module Imdb # Represents a Movie on IMDB.com class Movie attr_accessor :id, :url, :title # Initialize a new IMDB movie object with it's IMDB id (as a String) # # movie = Imdb::Movie.new("0095016") # # Imdb::Movie objects are lazy loading, meaning that no HTTP request # will be performed when a new object is created. Only when you use an # accessor that needs the remote data, a HTTP request is made (once). # def initialize(imdb_id, title = nil) @id = imdb_id @url = "http://www.imdb.com/title/tt#{imdb_id}/" @title = title.gsub(/"/, "") if title end # Returns an array with cast members def cast_members document.search("table.cast td.nm a").map { |link| link.innerHTML.strip.imdb_unescape_html } rescue [] end # Returns the name of the director def director # document.at("h5[text()='Director:'] ~ a").innerHTML.strip.imdb_unescape_html rescue nil document.search("h5[text()^='Director'] ~ a").map { |link| link.innerHTML.strip.imdb_unescape_html } rescue [] end # Returns an array of genres (as strings) def genres document.search("h5[text()='Genre:'] ~ a[@href*=/Sections/Genres/']").map { |link| link.innerHTML.strip.imdb_unescape_html } rescue [] end # Returns the duration of the movie in minutes as an integer. def length document.search("//h5[text()^='Runtime']/..").innerHTML[/\d+ min/].to_i rescue nil end # Returns a string containing the plot. def plot sanitize_plot(document.search("h5[text()='Plot:'] ~ div").first.innerHTML) rescue nil end # Returns a string containing the URL to the movie poster. def poster document.at("a[@name='poster'] img")['src'][/http:.+@@/] + '.jpg' rescue nil end # Returns a float containing the average user rating def rating document.at(".general.rating b").innerHTML.strip.imdb_unescape_html.split('/').first.to_f rescue nil end # Returns a string containing the tagline def tagline document.search("h5[text()='Tagline:'] ~ div").first.innerHTML.gsub(/<.+>.+<\/.+>/, '').strip.imdb_unescape_html rescue nil end # Returns a string containing the title def title(force_refresh = false) if @title && !force_refresh @title else @title = document.at("h1").innerHTML.split('