IMDb id Scraper
IMDb id [Internet Movie Database identifier] - is an identifier for the IMDb [with prefix ‘tt’, ‘nm’, ‘co’, ‘ev’, ‘ch’ or ‘ni’] followed by se7en numerical digits. This python script displays the top suggestions from the IMDb site and takes user input to scrape the IMDb id for the selected option.
Dependencies
Use the package manager pip to install following
pip install beautifulsoup4
pip install requests
pip install argparse
Usage
Download it by clicking the green download button here on Github. You only need to parse argument of name you want to search in IMDb.
python main.py --name 'rajini'
or
python main.py -n 'rajini'
Output
Contributing
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.