Set the mirror I want in the config or on cli.

README.md

@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ colors = true
 Note:
 Any command line option will override its respective setting in the config file.
 
+## Set your pirate bay mirror
+
+Pirate-get will try to search torrents on
+`https://thepiratebay.mn`. If that fails, it will try to get a list of
+mirrors from 'https://proxybay.co/list.txt'. If that fails too, you
+can set a mirror that is working for you. Set it on the command line
+with the option `--mirror=<url>`, or in the config file:
+
+```
+[Mirror]
+url = http://tpb.today # without quotes
+```
+
 
 ## Local Database
 If you want to use a local copy of the Pirate Bay database download a copy here (or wherever the latest version is currently):

pirate/pirate.py

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import pirate.local
 from os.path import expanduser, expandvars
 from pirate.print import Printer
 
+MIRROR_DEFAULT = 'https://thepiratebay.mn'
+MIRROR_SOURCE = 'https://proxybay.co/list.txt'
 
 def parse_config_file(text):
     config = configparser.RawConfigParser()
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ def parse_config_file(text):
     config.set('Misc', 'transmission', 'false')
     config.set('Misc', 'colors', 'true')
 
+    # Additional mirror that work for the user.
+    config.add_section('Mirror')
+    config.set('Mirror', 'url', 'https://thepiratebay.mn')
+
     config.read_string(text)
 
     # expand env variables
@@ -177,6 +183,9 @@ def parse_args(args_in):
     parser.add_argument('--disable-colors', dest='color',
                         action='store_false',
                         help='disable colored output')
+    parser.add_argument('--mirror', dest='mirror',
+                        help='url of a pirate bay mirror. It will be tried first.')
+
     args = parser.parse_args(args_in)
 
     return args
@@ -229,32 +238,14 @@ def combine_configs(config, args):
     if not args.open_command:
         args.open_command = config.get('Misc', 'openCommand')
 
+    if not args.mirror and config.get('Mirror', 'url'):
+        args.mirror = config.get('Mirror', 'url')
+
     return args
 
 
-def search_mirrors(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search):
-    mirror_sources = [None, 'https://proxybay.co/list.txt']
-    for mirror_source in mirror_sources:
-        mirrors = OrderedDict()
-        if mirror_source is None:
-            mirrors['https://thepiratebay.mn'] = None
-        else:
-            try:
-                req = request.Request(mirror_source,
-                                      headers=pirate.data.default_headers)
-                f = request.urlopen(req, timeout=pirate.data.default_timeout)
-            except IOError:
-                printer.print('Could not fetch additional mirrors', color='WARN')
-            else:
-                if f.getcode() != 200:
-                    raise IOError('The proxy bay responded with an error.')
-                for mirror in [i.decode('utf-8').strip() for i in f.readlines()][3:]:
-                    mirrors[mirror] = None
-            for mirror in pirate.data.blacklist:
-                if mirror in mirrors:
-                    del mirrors[mirror]
+def search_on_mirror(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search, mirror):
 
-        for mirror in mirrors.keys():
     try:
         printer.print('Trying', mirror, end='... \n')
         results = pirate.torrent.remote(
@@ -272,11 +263,53 @@ def search_mirrors(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search):
     else:
         printer.print('Ok', color='alt')
         return results, mirror
+
+    return [], None
+
+def search_mirrors(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search, mirror):
+    """Search on our mirror first. If not, get a mirror list and try again.
+    Return a tuple results, url of the working mirror.
+    """
+
+    # Search on our mirror, or the default one.
+    if not mirror:
+        mirror = MIRROR_DEFAULT
+
+    results, mirror = search_on_mirror(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search, mirror)
+    if results:
+        return results, mirror
+
+    # If the default mirror failed, get some mirrors.
+    mirror_sources = [MIRROR_SOURCE]
+    for mirror_source in mirror_sources:
+        mirrors = OrderedDict()
+        try:
+            req = request.Request(mirror_source,
+                                    headers=pirate.data.default_headers)
+            f = request.urlopen(req, timeout=pirate.data.default_timeout)
+        except IOError:
+            printer.print('Could not fetch additional mirrors', color='WARN')
+        else:
+            if f.getcode() != 200:
+                raise IOError('The proxy bay responded with an error.')
+            # Parse the list of mirrors
+            for mirror in [i.decode('utf-8').strip() for i in f.readlines()][3:]:
+                mirrors[mirror] = None
+        for mirror in pirate.data.blacklist:
+            if mirror in mirrors:
+                del mirrors[mirror]
+
+        if mirrors:
+            results = []
+            while not results:
+                results, mirror = search_on_mirror(printer, pages, category, sort, action, search, mirror)
+
+            return results, mirror
+
         else:
             printer.print('No available mirrors :(', color='WARN')
             return [], None
 
-
 def pirate_main(args):
     printer = Printer(args.color)
 
@@ -310,7 +343,9 @@ def pirate_main(args):
     if args.source == 'local_tpb':
         results = pirate.local.search(args.database, args.search)
     elif args.source == 'tpb':
-        results, site = search_mirrors(printer, args.pages, args.category, args.sort, args.action, args.search)
+        results, site = search_mirrors(printer, args.pages, args.category,\
+                                       args.sort, args.action, args.search,\
+                                       args.mirror)
 
     if len(results) == 0:
         printer.print('No results')