IMDbNewly

IMDbNewly is a simple python script which fetches the movies recently added into IMDb's top 250 list. It then generates 2 static files (html and txt) with the fetched data.

You can find an online version here.

Usage

Paste from python imdbnewly.py -h

usage: imdbnewly.py [-h] [-f] [-a] [-ht] [-b]

Find the newly added movies to imdb's top 250.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -f, --fetch  fetch imdb's current top 250 list
  -a, --ascii  print the newly added items in ascii format
  -ht, --html  print the newly added items in html format
  -b, --both   print both the ascii and the html formats

I run this as a cronjob, like this:

# re-fetch the top 250 list every 3 months
1 0 1 */3 * /usr/bin/python imdbnewly.py -f >/dev/null 2>&1
# generate the newly added movies list every day at 1 am
1 0 * * * /usr/bin/python imdbnewly.py -b >/dev/null 2>&1

Requirements

Paste from requirements.txt

1. Python 2.7+
2. Jinja2 2.7.3
3. MarkupSafe 0.23
4. argparse 1.2.1
5. distribute 0.6.24
6. imdbpie 1.4.4
7. prettytable 0.7.2
8. requests 2.3.0
9. wsgiref 0.1.2