imdbinfo 0.4.0

A Python service for querying IMDb data

imdbinfo

Your personal gateway to IMDb data. Search for movies, series and people and get structured information in seconds.

Features

• 🔍 Search movies,series, miniseries and people by name or title
• 🎬 Detailed movie info including cast, crew, ratings and more
• 👥 Detailed person info with biography, filmography and images
• 📺 TV series and miniseries support with seasons and episodes
• 📅 Release dates and box office information
• 🌍 International titles and alternate titles
• 📸 Poster images and backdrops
• 📊 Ratings from IMDb and other sources
• 🗂️ Full filmography for actors, directors and writers
• 📝 Typed Pydantic models for predictable responses
• ✅ No API keys required

Installation

pip install imdbinfo

Quick Start

from imdbinfo.services import search_title, get_movie, get_name, get_episodes

# Search for a title
results = search_title("The Matrix")
for movie in results.titles:
    print(f"{movie.title} ({movie.year}) - {movie.imdb_id}")

# Get movie details
movie = get_movie("0133093") # or 'tt0133093'
print(movie.title, movie.year, movie.rating)

# Get movie kind:
print(movie.kind) # movie, tvSeries, tvMiniSeries, tvEpisode, video
print(movie.is_series()) # False

# Get person details
person = get_name("nm0000206")# or '0000206' 
print(person.name, person.birth_date)

Working with Series and Episodes

The movie object provides helpful methods to identify its type:

• movie.is_series() — Returns True if the movie is a series.
• movie.is_episode() — Returns True if the movie is an episode.

Depending on the type, you can access additional information:

• For series: use movie.info_series to get series details.
• For episodes: use movie.info_episode to get episode details.

Example: Working with Series and Episodes

from imdbinfo.services import get_movie, get_episodes

# Fetch a TV series as a Movie object
walking_dead_serie = get_movie("tt1520211")  # Walking Dead

# Check if the object is a series
print(walking_dead_serie.is_series())  # True

# Access series-specific information
print(f"Series Info: {walking_dead_serie.info_series}")

# Retrieve all episodes for the series
walking_dead_episodes = get_episodes(walking_dead_serie.imdb_id)

# Print details for the first 3 episodes
for episode_info in walking_dead_episodes[:3]:
    print(episode_info)

# Fetch a single episode as a Movie object and check its type
episode_detail = get_movie(episode_info.imdb_id)
print("Is Episode:", episode_detail.is_episode())  # True

# Access episode-specific information: series imdbid, season and episode number ...
print(f"Episode Info: {episode_detail.info_episode}")

For more examples see the examples folder.

💡 Looking for a ready-to-use API based on this package? Check out qdMovieAPI — a fast and simple way to access IMDb data via REST!

Why choose imdbinfo?

• Easy to use Python API
• Returns clean structured data
• Powered by requests and lxml
• Uses Pydantic for type safety
• No external dependencies or API keys required
• Ideal for quick scripts and data analysis

Disclaimer

This project and its authors are not affiliated in any way with IMDb Inc. or its affiliates. For more information, please refer to the DISCLAIMER file.

License

imdbinfo is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open an issue or pull request on GitHub.

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