imdbmovies 0.1.1

IMDB API for Python

moviedb

imdbmovies is a python wrapper to represent the IMDB API. It helps you to get files i.e. Movies/TV-Series information from IMDB by scraping.

Differences compared to pymoviedb:

• Includes language support. (@9Mad-Max5)
• Returns json instead of str. (@Loukious)
• Many parsing errors are fixed. (@Loukious)

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Feature and fix PR's are welcome

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Installation

imdbmovies is available on pypi:

pip install imdbmovies

Documentation

1. Getting a Movie/Tv-Series info:

Use get_by_name(<name>, tv=False) method to get information of a movie/TV-Series.

The tv is an optional argument, if tv=True it will get data from TV Series files only.

On the other hand, if tv=False (default), it will find your file in Movies + TV Series results:

>>> from imdbmovies import IMDB
>>> imdb = IMDB()
>>> res = imdb.get_by_name('House Of The Dragon', tv=True)
>>> print(res)
>>> {
  "type": "TVSeries",
  "name": "House of the Dragon",
  "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11198330/",
  "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDBkZjRiNGMtZGU2My00ODdkLWI0MGYtNGU4MmJjN2MzOTkxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDM2NDM2MQ@@._V1_.jpg",
  "description": "House of the Dragon tells the story of an internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.",
  "review": {
    "author": "lmahesa",
    "dateCreated": "2022-08-21",
    "inLanguage": "English",
    "heading": "Very, very promising.",
    "reviewBody": "Last week, I binged seasons 1-7 of GoT so those episodes are still very fresh in my mind and I am unaffected by rose tinted nostalgia.\n\nI've just watched episode 1 of House of the Dragon.\n\nHow can I sum it up? So far, so good.\n\nThe music is sufficiently different to be fresh while remaining recognizable. The production quality and cinematography are as expected - fantastic, epic and awe inspiring, aside from a couple of excessively dark scenes that were over and done with very quickly.\n\nThere is gore aplenty. Nudity, vomit, sex and depravity. Incidental background humor. A promise of things to come.\n\nThe casting seems to be on point - I saw no issue with any of the characters, and the leads were well chosen for their roles.\n\nThe writing seems to be up to par. As an introduction, this episode was written and directed well. I want to see and know more - a good sign.\n\nSo far I'm pleased with this return to the land of Westeros. Valar morghulis!",
    "reviewRating": {
      "worstRating": 1,
      "bestRating": 10,
      "ratingValue": 9
    }
  },
  "rating": {
    "ratingCount": 77710,
    "bestRating": 10,
    "worstRating": 1,
    "ratingValue": 8.8
  },
  "contentRating": "A",
  "genre": ["Action","Adventure","Drama"],
  "datePublished": "2022-08-22",
  "keywords": "kingdom,prequel,knight,castle,sword",
  "duration": null,
  "actor": [
    {
      "name": "Paddy Considine",
      "url": "/name/nm0175916/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Matt Smith",
      "url": "/name/nm1741002/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rhys Ifans",
      "url": "/name/nm0406975/"
    }
  ],
  "director": [],
  "creator": [
    {
      "name": "Ryan J. Condal",
      "url": "/name/nm2952284/"
    },
    {
      "name": "George R.R. Martin",
      "url": "/name/nm0552333/"
    }
  ]
}
>>> 

2. Getting a file Info by it's IMDB ID:

Use get_by_id(<ID>) method to get a file information by it's IMDB ID:

>>> from imdbmovies import IMDB
>>> imdb = IMDB()
>>> res = imdb.get_by_id("tt12593682")
>>> print(res)
>>> {
  "type": "Movie",
  "name": "Bullet Train",
  "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12593682/",
  "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMDU2ZmM2OTYtNzIxYy00NjM5LTliNGQtN2JmOWQzYTBmZWUzXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTkxNjUyNQ@@._V1_.jpg",
  "description": "Five assassins aboard a fast moving bullet train find out their missions have something in common.",
  "review": {
    "author": "jonny_mcclatch",
    "dateCreated": "2022-08-03",
    "inLanguage": "English",
    "heading": "Stupid Fun...",
    "reviewBody": "I'll admit i've skewed my rating a bit, i've ranked it so highly rated based on the fact I knew what movie I was buying a ticket for. I'm not rating it highly because it's a modern classic, i'm doing it based on wanting to see a funny and entertaining action movie and in that respect it delivers pretty much everything I went to the cinema for.\n\nThe premise of the film is basic, the cast is solid, the characters are excellent including mini side characters. The humour has a few misses but generally it is a pretty funny movie throughout, they also pay off everything that is set up along the way which makes it a satisfying watch. Also if you are yet to see it, stay through the credits as it does tie up one or two of those loose ends.\n\nThe slight downside for me, were that the run time does sag a little toward the end but it is over 2 hours long and otherwise moved along at a steady rate.",
    "reviewRating": {
      "worstRating": 1,
      "bestRating": 10,
      "ratingValue": 9
    }
  },
  "rating": {
    "ratingCount": 67632,
    "bestRating": 10,
    "worstRating": 1,
    "ratingValue": 7.5
  },
  "contentRating": "A",
  "genre": [
    "Action",
    "Comedy",
    "Thriller"
  ],
  "datePublished": "2022-08-04",
  "keywords": "train,japan,assassin,revenge,mount fuji",
  "duration": "PT2H7M",
  "actor": [
    {
      "name": "Brad Pitt",
      "url": "/name/nm0000093/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Joey King",
      "url": "/name/nm1428821/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aaron Taylor-Johnson",
      "url": "/name/nm1093951/"
    }
  ],
  "director": [
    {
      "name": "David Leitch",
      "url": "/name/nm0500610/"
    }
  ],
  "creator": [
    {
      "name": "Zak Olkewicz",
      "url": "/name/nm5599654/"
    },
    {
      "name": "K\u00f4tar\u00f4 Isaka",
      "url": "/name/nm2157655/"
    }
  ]
}

3. Searching on IMDB:

• Use search(<name>, year=None, tv=False, person=False) method to search a file/movie/tv on IMDB.

