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<blockquote data-quote="jake78" data-source="post: 48116" data-attributes="member: 14090">Here is a snippet of code to retrieve information from IMDB, afterwards you would have to parse it.Imports System.NetImports System.IOPublic Class Form1&nbsp; &nbsp; Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim searchString As String = &quot;da+vinci+code&quot; 'example search keyword for a movie&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'URL to search for a movie&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(&quot;http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&amp;q=&quot; &amp; searchString)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'URL to get detailed information for a movie&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/&quot;)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 'responseFromServer contains the HTML code for the page retrieved&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd()&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; dataStream.Close()&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; response.Close()&nbsp; &nbsp; End SubEnd Class</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jake78, post: 48116, member: 14090"] Here is a snippet of code to retrieve information from IMDB, afterwards you would have to parse it. Imports System.Net Imports System.IO Public Class Form1 Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim searchString As String = "da+vinci+code" 'example search keyword for a movie 'URL to search for a movie Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=" & searchString) 'URL to get detailed information for a movie 'Dim request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382625/") request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials Dim response As HttpWebResponse = CType(request.GetResponse(), HttpWebResponse) Dim dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream() Dim reader As New StreamReader(dataStream) 'responseFromServer contains the HTML code for the page retrieved Dim responseFromServer As String = reader.ReadToEnd() dataStream.Close() response.Close() End Sub End Class [/QUOTE]

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