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+# minecraft skin fetcher
+# by Paper, 2021-07-13
+# this only really exists as reference to a possible java implementation
+# (for those beta versions of minecraft that don't support UUIDs)
+# however, i do not have any java experience, like, at all
+# so that'll be fun!
+
+import argparse
+import base64
+import cv2
+import json
+import numpy
+import urllib.request
+
+def get_status_code(mcign):
+    return urllib.request.urlopen(f"https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/{mcign}").getcode()
+
+# parse arguments
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument('-c', '--crop', help='crops your skin to 64x32, for beta versions', action="store_true")
+parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', help='minecraft in-game name')
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+# parse username, probably unnecessarily long but idc
+if args.username:
+    myname = args.username
+try:
+    statuscode = get_status_code(myname)
+except:
+    myname = input("What is your Minecraft username?: ")
+    statuscode = get_status_code(myname)
+finally:
+    while statuscode == 204:
+        myname = input("What is your Minecraft username?: ")
+        statuscode = get_status_code(myname)
+
+skinlink = json.loads(base64.b64decode(json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen(f'https://sessionserver.mojang.com/session/minecraft/profile/{json.loads(urllib.request.urlopen("https://api.mojang.com/users/profiles/minecraft/{0}".format(myname)).read().decode("utf-8"))["id"]}').read().decode("utf-8"))["properties"][0]["value"]).decode("utf-8"))["textures"]["SKIN"]["url"] # get your free long lines here!
+skin = numpy.asarray(bytearray(urllib.request.urlopen(skinlink).read()), dtype="uint8")
+skin = cv2.imdecode(skin, cv2.IMREAD_UNCHANGED)
+
+# this is worthless if your skin is already 64x32
+if args.crop:
+    skin = skin[0:32, 0:64]
+
+# write the final skin
+cv2.imwrite("skin.png", skin)