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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
get_first_movie.py
Usage: get_first_movie "movie title"
Search for the given title and print the best matching result.
"""
import sys
# Import the IMDbPY package.
try:
import imdb
except ImportError:
print('You need to install the IMDbPY package!')
sys.exit(1)
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print('Only one argument is required:')
print(' %s "movie title"' % sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(2)
title = sys.argv[1]
i = imdb.IMDb()
try:
# Do the search, and get the results (a list of Movie objects).
results = i.search_movie(title)
except imdb.IMDbError as e:
print("Probably you're not connected to Internet. Complete error report:")
print(e)
sys.exit(3)
if not results:
print('No matches for "%s", sorry.' % title)
sys.exit(0)
# Print only the first result.
print(' Best match for "%s"' % title)
# This is a Movie instance.
movie = results[0]
# So far the Movie object only contains basic information like the
# title and the year; retrieve main information:
i.update(movie)
print(movie.summary())