python-filmaffinity 0.1.0

Pip

pip install python-filmaffinity

Optional Pydantic models:

pip install "python-filmaffinity[models]"

From Source

git clone git@github.com:sergiormb/python_filmaffinity.git
cd python_filmaffinity
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

Requirements

beautifulsoup4 >= 4.9.1
requests >= 2.24.0
requests-cache >= 1.0.0

Python 3.9 or newer is required.

FilmAffinity does not provide a public API for this package. The library uses HTML scraping, so selectors can break when FilmAffinity changes its layout.

Optional models and exporters

The public API keeps returning dictionaries by default. Install the models extra and pass as_model=True to receive Pydantic models:

service = python_filmaffinity.FilmAffinity()
movie = service.get_movie(id='495280', as_model=True)
movie.title

Export helpers accept dictionaries, lists and models:

movies = service.search(title='Batman')
python_filmaffinity.to_json(movies, 'movies.json')
python_filmaffinity.to_csv(movies, 'movies.csv')
python_filmaffinity.to_markdown(movies, 'movies.md')

Command line

filmaffinity search "Batman" --top 5
filmaffinity movie 197671 --images --json
filmaffinity top --kind filmaffinity --top 10

Development

python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m pytest
RUN_INTEGRATION=1 python -m pytest -m integration
python -m build
twine check dist/*

The persistent sqlite cache is stored in the user’s cache directory by default. Use cache_backend="memory" for runs that should not write to disk.

language

• Spanish: ‘es’

• USA, UK: ‘en’

• México: ‘mx’

• Argentina: ‘ar’

• Chile: ‘cl’

• Colombia: ‘co’

• Example

import python_filmaffinity
service = python_filmaffinity.FilmAffinity(lang='en')

search

• Example

movies = service.search(cast='Nicolas Cage')

get_movie

• Example

movies = service.get_movie(title='Avatar')
movies = service.get_movie(id='495280')

top_filmaffinity

• Example

movies = service.top_filmaffinity()
movies = service.top_filmaffinity(from_year=2010, to_year=2011)

top_premieres

• Example

movies = service.top_premieres()

top_netflix, top_hbo, top_filmin, top_movistar, top_rakuten, top_tv_series

• Example

movies = service.top_netflix()
movies = service.top_hbo(top=5)
movies = service.top_filmin()
movies = service.top_movistar()
movies = service.top_rakuten()
movies = service.top_tv_series()

recommend HBO, Netflix, Filmin, Movistar, Rakuten

• Example

movies = service.recommend_netflix()
movies = service.recommend_hbo()
movies = service.recommend_filmin()
movies = service.recommend_movistar()
movies = service.recommend_rakuten()

v0.1.0 (17-06-2026)

• Added the filmaffinity command line interface.

• Added optional Pydantic models via as_model=True.

• Added JSON, CSV and Markdown export helpers.

• Moved the default persistent cache to the user’s cache directory.

• Renamed the PyPI publishing workflow to publish-to-pypi.yml.

v0.0.21 (17-06-2026)

• Updated scraping for the current FilmAffinity layout.

• Replaced the deprecated user-agent dependency with an internal header pool.

• Added fast parser tests and optional live integration tests.

• Modernized packaging metadata and GitHub Actions.

v0.0.20 (28-09-2023)

• Scrapping updated

v0.0.19 (22-06-2021)

• Fixed errors in get_country

v0.0.18 (26-02-2021)

• When images are requested, lets provide also the country where they were published (@jcea)

• Correctly provide the trailers listed in filmaffinity (@jcea)

• Spurious search in youtube deleted (@jcea)

• Extract correctly when multiple genres (@jcea)

• Added “writers”, “music”, “cinematography” and “producers” (@jcea)

• Regression processing “original_title” in searches (@jcea)

v0.0.17 (18-02-2021)

• Deleted spaces at the end of the title (@jcea)

• Added original_title (@jcea)

• Fix directors scraping (@jcea)

v0.0.15 (03-08-2020)

• Search by genre

v0.0.14 (08-09-2018)

• Fixed errors

v0.0.13 (07-09-2018)

• Adds proxies and random user-agent in headers

v0.0.12 (27-08-2018)

• Changed description

v0.0.11 (27-08-2018)

• Fixed errors

v0.0.1O (27-08-2018)

• Fixed errors with SSL

v0.0.09 (28-12-2017)

• Replaces cachetools for requests-cache

v0.0.8 (26-12-2017)

• Add images

• Fixed errors

v0.0.7 (15-12-2017)

• Fixes encoding for the analyzed results

• Disabled limitations for all the supported languages

• Change of name to the main class.

• Adds initial language check and raise error if this is not in support

• Adds basic exceptions

v0.0.6 (12-06-2017)

• Add cachetools

v0.0.5 (13-06-2017)

• Fixed errors

v0.0.4 (11-06-2017)

• Top new DVDs

• Get movie with trailer

• Top TV series

• Return movies list with raiting

v0.0.3 (10-06-2017)

• Top Netlfix, HBO and Filmin

• Recommendation from Netflix, HBO or Filmin

• Fixed errors

v0.0.2 (31-05-2017)

• Search movies by title, year, director or cast.

• Get the filmaffinity top and search by year

• Get the premieres top

v0.0.1 (29-05-2017)

• Initial release.

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