imdby
imdby is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, person, characters, companies, events and news.
| Source | Link |
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| PyPI: | https://pypi.org/project/imdby/ |
| Repository: | https://github.com/santhoshse7en/imdby/ |
| Documentation: | https://santhoshse7en.github.io/imdby_doc/ |
Main features
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imdby is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, person, characters, companies, events and news.
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Sentiment Analysis for IMDb user reviews is included.
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written in Python 3 (compatible with Python 2.7)
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platform-independent
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can retrieve data from both the IMDb’s web server, or a local copy of the database
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simple and complete API
Dependencies
- beautifulsoup4
- selenium
- chromedriver-binary
- vaderSentiment
- textblob
- pandas
Installation
Whenever possible, please use the latest version from the repository:
pip install git+https://github.com/santhoshse7en/imdb
But if you want, you can also install the latest release from PyPI:
pip install imdby
A Glance
Download it by clicking the green download button here on Github. Here’s an example that demonstrates how to use imdby:
# create an instance of the IMDb class
from imdb.imdb import IMDb
ia = IMDb()
# get a movie
cast = ia.full_cast_and_crew('tt4154796')
# print the names of the directors of the movie
print('Directors:')
for director in cast.directors:
print(director)
# search for a person name
people = ia.search_person('Simon Baker')
print(people.person_id, people.person_name)
Getting help
Please refer to the the online documentation on Read The Docs.
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.