imdb.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
require 'net/http'
require 'cgi'

def get_imdb_id_from_name(name)
  a = Mechanize.new
  # imdb apparently searches for the ua to avoid crawling
  a.user_agent_alias = 'Mac Safari'
  # The URL we're retrieving the information from
  s = 'http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q='+CGI.escape(name)
  a.get(s) do |page|
    a.click(page.link_with(:text => /Sean Connery/))
  end
end
end

get_imdb_id_from_name("Sean Connery")