webstamp bash scripts

scripts for purchasing and stamping documents with web-generated stamps from swisspost

v0.1-initial (c) 2013 by cyrill von wattenwyl

License: Gnu PGL

Dependencies:

• curl
• perl(URI)
• getopt

If you want to stamp PDF's directly, you need

• pdftk

Usage:

./login

./login [username] [password]

Example:

./login "[email protected]" "pAssw0rd"

• For autologin, you need to edit the login file

./login

./get_balance

• Gets the current balance, is empty if not logged in

Example:

$ ./get_balance
CHF 8.85

./purchase

• Purchases one or more stamps with some options

./purchase -t A|B -n number -p L|R|U [-m nxm] [-s nxm] [-o output-filename] 

-t	--type		type of stamp: A (a-post) or B (b-post)
-n	--number	number of stamps
-p 	--position	position of stamp: L (left) R (right) U (user defined)
-m	--mediasize	size of media in mm HEIGHTxWIDTH, example 210x296
-s	--stamppos	position of stamp in mm LEFTxTOP, example 110x41
-o	--output	output file name

Examples

./purchase -t A -n 1 -p R
./purchase -t B -n 5 -p R -m 210x296 -s 110x92 -o /tmp/ws-tmp.pdf
./purchase --type=A --number=1 --position=L --output=filename.pdf

./stamp

• Stamp a document with a webstamp, Backups the Original as file.orig.pdf

./stamp document.pdf stamp.pdf

Example:

./stamp /home/eni/Documents/testbrief.pdf /tmp/ws-tmp.pdf

Workflow:

$ ./login
$ ./purchase -t A -n 1 -p R -o /tmp/ws-tmp.pdf
$ ./stamp mydocument.pdf /tmp/ws-tmp.pdf
$ rm /tmp/ws-tmp.pdf