imdb_suggestTopMovies.py

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import re
import random

#Python class for declaring movie attribtues.
class ExtractMovies(object):
    def __init__(self, title, year,  star, ratings ):
        self.position = position
        self.title = title
        self.year = year
        self.star = star
        self.ratings = ratings
            
def first2(s):
    return s[:4]


url = 'https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/'
response = requests.get(url)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')

movies = soup.select('td.titleColumn')

links = [a.attrs.get('href') for a in soup.select('td.titleColumn a')]
crew = [a.attrs.get('title') for a in soup.select('td.titleColumn a')]
ratings = [b.attrs.get('data-value') for b in soup.select('td.posterColumn span[name=ir]')]
years = soup.select('span.secondaryInfo')


_temp_ = []

#loop to get and assign class instances
for index in range(0, len(movies)):
    movie_string = movies[index].get_text()
    movie = (' '.join(movie_string.split()).replace('.', ''))
    movie_title = movie[len(str(index))+1:-7]
    year = years[index].get_text() 
    position = index+1
    movie_instances = ExtractMovies(
        movie_title, year, crew[index], first2(ratings[index])
        )
    _temp_.append(movie_instances)

#shuffling array to randomize movies
random.shuffle(_temp_)
i=1    
for obj in _temp_:
        print(i, "|", obj.title, '\n', obj.year, '\n', obj.star, '\n', obj.ratings, '\n')
        i=i+1
        if(i==11):
            break