IMDBPHP
ImdbPHP provides an API to the movie information stored at the IMDb.COM sites. As this and the name suggests, it is primarily targeted at PHP programmers who want to extend their programs or their site with this movie information. The classes must be used in accordance with IMDb's copyright and conditions of use.
| Tags | Internet Web Dynamic Content Indexing/Search CGI Tools/Libraries Software Development Libraries php classes |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | OS Independent |
| Implementation | PHP |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases
- 26 Apr 2009 14:12
Changes: This release adds a few new methods to the movie class: mpaa_hist() includes multiple ratings per country (if set), and prodNotes() gets information about production in progress. Methods returning a data array now have the additional element "mon" that holds the months number (while "month" still keeps the name as before).
- 26 Mar 2009 13:02
Changes: This release contains some bugfixes (mainly due to IMDB site changes) and minor feature additions. The movie class got the new methods officialSites (to retrieve the "official" URLs) and mainPictures (to retrieve information on the pictures displayed on the main page). The releaseInfo and director methods of the movie class were fixed. In the person class, the movies_archive method was fixed. The ApiDoc was updated so the "see also" tag now shows which IMDB page the information is taken from.
- 26 Feb 2009 12:49
Changes: The movie class (class.imdb.php) got some new methods to retrieve company credits, synopsis, and detailed parental guide information.
- 26 Jan 2009 12:15
Changes: Changes to the IMDB site again broke some methods, which were fixed with this release. A small improvement was made: the classes collect more details for filmographies.
- 12 Jan 2009 15:02
Changes: Another milestone was completed in API development: now you can also search for staff members and retrieve corresponding information. Moreover, new classes have been added to retrieve the topcharts, nowplaying titles, and trailers. Some images are now stored locally, since they cannot be hotlinked at imdb.com.
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Recent commentsIllegal use of data
As the License and Site Access (http://www.imdb.com/help/show_article?conditions) will tell you, screen scraping is not allowed. Please do mention that on your freshmeat page.
I quote:
"Robots and Screen Scraping: You may not use data mining, robots, screen scraping, or similar data gathering and extraction tools on this site, except with our express written consent as noted below."