Getting IMDb ID (1 Viewer)

[piernik]

Hi,

I'm making polish scraper and IMDb ID is very important (ex. getting backdrops).
I'm trying to get it through wikipedia links, but it's not working every time.

Please paste here code for getting IMDb.com ID (nothing more) based on english title. Then I could include it in polish scraper.
I think it could be useful not just for me (that's why separate topic)

 

[RoChess]

Hi,

I'm making polish scraper and IMDb ID is very important (ex. getting backdrops).
I'm trying to get it through wikipedia links, but it's not working every time.

Please paste here code for getting IMDb.com ID (nothing more) based on english title. Then I could include it in polish scraper.
I think it could be useful not just for me (that's why separate topic)

Look at the fuzzy Google code that is used in the scope.dk scraper. You should be able to adapt that for your Polish scraper easy.

 

[piernik]

Thanks for source.
Here is code that fetches imdb id. Maybe someone finds it useful.

<!-- no imdb_id yet - try to get it from google - only exact title match -->
		<if test='${movie.imdb_id}='>
		  <retrieve name="imdb_find" url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;hs=a8f&amp;q=site%3Awww.imdb.com+${movie.title:safe}+(${movie.year:safe})" />
		  <parse name="imdb_parser" input="${imdb_find}" regex="&lt;h3\sclass=&quot;r&quot;&gt;&lt;a\shref=&quot;http\://www\.imdb\.com/title/(tt\d+)\/&quot;\s.+?&gt;&lt;em&gt;${movie.title}&lt;/em&gt;\s*\(&lt;em&gt;${movie.year}&lt;/em&gt;\)" />
		  <set name="movie.imdb_id" value="${imdb_parser[0][0]}"/>
		  <!-- If no IMDB try to get it with the first exact alternate title. -->
		  <if test='${movie.imdb_id}='>
			<if test='${movie.alternate_titles}!='>
				<retrieve name="imdb_find" url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;hs=a8f&amp;q=site%3Awww.imdb.com+${movie.alternate_titles}+(${movie.year:safe})" />
				<parse name="imdb_parser" input="${imdb_find}" regex="&lt;h3\sclass=&quot;r&quot;&gt;&lt;a\shref=&quot;http\://www\.imdb\.com/title/(tt\d+)\/&quot;\s.+?&gt;&lt;em&gt;${movie.alternate_titles}&lt;/em&gt;\s*\(&lt;em&gt;${movie.year}&lt;/em&gt;\)" />
				<set name="movie.imdb_id" value="${imdb_parser[0][0]}"/>
			</if>
		  </if>
		  <!-- If no IMDB try to get it with the first not exact title. -->
		  <if test='${movie.imdb_id}='>
			<retrieve name="imdb_find" url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;hs=a8f&amp;q=site%3Awww.imdb.com+${movie.title}+(${movie.year:safe})" />
			<parse name="imdb_parser" input="${imdb_find}" regex="&lt;h3\sclass=&quot;r&quot;&gt;&lt;a\shref=&quot;http\://www\.imdb\.com/title/(tt\d+)\/&quot;\s.+?&gt;&lt;em&gt;.+?&lt;/em&gt;\s*\(&lt;em&gt;${movie.year}&lt;/em&gt;\)" />
			<set name="movie.imdb_id" value="${imdb_parser[0][0]}"/>
		  </if>
		  <!-- If no IMDB try to get it with the first not exact alternate title. -->
		  <if test='${movie.imdb_id}='>
			<if test='${movie.alternate_titles}!='>
				<retrieve name="imdb_find" url="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;hs=a8f&amp;q=site%3Awww.imdb.com+${movie.alternate_titles}+(${movie.year:safe})" />
				<parse name="imdb_parser" input="${imdb_find}" regex="&lt;h3\sclass=&quot;r&quot;&gt;&lt;a\shref=&quot;http\://www\.imdb\.com/title/(tt\d+)\/&quot;\s.+?&gt;&lt;em&gt;.+?&lt;/em&gt;\s*\(&lt;em&gt;${movie.year}&lt;/em&gt;\)" />
				<set name="movie.imdb_id" value="${imdb_parser[0][0]}"/>
			</if>
		  </if>
		</if>