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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+try:
+    from xmlrpc.client import ServerProxy
+except:
+    from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy
+
+import sys, re
+
+server = ServerProxy("http://www.upcdatabase.com/rpc")
+ean_re = re.compile(r'^(UPC-A:|EAN-13:)?(\d{11,13})$', re.M)
+
+def lookup(decode):
+    match = ean_re.search(decode)
+    if match is None:
+        print(decode, end=" ")
+        return
+    ean = match.group(2)
+    if match.group(1) == "UPC-A:":
+        ean = "0" + ean;
+    elif len(ean) < 12:
+        print(decode, end=' ')
+        return
+    if len(ean) == 12:
+        ean = server.calculateCheckDigit(ean + "C")
+    print("[" + match.group(1) + ean + "]", end=' ')
+    result = server.lookupEAN(ean)
+    if isinstance(result, dict):
+        if "found" not in result or not result["found"] or \
+               "description" not in result:
+            print("not found")
+        else:
+            print(result["description"])
+    else:
+        print(str(result))
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    del sys.argv[0]
+    if len(sys.argv):
+        for decode in sys.argv:
+            lookup(decode)
+    if not sys.stdin.isatty():
+        while 1:
+            decode = sys.stdin.readline()
+            if not decode:
+                break
+            lookup(decode)