IMDB Related Question... or something

[chris hoppus]

Well I need some kind of feature that allows you to search IMDB, or some database. That'll display one of the following.

* DVD cover
* Year

... that's all i can think of. Anything that'll specify any details on a movie.

How would i go abouts doing this. Any ideas?

 

[Whoo]

Most likely you will have to write a crawler. I can maybe code this for money :D

 

[desiboy]

=)

 

[4tw]

Nice work showing it off desiboy, now share it with us. =)

 

[Fred]

Awesome work desiboy :P

 

[chris hoppus]

i want

>:\

 

[Mr Happy]

Their's loads of these already available if you Google the right keywords.

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=imdb+scraper

eg this seams like a good one which is returned: http://www.phpclasses.org/package/3155-PHP-Fetch-information-about-movies-from-the-IMDb-site.html
Note: you must be registered to download from phpclasses.org but most coders are and its free to register.

 

[Tango]

imdbphp are very good

 

[Mr Happy]

imdbphp are very good

^^ nice, looks good with lots of features and options. Seams to have support too.

 

[desiboy]

I have send a private message with the download url of the script to chris hoppus.
but remember imdb may ban your IP if you make too many queries, so you should consider caching the results..