https://github.com/parth-paradkar/imdb-info
This Python script retrieves IMDb info from the official website.
https://github.com/parth-paradkar/imdb-info
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This Python script retrieves IMDb info from the official website.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/parth-paradkar/imdb-info
- Owner: parth-paradkar
- Created: 2019-02-21T18:53:51.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2019-07-18T16:08:02.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-27T04:31:02.247Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: imdb, imdb-api, imdb-rating, python
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 12.7 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# IMDb-Info
Get the information of your favourite movies or movies on your bucketlist from the IMDb website in the comfort of your terminal using a python script.
## Getting Started
Install the source code on your PC.
Create a local directory
```
mkdir IMDb-Info
```
Change the working directory to this directory.
```
cd IMDb-Info
```
Clone the repository into the local repository
```
git clone https://github.com/parthmax99/IMDb-Info.git
```
### Prerequisites
This program requires the IMDb API to be installed
```
pip install imdb
```
This package is written in python 2.7 but it is compatible with python 3.6
Full Documentation: https://imdbpy.sourceforge.io/support.html#documentation
Source Code: https://github.com/alberanid/imdbpy
### How to run
For Linux:
Open a terminal window with Ctrl+Alt+T
Change the working directory to the cloned repository
```
cd IMDb-Info
```
Now to run the program.
```
python imdb_info.py
```
### Demo (featuring my favourite movies :smile: )
```
python imdbpy_info.py Whiplash
Whiplash
2014
Genres:
Drama
Music
Rating: 8.5
Cast:
Miles Teller
J.K. Simmons
Paul Reiser
Melissa Benoist
Austin Stowell
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school; one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushes him.
```
```
python imdbpy_info.py The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
Genres:
Drama
Rating: 9.3
Cast:
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Bob Gunton
William Sadler
Clancy Brown
Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.
```
You may edit the information that is shown by adding/deleting the respective keys in the source code.
IMDb Website: www.imdb.com