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pymdb

Python script to scrape data from IMDb Top250 (www.imdb.com/chart/top) and parse xml of movie data from OMDb API (www.omdbapi.com)

Installation and Usage

$ git clone https://github.com/kaushiksk/pymdb.git && cd pymdb

$ python setup.py install

Functions

top250_id()
    Pulls out ImDb Title ID's from the Imdb Top 250 webpage and adds them to a list.
    Returns List

top250_yearcount()
    Creates a dictionary of number of movies of a particular year in the Imdb Top 250.
    Returns a dictionary

top_250()
    Pulls out movie names from the Imdb Top 250 webpage and adds them to a dictionary with its position.
    Returns dictionary

years_top250()
        Creates a dictionary of year of the movies of the top 250 in the order of ranking.
    Returns  dictionary

Using the Movie and MovieId Class

Initialise:

   >>> m = pymdb.Movie(API_KEY, "The Shawshank Redemption")
   >>> m = pymdb.Movie(API_KEY, "The Shawshank Redemption",1994)
   >>> m = pymdb.MovieId(API_KEY, "tt0111161")

Get info about movie:

   >>> m.year()
   1994
   >>> m.director()
   ['Frank Darabont'] 
   >>> m.getposter()
   Poster saved to The Shawshank Redemption.jpg
   >>m.info()
   The Shawshank Redemption
   Year:  1994                                                                                          
   Rating: 9.3 (1,886,223 votes)
   Language:  English
   Genre:  Crime, Drama
   Director:  Frank Darabon
   Awards:  Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 29 nominations.

  type help(pymdb.Movie) for more.

Example script: Search for a movie and get info

  >>> from pymdb import Movie, MovieId
  >>> Movie.search(API_KEY, "Amelie")
  Amélie (2001) [tt0211915] {movie} 
  Amelie rennt (2017) [tt5712474] {movie}
  Liebe Amelie (2005) [tt0469116] {movie}
  .
  .
  .
  Ta hand om Amelie (1964) [tt0242926] {movie} 
  Found total 10 matching results
  >>> m = MovieId(API_KEY, 'tt0211915')
  >>> m.info()
  Amélie
  Year:  2001
  Rating: 8.3 (592,382 votes)
  Language:  French, Russian, English
  Genre:  Comedy, Romance
  Director:  Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  Awards:  Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 58 wins & 65 nominations.

Example script: Download posters of all movies in IMDb Top250.

    import pymdb
    ids = pymdb.top250_id()
    for id in ids:
      m = pymdb.MovieId(API_KEY, id)
      m.getposter()

Bugs

Report any bugs you find at https://github.com/kaushiksk/pymdb/issues.

Note

Data is fetched from OMDb API to which I am in no way associated. Please be patient if the server is down. Get your own API Key from OMDbAPI.

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pymdb's Issues

Return instead of Print! #1

The director(), actor(), awards() helper functions currently just print strings.
It would be better if they'd return these strings to the caller so that they can be used further or stored in variables.

Parse data using JSON instead of XML.

Currently the program grabs the xml data for a given movie.
But JSON is much more reader-friendly!

Add code that requests for data from the API in json format using a custom url encoded string.
Change the r parameter in the urlencode from xml to json
Store the obtained json string in a jsonstuff instance variable
Emulate the info function and write a jsoninfo function that parses data after reading the json string.

Resources:
Read up on JSON,urllib omdbapi.com

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