derobo-imdb_og

This is a fork of Jon Maddox’s gem imdb_og (github.com/maddox/imdb)

DESCRIPTION:

A simple ruby library to scrape IMDB.

• github.com/derobo/imdb

FEATURES :

• Searching imdb for movies based on title

• Getting a Movie object based on it’s imdb id

• Most information on imdb gets scraped, like title, poster, rating, alternative titles etc

SYNOPSIS:

You should use following code to include this gem into your project. This prevents namespace issus.

require ‘rubygems’ begin

		gem "derobo-imdb_og"
		require "imdb"

rescue Gem::LoadError

		# handle the error somehow

end

To search for a movie(including alternative titles):

m = Imdb.search_movies_by_title(“Ein Fisch namens Wanda”, true)

m.first #=> “A Fish Called Wanda” m.first #=> “tt0095159”

To get a movie by it’s imdb-id:

m = Imdb.find_movie_by_id(“tt095159”) m.title #=> “A Fish Called Wanda”

REQUIREMENTS:

Following gems are needed:

• Hpricot

• htmlentities

INSTALL:

Install and activated the gemcutter gem if needed $ gem install gemcutter $ gem tumble

To install the gem itself run $ gem install derobo-imdb_og