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+# /// script
+# dependencies = [
+#   "mashumaro",
+#   "pillow",
+#   "lz4",
+# ]
+# ///
+
+"""Simple tool to parse tapovac maps.
+
+Use either get_image(<response for getMapData command>), or
+show_image(<path to json file containing the response data).
+
+This script can be also executed directly:
+
+$ uv run parse_tapovac_map.py my_beautiful_getMapData.json
+
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sys
+from base64 import b64decode
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+
+import lz4.block
+from mashumaro import DataClassDictMixin
+from PIL import Image, ImageShow
+
+
+@dataclass
+class MapData(DataClassDictMixin):
+    """Class representing getMapData response."""
+
+    auto_area_flag: bool
+    path_id: int
+    version: str
+    map_id: int
+    resolution: int
+    resolution_unit: str
+    width: int
+    height: int
+    origin_coor: tuple[int, int, int]
+    real_origin_coor: tuple[int, int, int]
+    bitnum: int
+    bit_list: dict
+    pix_len: int
+    map_hash: str
+    pix_lz4len: int
+    map_data: bytes = field(metadata={"deserialize": b64decode})
+    area_list: list
+
+
+def get_image(data) -> Image:
+    """Return image object for getMapData response."""
+    data = data["result"]
+    d = MapData.from_dict(data)
+
+    # TODO: move assert checks to mashumaro checks
+
+    assert len(d.map_data) == d.pix_lz4len
+    assert d.width * d.height == d.pix_len
+
+    print(f"{d.resolution=} {d.resolution_unit}")
+    print(f"{d.width=} x {d.height=} = {d.width * d.height} ({d.pix_len=}) {d.bitnum=}")
+    print(f"{d.origin_coor=} {d.real_origin_coor=}")
+    print(f"{d.auto_area_flag=}")
+    print(f"{d.area_list=}")
+    print(f"{d.bit_list=}")
+
+    # TODO: handle orientation
+    # TODO: parse arealist for rooms/virtualwalls/other
+    # TODO: use nicer palette
+
+    img_data = lz4.block.decompress(d.map_data, uncompressed_size=d.pix_len)
+    assert d.map_hash == hashlib.md5(img_data).hexdigest().upper()
+
+    assert d.bitnum == 8
+    mode = "L"  # L = 8bit gray
+
+    img = Image.frombytes(mode, (d.width, d.height), data=img_data)
+
+    return img
+
+
+def show_image(filename):
+    """Load and show image from getMapData json file."""
+    with open(filename) as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+        img = get_image(data)
+        final = img.resize((4 * img.width, 4 * img.height))
+        ImageShow.show(final)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    show_image(sys.argv[1])