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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
get_movie.py
Usage: get_movie "movie_id"
Show some info about the movie with the given movie_id (e.g. '0133093'
for "The Matrix", using 'http' or 'mobile').
Notice that movie_id, using 'sql', are not the same IDs used on the web.
"""
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_id"' % sys.argv[0])
sys.exit(2)
movie_id = sys.argv[1]
i = imdb.IMDb()
try:
# Get a Movie object with the data about the movie identified by
# the given movie_id.
movie = i.get_movie(movie_id)
except imdb.IMDbError as e:
print("Probably you're not connected to Internet. Complete error report:")
print(e)
sys.exit(3)
if not movie:
print('It seems that there\'s no movie with movie_id "%s"' % movie_id)
sys.exit(4)
# XXX: this is the easier way to print the main info about a movie;
# calling the summary() method of a Movie object will returns a string
# with the main information about the movie.
# Obviously it's not really meaningful if you want to know how
# to access the data stored in a Movie object, so look below; the
# commented lines show some ways to retrieve information from a
# Movie object.
print(movie.summary())
# Show some info about the movie.
# This is only a short example; you can get a longer summary using
# 'print movie.summary()' and the complete set of information looking for
# the output of the movie.keys() method.
#
# print '==== "%s" / movie_id: %s ====' % (movie['title'], movie_id)
# XXX: use the IMDb instance to get the IMDb web URL for the movie.
# imdbURL = i.get_imdbURL(movie)
# if imdbURL:
# print 'IMDb URL: %s' % imdbURL
#
# XXX: many keys return a list of values, like "genres".
# genres = movie.get('genres')
# if genres:
# print 'Genres: %s' % ' '.join(genres)
#
# XXX: even when only one value is present (e.g.: movie with only one
# director), fields that can be multiple are ALWAYS a list.
# Note that the 'name' variable is a Person object, but since its
# __str__() method returns a string with the name, we can use it
# directly, instead of name['name']
# director = movie.get('director')
# if director:
# print 'Director(s): ',
# for name in director:
# sys.stdout.write('%s ' % name)
# print ''
#
# XXX: notice that every name in the cast is a Person object, with a
# currentRole instance variable, which is a string for the played role.
# cast = movie.get('cast')
# if cast:
# print 'Cast: '
# cast = cast[:5]
# for name in cast:
# print ' %s (%s)' % (name['name'], name.currentRole)
# XXX: some information are not lists of strings or Person objects, but simple
# strings, like 'rating'.
# rating = movie.get('rating')
# if rating:
# print 'Rating: %s' % rating
# XXX: an example of how to use information sets; retrieve the "trivia"
# info set; check if it contains some data, select and print a
# random entry.
# import random
# i.update(movie, info=['trivia'])
# trivia = movie.get('trivia')
# if trivia:
# rand_trivia = trivia[random.randrange(len(trivia))]
# print 'Random trivia: %s' % rand_trivia