Fetch movie information from IMDB using Python!

IMDB.py

'''
Author : Jay Rambhia
Git    : https://github.com/jayrambhia
gist   : https://gist.github.com/jayrambhia
'''

import urllib2
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
from mechanize import Browser
import re

def getunicode(soup):
	body=''
	if isinstance(soup, unicode):
		soup = soup.replace(''',"'")
		soup = soup.replace('"','"')
		soup = soup.replace(' ',' ')
		body = body + soup
	else:
		if not soup.contents:
			return ''
		con_list = soup.contents
		for con in con_list:
			body = body + getunicode(con)
	return body


def main():
	movie = str(raw_input('Movie Name: '))
	movie_search = '+'.join(movie.split())
    
	base_url = 'http://www.imdb.com/find?q='
	url = base_url+movie_search+'&s=all'
    
	title_search = re.compile('/title/tt\d+')
    
	br = Browser()
        br.set_proxies({'http':'http://username:password@proxy:port',
                    'https':'https://username:password@proxy:port'})
    
                     
	br.open(url)

	link = br.find_link(url_regex = re.compile(r'/title/tt.*'))
	res = br.follow_link(link)
    
	soup = BeautifulSoup(res.read())
    
	movie_title = getunicode(soup.find('title'))
	rate = soup.find('span',itemprop='ratingValue')
	rating = getunicode(rate)
    
	actors=[]
	actors_soup = soup.findAll('a',itemprop='actors')
	for i in range(len(actors_soup)):
		actors.append(getunicode(actors_soup[i]))
    
	des = soup.find('meta',{'name':'description'})['content']

	genre=[]
	infobar = soup.find('div',{'class':'infobar'})
	r = infobar.find('',{'title':True})['title']
	genrelist = infobar.findAll('a',{'href':True})
	
	for i in range(len(genrelist)-1):
		genre.append(getunicode(genrelist[i]))
	release_date = getunicode(genrelist[-1])

	print movie_title,rating+'/10.0'
	print 'Relase Date:',release_date
	print 'Rated',r
	print ''
	print 'Genre:',
	print ', '.join(genre)
	print '\nActors:',
	print ', '.join(actors)
	print '\nDescription:'
	print des    
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
    

IMDBpy1.py

'''
Author : Jay Rambhia
Git    : https://github.com/jayrambhia
gist   : https://gist.github.com/jayrambhia
'''

import urllib2
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
from mechanize import Browser
import re

def getunicode(soup):
	body=''
	if isinstance(soup, unicode):
		soup = soup.replace(''',"'")
		soup = soup.replace('"','"')
		soup = soup.replace(' ',' ')
		body = body + soup
	else:
		if not soup.contents:
			return ''
		con_list = soup.contents
		for con in con_list:
			body = body + getunicode(con)
	return body


def main():
	movie = str(raw_input('Movie Name: '))
	movie_search = '+'.join(movie.split())
    
	base_url = 'http://www.imdb.com/find?q='
	url = base_url+movie_search+'&s=all'
    
	title_search = re.compile('/title/tt\d+')
    
	br = Browser()
        br.set_proxies({'http':'http://username:password@proxy:port',
                    'https':'https://username:password@proxy:port'})
    
                     
	br.open(url)

	link = br.find_link(url_regex = re.compile(r'/title/tt.*'))
	res = br.follow_link(link)
    
	soup = BeautifulSoup(res.read())
    
	movie_title = getunicode(soup.find('title'))
	rate = soup.find('span',itemprop='ratingValue')
	rating = getunicode(rate)
    
	actors=[]
	actors_soup = soup.findAll('a',itemprop='actors')
	for i in range(len(actors_soup)):
		actors.append(getunicode(actors_soup[i]))
    
	des = soup.find('meta',{'name':'description'})['content']

	genre=[]
	infobar = soup.find('div',{'class':'infobar'})
	r = infobar.find('',{'title':True})['title']
	genrelist = infobar.findAll('a',{'href':True})
	
	for i in range(len(genrelist)-1):
		genre.append(getunicode(genrelist[i]))
	release_date = getunicode(genrelist[-1])

	print movie_title,rating+'/10.0'
	print 'Relase Date:',release_date
	print 'Rated',r
	print ''
	print 'Genre:',
	print ', '.join(genre)
	print '\nActors:',
	print ', '.join(actors)
	print '\nDescription:'
	print des    
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
    

+1 ... same here!

@shubhamjanhere @ricardorqr this does the same thing but works for me:
https://gist.github.com/rpryzant/cb4fe2c4d676262d667a68fcbf4e4c91

@shubhamjanhere @ricardorqr you have to give your proxy address for br.set_proxies function.

Remade after IMDb changed the way their page works

https://gist.github.com/Dob-The-Duilder/98f0765ce6dd9c1e11c3a649619654ac