imdbinfo 0.5.3

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
• 🌐 Localized results in multiple languages (set globally or per request)
• 📅 Release dates and box office information
• 🌍 International titles and alternate titles (AKAs) via get_akas
• 📸 Poster images and backdrops
• 📊 Ratings from IMDb and other sources
• 📝 User reviews and ratings via get_reviews
• 🎭 Movie trivia and interesting facts via get_trivia
• 🗂️ Full filmography for actors, directors and writers
• 📝 Typed Pydantic models for predictable responses
• ⚡ Built-in caching for faster repeated requests
• ✅ No API keys required

Installation

pip install imdbinfo

Quick Start

from imdbinfo import search_title, get_movie, get_name, get_season_episodes, get_reviews, get_trivia

# 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, tvMovie, tvEpisode, tvSpecial, tvShort, short, videoGame, video, musicVideo, podcastEpisode, podcastSeries
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 import get_movie, get_season_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 episodes for the series season 1
walking_dead_episodes = get_season_episodes(walking_dead_serie.imdb_id, season=1)

# Print details for the first 3 episodes from the season 1
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}")

All episodes in a series

You can now retrieve all episodes in a series with a single call:

from imdbinfo import get_all_episodes
# Fetch all episodes for a series
all_episodes = get_all_episodes("tt1520211")  # Walking Dead
for episode in all_episodes:
    print(f"Title: {episode.title} - ({episode.imdbId})")
    print(f"Plot: {episode.plot[:100]}...")
    print(f"Release Date: {episode.release_date}")
    print(f"Rating: {episode.rating}")
    print(f"Duration: {episode.duration/60}min")
    print("" + "="*50)

Company Credits

• distribution companies,
• production companies,
• sales companies,
• special effects companies,
• miscellaneous companies

You can now extract information about the companies involved in a movie or series:

from imdbinfo import get_movie

movie = get_movie("tt0133093")  # The Matrix

# Distribution companies
for company in movie.company_credits["distribution"]:
    print(f"Distribution: {company.name} ({company.country})")

# Sales companies
for company in movie.company_credits["sales"]:
    print(f"Sales: {company.name}")

# Production companies
for company in movie.company_credits["production"]:
    print(f"Production: {company.name}")

# Special effects companies
for company in movie.company_credits["specialEffects"]:
    print(f"Special Effects: {company.name}")

# Miscellaneous companies
for company in movie.company_credits["miscellaneous"]:
    print(f"Miscellaneous: {company.name}")

Alternate titles (AKAs)

Fetch international and alternate titles for any movie or series:

from imdbinfo import get_akas
akas = get_akas("tt0133093")  # The Matrix
for aka in akas["akas"][:5]:
    print(f"{aka.title} ({aka.country_name})")

Reviews and User Ratings

Get user reviews and ratings for any movie or series:

from imdbinfo import get_reviews
reviews = get_reviews("tt0133093")  # The Matrix
for review in reviews[:3]:
    print(f"Rating: {review['authorRating']}/10")
    print(f"Summary: {review['summary']}")
    print(f"Helpful votes: {review['upVotes']} up, {review['downVotes']} down")
    print(f"Spoiler: {review['spoiler']}")
    print("---")

Movie Trivia and Facts

Discover interesting trivia and behind-the-scenes facts:

from imdbinfo import get_trivia
trivia = get_trivia("tt0133093")  # The Matrix
for fact in trivia[:3]:
    print(f"Interest Score: {fact['interestScore']}")
    print(f"Fact: {fact['body'][:200]}...")
    print("---")

Localized results in multiple languages (set globally or per request)

Added support for locales in search_movie, get_movie, get_episodes, get_all_episodes, get_name

from imdbinfo import get_movie, search_title
# Fetch movie details in Italian
movie_it = get_movie("tt0133093", locale="it")  # The Matrix

# Search for titles in Spanish (although IMDb search is mostly in all languages)
results_es = search_title("La Casa de Papel", locale="es")

Localized data can be set globally, dont need to pass locale every time in the functions:

from imdbinfo import get_movie
from imdbinfo.locale import set_locale
set_locale("it")  # Set default locale to Italian
movie_it = get_movie("tt0133093")  # The Matrix in Italian

📝 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 niquests 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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