omdbapi

This gem is a simple and easy to use wrapper for the omdbapi.com API. This API allows you to pull almost any type of information about a show or movie, and uses information from IMDb.

Documentation

The complete documentation for the gem can be viewed at rdoc.info/gems/omdbapi/frames.

Installation

Requirements

Ruby v1.9.3 or later

Installing

You can install the gem by adding it your application's Gemfile:

gem 'omdbapi'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or you can install it manually by issuing the following command:

$ gem install omdbapi

Usage

require 'omdbapi'

Title

You can get a movie or TV show's information in a Hash by using the title method, shown below:

game_of_thrones = OMDB.title('Game of Thrones')
# => {:title=>"Game of Thrones", :year=>"2011", :rated=>"TV-MA", :released=>"17 Apr 2011", :runtime=>"1 h", :genre=>"Adventure, Drama, Fantasy", :director=>"N/A", :writer=>"David Benioff, D.B. Weiss", :actors=>"Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Emilia Clarke", :plot=>"Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros.", :poster=>"http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTY2MzAxNzM0Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDA0MDkxOQ@@._V1_SX300.jpg", :imdb_rating=>"9.4", :imdb_votes=>"382,638", :imdb_id=>"tt0944947", :type=>"series", :response=>"True"} 
game_of_thrones.title # => "Game of Thrones"
game_of_thrones.year  # => "2011"
game_of_thrones.rated # => "TV-MA"
# etc...

This function will return a Hash with the following information about the title:

:title, :year, :rated, :released, :runtime, :genre, :director, :writer, 
:actors, :plot, :poster, :imdb_rating, :imdb_votes, :imdb_id, :type

You can also pass in the optional parameters for year or plot. Plot defaults to 'short', so the only other option is 'full'.

OMDB.title('True Grit')
# => {:title=>"True Grit", :year=>"2010", :rated=>"PG-13"...
OMDB.title('True Grit', year: '1969')
# => {:title=>"True Grit", :year=>"1969", :rated=>"G"...

# Get the title with the full plot
OMDB.title('Breaking Bad', plot: 'full')

# Get the original Italian Job with the full plot
OMDB.title('The Italian Job', year: '1969', plot: 'full')

IMDb ID

You can find a title by it's IMDb ID using the id method:

lost = OMDB.id('tt0411008')
# => {:title=>"Lost", :year=>"2004", :rated=>"TV-14", :released=>"22 Sep 2004", :runtime=>"42 min", :genre=>"Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller", :director=>"N/A", :writer=>"J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber", :actors=>"Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly, Naveen Andrews", :plot=>"The survivors of a plane crash are forced to live with each other on a remote island, a dangerous new world that poses unique threats of its own.", :poster=>"http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA3NzMyMzU1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjc1ODUwMg@@._V1_SX300.jpg", :imdb_rating=>"8.3", :imdb_votes=>"160,182", :imdb_id=>"tt0411008", :type=>"series", :response=>"True"} 
lost.released    # => "22 Sep 2004"
lost.imdb_rating # => "8.3"
# etc...

Search

You can find a title by using the search method:

results = OMDB.search('Star Wars')
# => [{:title=>"Star Wars", :year=>"1977", :imdb_id=>"tt0076759", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", :year=>"1980", :imdb_id=>"tt0080684", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi", :year=>"1983", :imdb_id=>"tt0086190", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace", :year=>"1999", :imdb_id=>"tt0120915", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", :year=>"2005", :imdb_id=>"tt0121766", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones", :year=>"2002", :imdb_id=>"tt0121765", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: The Clone Wars", :year=>"2008", :imdb_id=>"tt1185834", :type=>"movie"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: Clone Wars", :year=>"2003", :imdb_id=>"tt0361243", :type=>"series"}, {:title=>"Star Wars: The Clone Wars", :year=>"2008", :imdb_id=>"tt0458290", :type=>"series"}, {:title=>"The Star Wars Holiday Special", :year=>"1978", :imdb_id=>"tt0193524", :type=>"movie"}]
results.each { |r| puts r.title }
# etc...

This method returns an Array of search results. Each search result is a Hash with the following information about the result:

:title, :year, :imdb_id, :type

If there is only a single search result, the title will be returned as a Hash with the full information, instead of the Array of shortened search results.

This method will return a Hash of the title's properties, exactly as the title method.

Running the Tests

The test suite is written using RSpec, and can be run by issuing the following command from the root of the repository:

$ rspec spec

Contributing

Please feel free to contribute to the project by following the options below.

Fork it
Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
Create new Pull Request