• year tv & person are **Optional args.

• tv=True will return only Tv Series search results.

• person=True will return only people profile results. Use this if you are searching a celebrity info.

Recommendation - Pass year argument to increase the accuracy to hit requested file.

>>> from imdbmovies import IMDB
>>> imdb = IMDB()
>>> res = imdb.search('liger', year=2022)
>>> print(res)
>>> {
  "result_count": 6,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "tt4435072",
      "name": "Liger (2022)",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4435072/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BOGFjYjFhMGUtZDE3Mi00OGE0LWI4YjUtZmRhZGEyYzliMWJmXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzOTcyODA5._V1_UX32_CR0,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "tt18924468",
      "name": "Message and the Messenger 2022",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18924468/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjBlYzBjN2ItNWVmMi00YjRjLWExMGItMzBiZmY4ODU0N2I1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTAxMDI5ODc5._V1_UX32_CR0,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "tt21027022",
      "name": "Football Manager 2022 (2021) (Video Game)",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21027022/?ref_=fn_al_tt_7",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZTg4YWVmNDctMjIxNi00YmM4LThhMWYtY2Q2YWQ1OTZkNTgyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzcwNzU5MTE@._V1_UY44_CR0,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "tt19832702",
      "name": "21. apr. 2022 - Vestlige ledere i Kyiv (2022) (TV Episode) - Dagsrevyen (1958) (TV Series)",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19832702/?ref_=fn_al_tt_8",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDdkYjE1ZTYtYzY0NC00ZTQ4LTg3ZTUtYTg2Y2FiYzYyMWQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODI4NDE1MDk@._V1_UY44_CR23,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "tt21866526",
      "name": "8. aug. 2022 - Budrunder pa leieboliger (2022) (TV Episode) - Dagsrevyen (1958) (TV Series)",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21866526/?ref_=fn_al_tt_9",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZDdkYjE1ZTYtYzY0NC00ZTQ4LTg3ZTUtYTg2Y2FiYzYyMWQxXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyODI4NDE1MDk@._V1_UY44_CR23,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "tt20898300",
      "name": "25. mai 2022 - Billigere enn pa lenge (2022) (TV Episode) - Kveldsnytt (1965) (TV Series)",
      "url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20898300/?ref_=fn_al_tt_10",
      "poster": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmY0ZjAzZDktNGJmZi00NzdiLWEwODItOTcxZDIyZGI3OTM5XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzkyNTYxMjE@._V1_UY44_CR23,0,32,44_AL_.jpg"
    }
  ]
}

4. Getting a Person/Celebrity Profile Information:

• Use person_by_name(<name>) method to get profile info by name from IMDB.
• Use person_by_id(<IMDB_ID>) method to get profile info by it's ID.

>>> from imdbmovies import IMDB
>>> imdb = IMDB()
>>> res = imdb.person_by_name('Rajkummar Rao') #OR imdb.person_by_id("nm3822770")
>>> print(res)
>>> {
    "url": "/name/nm3822770/",
    "name": "Rajkummar Rao",
    "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzAxNWIzOWItMDM1NC00NGMyLWIwMDEtNWZjODEyOTFiZjQ4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjY1MTg4Mzc@._V1_.jpg",
    "jobTitle": "Actor",
    "description": "Raj Kumar is also known as Rajkummar Rao. He was born in Gurgaon. He finished his schooling in Gurgaon and graduated in Arts from Delhi University. He was simultaneously doing theatre with Kshitij Repertory and SRC in Delhi. He is an Acting graduate from Pune's Film and Television Institute of India. Raj Kumar's debut film was Dibakar Banerjee's ...",
    "birthDate": "1984-08-31",
    "type": "Person"
    }
>>> 

5. Language Support:

Added the possibiltie to use en language encoding like this:

imdb = IMDB(lang="de")

If there is a special alternated name for the used country, it will be passed to the alternateName attribute. The original Name will be untouched

Other Useful Methods:

• Get Upcoming Movies List:

from imdbmovies import IMDB
imdb = IMDB()
res = imdb.upcoming(region=None)
# returns upcomming movies info as json

region is an **Optional argument. Use country ISO codes (eg. IN/US/DE/AE etc.) to filter results for a particular region.

• Getting Popular Movies List by Genre:

The popular_movies() method will return 50 popular movies results starting from start_id:

from imdbmovies import IMDB
imdb = IMDB()
res = imdb.popular_movies(genre=None, start_id=1, sort_by=None)
# returns top 50 popular movies starting from start id

genre, start_id & sort_by are **Optional args

To see sort_by options visit Movies by genre - IMDB

• Getting Popular TV Series List by Genre :

The popular_tv() method will return 50 popular TV-Series starting from start_id:

from imdbmovies import IMDB
imdb = IMDB()
res = imdb.popular_tv(genre=None, start_id=1, sort_by=None)
# returns top 50 popular TV Series starting from start id

genre, start_id & sort_by are **Optional args

To see sort_by options visit TV Series by genre - IMDB

Disclaimer

The `imdbmovies`` is tested with small amount of data found on IMDB.com. This package is developed for educational purpose only. The author does not encourage anyone to use this module for any illegal or un-ethical project/purpose.