Extend rails pets:load to look up arbitrary pets & items

app/services/neopets/nc_mall.rb

@@ -120,6 +120,44 @@ module Neopets::NCMall
 		end
 	end
 
+	# Generate a new image hash for a pet wearing specific items. Takes a base
+	# pet sci (species/color image hash) and optional item IDs, and returns a
+	# response containing the combined image hash in the :newsci field.
+	# Use the returned hash with Neopets::CustomPets.fetch_viewer_data("@#{newsci}")
+	# to get the full appearance data.
+	PET_DATA_URL = "https://ncmall.neopets.com/mall/ajax/petview/getPetData.php"
+	def self.fetch_pet_data(pet_sci, item_ids = [])
+		Sync do
+			params = {"selPetsci" => pet_sci}
+			item_ids.each { |id| params["itemsList[]"] = id.to_s }
+
+			DTIRequests.post(
+				PET_DATA_URL,
+				[["Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"]],
+				params.to_query,
+			) do |response|
+				if response.status != 200
+					raise ResponseNotOK.new(response.status),
+						"expected status 200 but got #{response.status} (#{PET_DATA_URL})"
+				end
+
+				begin
+					data = JSON.parse(response.read)
+				rescue JSON::ParserError
+					raise UnexpectedResponseFormat,
+						"failed to parse pet data response as JSON"
+				end
+
+				unless data["newsci"].is_a?(String) && data["newsci"].present?
+					raise UnexpectedResponseFormat,
+						"missing or invalid field newsci in pet data response"
+				end
+
+				{newsci: data["newsci"]}
+			end
+		end
+	end
+
 	private
 
 	# Map load_type from menu JSON to the v2 API type parameter.

lib/tasks/pets.rake

@@ -1,7 +1,33 @@
 namespace :pets do
-	desc "Load a pet's viewer data"
-	task :load, [:name] => [:environment] do |task, args|
-		viewer_data = Neopets::CustomPets.fetch_viewer_data(args[:name])
+	desc "Load a pet's viewer data (by name or by color/species/items)"
+	task :load, [:first] => [:environment] do |task, args|
+		# Collect all arguments (first + extras)
+		all_args = [args[:first]] + args.extras
+
+		# If only one argument, treat it as a pet name
+		if all_args.length == 1
+			viewer_data = Neopets::CustomPets.fetch_viewer_data(all_args[0])
+		else
+			# Multiple arguments: color, species, and optional item IDs
+			color_name = all_args[0]
+			species_name = all_args[1]
+			item_ids = all_args[2..]
+
+			# Look up the PetType to get its image hash
+			pet_type = PetType.matching_name(color_name, species_name).first!
+			pet_sci = pet_type.image_hash
+
+			# Fetch the new image hash for this pet+items combination
+			response = Neopets::NCMall.fetch_pet_data(pet_sci, item_ids)
+			new_sci = response[:newsci]
+
+			# Output the hash to stderr for debugging
+			$stderr.puts "Generated image hash: #{new_sci}"
+
+			# Load the full viewer data using the new image hash
+			viewer_data = Neopets::CustomPets.fetch_viewer_data("@#{new_sci}")
+		end
+
 		puts JSON.pretty_generate(viewer_data)
 	end