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https://github.com/raaguln/imdb-release-date

Sends the release dates of latest episodes of TV Shows specified via mail.
https://github.com/raaguln/imdb-release-date

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Sends the release dates of latest episodes of TV Shows specified via mail.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/raaguln/imdb-release-date
Owner: raaguln
Created: 2018-10-10T18:09:21.000Z (over 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2018-10-18T09:04:57.000Z (about 6 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-01-26T03:38:14.239Z (12 months ago)
Language: Python
Size: 202 KB
Stars: 0
Watchers: 1
Forks: 0
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md

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# imdb-release-date
Sends the release dates of latest episodes of TV Shows specified via mail. Saves the initial inputs provided by the user into a SQLite3 DB.

## Initial Configurations

Input your mail details into the `from` variable and `password` variable in the script. Also, while using Gmail, enable the ***Access to less secure apps*** in order to allow the python script to be able to send mails via it.

## Requirements

1. bs4 package - for scraping the web using python
2. Internet connectivity while running the script
3. imdb.com shouldn’t be a blocked website :)

## Input format -

Enter your email id and the TV Shows for which you want to find out the release dates of the next episode.

![input1](https://github.com/beyondtheinferno/imdb-release-date/blob/master/assets/input1.png)

The script will scrape the search results from IMDb and ask you for a choice, for each TV Series you mentioned.

![input2](https://github.com/beyondtheinferno/imdb-release-date/blob/master/assets/input2.png)

## OUTPUT -

The output on the terminal will be as follows, for the TV Shows you’ve entered -

![output1](https://github.com/beyondtheinferno/imdb-release-date/blob/master/assets/output1.png)

The mail will contain the HTML content as follows -

![output2](https://github.com/beyondtheinferno/imdb-release-date/blob/master/assets/output2.png)

## TO DO -

- [ ] Reduce the code redundancy.
- [ ] Add extra details like genre, summary in the mail body for each show.
- [ ] Add support for Movies.