My word it is nuts out in GD/GDP

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

#
# The DU Hidebot
# Name:		du_hidebot.pl
# Author:	Ellen Forradalom
# Purpose:	Mass hide threads in a forum based on a word or phrase 
#
# Usage:
# % du_hidebot.pl --forum= --hide= \
#   --username= --password= <--pages=n>
# forum: one of LBN, Editorials, GD, GDP, Lounge
# hide: hide all threads with this word or phrase
# username, password: for logging in
# pages: only look n pages deep.\
#
# Note: Enclose all phrases or usernames with spaces in quotes:
#  --username="My Username" or --hide="Dick Cheney"\n';
#
# Example: 
# % du_hidebot.pl --forum=gd --hide=Schiavo --username="Ellen Forradalom" --password="In Your Dreams, Nosey Parker"
# This hid 160+ threads during Schiavopalooza.


    
use strict;
use WWW::Mechanize;
use Getopt::Long;
use CGI qw(:standard);

my $baseurl = "http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss";
my $boardurl = "$baseurl/duboard.php?";

# Forum abbreviations

my %abbrevs = (
 "Latest Breaking News" => "lbn",
 "Editorials and Other Articles" => "ed",
 "General Discussion" => "gd",
 "General Discussion: Politics" => "gdp",
 "The DU Lounge" => "lounge",
);


my %forums = ();


my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 );

my $forum  = undef;
my $hide = undef;
my $pages = undef;
my $username  = undef;
my $password = undef;


GetOptions(
"forum=s" => \$forum,
"hide=s"  => \$hide,
"pages=s"  => \$pages,
"username=s" => \$username,
"password=s"  => \$password,

) or exit 1;

usage() unless ($forum && $hide && $username && $password);
$pages ||= 20;

# Log in to DU
    $mech->get($boardurl . "az=login");
    $mech->submit_form(
        form_name => "thisform",
        fields      => { username => $username, password => $password },
    );
    die unless ($mech->success);


# Go to DU Forums lobby
$mech->get( $boardurl . "az=show_forums" );

# Get the current forum names and numbers

my @links = $mech->find_all_links(
               tag => "a", 
               url_regex => qr/az=show_topics&forum=\d+/i 
            );

foreach my $l (@links) {
	my $url  = $l->url();
	my $text = $l->text();

    my $q = new CGI($url);
	
	next if $text eq "";

	if ($abbrevs{$text}) {
		$forums{$abbrevs{$text}} = $q->param("forum");  
	}
}

my @hide_forums = split /,/, $forum;
my @hidden; 

# Now get the forum listings and start hiding.
foreach my $h (@hide_forums) {
	foreach my $page (1..$pages) {

		my $url = $boardurl . "az=show_topics&forum=$forums{$h}=$page";
  		warn "$h: page $page\n";
  
  
		$mech->get($url);
  
		my @threadlinks = $mech->find_all_links(
							tag => "a", 
							text_regex => qr/$hide/i 
							);							
            
		foreach my $tl (@threadlinks) {
			my $url  = $tl->url_abs();
			my $text = $tl->text();

			my $qs = (split /\?/, $url)<1>;
			my $q = new CGI($qs);
	        my $az = $q->param('az');
	        
	        my ($forum, $thread);
	        if ($az eq "show_mesg") {
				$forum = $q->param("forum");
				$thread = $q->param("topic_id");
			} elsif ($az eq "view_all") {	
				($forum, $thread) = $q->param("address") =~ /^(\d+)x(\d+)$/;
			} else {
				warn "$az: don't know what this is;"
			}
	
			my $hl = $mech->find_link(
					   url_regex => qr/az=hide_thread&forum=$forum&thread=$thread/i 
					 );
                        
            my $hideurl = $baseurl . "/" . $hl->url();
			$mech->get( $baseurl . "/" . $hl->url() );
		
			if ( $mech->content() =~ /You have hidden the thread/) {
				push @hidden, "$h: ". $tl->text();
			}
			$mech->back();
		}	
	}
}

print "Hid ", scalar @hidden, " threads:\n";
map { print "$_\n"; } @hidden;



sub usage {
	
	print "Usage:\n";
	print "$0 --forum= --hide= --username= --password= <--pages=n>\nwhere\n";
	
	print "--forum: one of LBN, Editorials (ED), GD, GDP or the Lounge\n";
	print "--hide: hide all threads containing this word or phrase\n";
	print "--username, --password: for logging in\n";
	print "--pages=n: only look n pages deep, starting from top.  Optional; default is 20 pages deep\n\n";
	print 'Enclose all phrases or usernames with spaces in quotes: --username="My Username" or --hide="Dick Cheney"\n';
	
	exit 1;


}