add anilist character name dump

get-names_anilist.ps1

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+#!/usr/bin/pwsh
+<#
+.SYNOPSIS
+Script to crawl AniList for character names
+.PARAMETER output
+Output filename.
+Default is names_anilist.txt.
+#>
+
+param(
+    [string]$output = 'names_anilist.txt'
+)
+
+# disable extra noise for invoke-webrequest
+#$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
+
+$requestTemplate = '{ "query": "query { Page (page: {0}, perPage: 50) { characters { name { full } } pageInfo { hasNextPage lastPage } } }" }'
+$startTime = [DateTime]::UtcNow
+$page = 0
+$result = @()
+$hasNextPage = $false
+do
+{
+    try
+    {
+        $json = $requestTemplate.Replace('{0}', $page)
+        $response = Invoke-RestMethod 'https://graphql.anilist.co' -Method Post -Body $json -ContentType "application/json"
+        $response = $response.data.Page
+        $hasNextPage = $response.pageInfo.hasNextPage
+        $chars = $response.characters
+        foreach ($char in $chars)
+        {
+            $result += $char.name.full.Trim()
+        }
+
+        $page++
+        $total = $response.pageInfo.lastPage
+        $remainingSeconds = ($total - $page) * 1.7
+        if ($page -gt 100)
+        {
+            $remainingSeconds = ([DateTime]::UtcNow - $startTime).TotalSeconds / $page * ($total - $page)
+        }
+        Write-Progress Downloading -CurrentOperation "Page $page out of $total" -PercentComplete ($page * 100 / $total) -SecondsRemaining $remainingSeconds
+        Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
+    }
+    catch
+    {
+        Write-Host "Failed to request page $page"
+        $hasNextPage = $false
+    }    
+} while ($hasNextPage)
+Write-Progress Downloading -Completed
+
+Write-Host 'Saving the results...'
+'# https://anilist.co/search/characters' | Out-File -LiteralPath $output
+$result | Sort-Object | Get-Unique | Out-File -LiteralPath $output -Append
+
+Write-Host 'Done.'