCount", string=str(len(self.transformed_images))))
+        return str(soup)
+
     def package_data(self, base_path: Path):
         """
         Compresses all the data into a cbz file.
@@ -569,6 +628,11 @@ class ComicStrip(ImageRepo, ABC):
                 logging.info("Packaging %s" % image_path.suffix)
                 with open(image.name, 'rb') as image_stream, comic_zip.open(str(i + 1) + (image_path.suffix or '.png'), 'w') as zip_stream:
                     zip_stream.write(image_stream.read())
+            # Add a ComicInfo file
+            comic_info = self.create_comic_info()
+            if comic_info:
+                with comic_zip.open("ComicInfo.xml", 'w') as zip_stream:
+                    zip_stream.write(comic_info.encode("utf-8"));
         # Delete the base images, as they are no longer needed.
         # We cannot touch the transformed images, since some
         # of them may come directly from the base comic, and