TheTvDbParty

The thetvdb_party gem accesses the TheTvDB programmers API as it is described on http://thetvdb.com/wiki/index.php/Programmers_API

It uses compression to minimize bandwith when accessing Full Series Records.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'thetvdb_party'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install thetvdb_party

Usage

Creating a TheTvDb API client

To create a new client without an api key:

client = TheTvDbParty::Client.new

Or with an api key:

client = TheTvDbParty::Client.new "<your api key>"

It is recommended to use an .env file or environment variable to store the API key. For example like this:

Contents of .env

TVDB_API_KEY=<YOUR API KEY>

Performing searches

Once you have a client instance, you can perform searches against the TheTvDb API. The following example searches for The Mentalist on TheTvDb.

results = client.search "The Mentalist"

The #search method of the client returns an array containing the search results. Iterate over this array to get the Base Series Record of the search results.

results.each do |search_result_record|
  base_series_record = search_result_record.get_base_series_record
end

Contributing

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/couven92/thetvdb_party/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request