aioimdb 1.1.2

Python asyncio IMDB client using the IMDB json web service made available for their iOS app.

aioimdb (IMDb + Python 3.6 + Asyncio)

Python asyncio IMDb client using the IMDb JSON web service made available for their iOS app. This version requires Python 3.6 or later. It is based off of the synchronous version by Richard O'Dwyer.

API Terminology

• Title this can be a movie, tv show, video, documentary etc.
• Name this can be a credit, cast member, any person generally.

Installation

To install aioimdb, simply:

pip install aioimdb

How To Use

Initialise The Client

from aioimdb import Imdb
async with Imdb() as imdb
    result = await imdb.<method call>    # <-- see Available Methods below

Example:

from aioimdb import Imdb
async with Imdb() as imdb
    result = await imdb.get_title('tt0111161')

Available Methods

NOTE: For each client method, if the resource cannot be found they will raise LookupError, if there is an API error then ImdbAPIError will raise.

Example	Description
await get_title('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing title information
await search_for_title("The Dark Knight")	Returns a dict of results
await search_for_name("Christian Bale)	Returns a dict of results
await title_exits('tt0111161')	Returns True if exists otherwise False
await get_title_genres('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title genres information
await get_title_credits('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title credits information
await get_title_quotes('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title quotes information
await get_title_ratings('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title ratings information
await get_title_connections('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title connections information
await get_title_similarities('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title similarities information
await get_title_videos('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing title videos information
await get_title_news('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing news
await get_title_trivia('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing trivia
await get_title_soundtracks('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing soundtracks information
await get_title_goofs('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing "goofs" and teaser information
await get_title_technical('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing technical information
await get_title_companies('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing information about companies related to title
await get_title_episodes('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing season and episodes information
await get_title_episodes_detailed(imdb_id='tt0303461', season=1)	Returns a dict containing detailed season episodes information
await get_title_top_crew('tt0303461')	Returns a dict containing detailed information about title's top crew (ie: directors, writters, etc.)
await get_title_plot('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing title plot information
await get_title_plot_synopsis('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing title plot synopsis information
await get_title_awards('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing title plot information
await get_title_releases('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing releases information
await get_title_versions('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing versions information (meaning different versions of this title for different regions, or different versions for DVD vs Cinema)
await get_title_user_reviews('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing user review information
await get_title_metacritic_reviews('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing metacritic review information
await get_title_images('tt0111161')	Returns a dict containing title images information
await get_name('nm0000151')	Returns a dict containing person/name information
await get_name_filmography('nm0000151')	Returns a dict containing person/name filmography information
await get_name_images('nm0000032')	Returns a dict containing person/name images information
await get_name_videos('nm0000032')	Returns a dict containing person/name videos information
validate_imdb_id('tt0111161')	Raises ValueError if not valid
await get_popular_titles()	Returns a dict containing popular titles information
await get_popular_shows()	Returns a dict containing popular tv shows
await get_popular_movies()	Returns a dict containing popular movies

Requirements

1. Python 3.6 or later
2. See requirements.txt

Running The Tests

pip install -r test_requirements.txt
py.test tests