Download eQSL.cc QSL images

This is a simple perl script to download eQSL.cc QSL images. It has minimal error checking, but seems to mostly function.

Please note: by retrieving these images, eQSL will automatically move your QSLs from the INBOX to the Archive. If keeping your inbox in its current state is important to you, don't run this tool.

Copyright and License

Copyright (c) 2018, molo1134

2-Clause BSD License

Requirements

Debian/Ubuntu linux packages:

• perl
• liburi-perl
• curl

Windows 7 using Cygwin packages:

• cygwin
• perl
• perl-URI
• curl

Configuration

Create a file in $HOME/.eqsllogin with the following content:

login_callsign="YOURCALL"
login_password="yourpass"

State is stored in the $HOME/.eqslcookies file. Please remove this file if any kind of bad state is encountered.

Execution

Image files will be saved in the current working directory. Occasionally, pages will be missing their images due to some kind of race condition in eQSL. If you get a lot of missing images, you may wish to retry or manually download those images.

Run as follows:

./eqsl-download-images [start_year] [end_year]

Default start_year is 2000. Default end_year is the current calendar year.

Example, retrieving just 2017 QSLs:

$ ./eqsl-download-images 2017 2017
Logging in W1CALL...
retrieving QSLs..
2017-12 114 QSLs found
W1CALL-20170115_0806-N0XX-40m-SSB.png
W1CALL-20170115_0832-K7XXX-40m-SSB.png
W1CALL-20170115_1708-KC2XXX-40m-SSB.png
W1CALL-20170115_1958-KJ4XXX-40m-SSB.png
[...]
Expected 114 QSLs.  Found 112 images.
Pages missing images:
https://www.eqsl.cc/QSLCard/DisplayeQSL.cfm?Callsign=K2XXX&VisitorCallsign=W1CALL&QSODate=2017%2D06%2D14%2020%3A48%3A00%2E0&Band=2M&Mode=SSB
https://www.eqsl.cc/QSLCard/DisplayeQSL.cfm?Callsign=TI2XX&VisitorCallsign=W1CALL&QSODate=2017%2D09%2D08%2014%3A18%3A00%2E0&Band=20M&Mode=SSB
Done.

TODO

1. Handle multiple "accounts" for different QTHs with the same callsign
2. More error checking