Python ist einfach toll. :-)

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 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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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 += "&amp;" + "?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