This is a fork of Jon Maddox’s gem imdb_og (github.com/maddox/imdb)
A simple ruby library to scrape IMDB.
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Searching imdb for movies based on title
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Getting a Movie object based on it’s imdb id
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Most information on imdb gets scraped, like title, poster, rating, alternative titles etc
You should use following code to include this gem into your project. This prevents namespace issus.
require ‘rubygems’ begin
gem "derobo-imdb_og" require "imdb"
rescue Gem::LoadError
# handle the error somehow
end
To search for a movie(including alternative titles):
m = Imdb.search_movies_by_title(“Ein Fisch namens Wanda”, true)
m.first #=> “A Fish Called Wanda” m.first #=> “tt0095159”
To get a movie by it’s imdb-id:
m = Imdb.find_movie_by_id(“tt095159”) m.title #=> “A Fish Called Wanda”
Following gems are needed:
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Hpricot
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htmlentities
Install and activated the gemcutter gem if needed $ gem install gemcutter $ gem tumble
To install the gem itself run $ gem install derobo-imdb_og