Python ist einfach toll. :-)
1 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 # @FILENAME: ./imdbCovers.py
3 # @AUTHOR: Happy
4 # @DESCRIPTION: Using imdbapi.com to get the URI of a movie poster
5 # by providing the title and and year.
6 # Example: http://www.imdbapi.com/?t=True%20Grit&y=1969
7 # @LICENSE: WTFPL - http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/
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9 # DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
10 # Version 2, December 2004
11 #
12 # Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
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28 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
29
30 import urllib, urllib2
31 import json
32
33
34 # Function to purge the unclean! Or the JSON stuff. We just want the 'Poster'.
35 def purgeJsonCrap(jsonCrap):
36 lol = json.load(jsonCrap)
37 return lol['Poster']
38
39 # Get the Cover URI
40 def gimmeCover(jahr, titel):
41 # URI to the API Server.
42 baseurl = "http://www.imdbapi.com/"
43 # Creating the dictionary for 'urlencode()'.
44 titeldic = dict()
45 titeldic = {'t' : titel}
46 titel = urllib.urlencode(titeldic)
47 # Concatenating the parts.
48 imguri = "?" + titel
49 imguri += "&" + "?y=" + str(jahr)
50 uri = baseurl
51 uri += imguri
52 # Getting the JSON data.
53 opener = urllib2.urlopen(uri)
54 # Cleaning and returning.
55 return purgeJsonCrap(opener)
56
57
58 # Examples :-)
59 # print "\n" + gimmeCover(1995, 'Hackers')
60 # print gimmeCover(1995, 'True Grit')
61
