Netflix Watch Instantly script for @queuenoodle

wi.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
require 'date'

module WatchInstantly

  NUM_DAYS = 13

  # main method  
  def self.soon_to_expire
   
    movies = get_movies_from_netflix
    movies_output = []
    
    today = Date.today
    
    movies.each do |movie|
      mo = {}
      mo[:deadline] = convert_date(movie["Instant"]["AvailableTo"])
      if ((mo[:deadline] - today) > 0) then
        mo[:name] = movie["Name"]
        mo[:url] = movie["Url"]
        mo[:rating] = movie["AverageRating"]
        mo[:img_hd] = movie["BoxArt"]["HighDefinitionUrl"]
        mo[:img_medium] = movie["BoxArt"]["MediumUrl"]
        mo[:img_small] = movie["BoxArt"]["SmallUrl"]
        
        movies_output << mo
      end
    end
   
    movies_output = sort_movies(movies_output)
    
    return movies_output
  end
  
  private
  
  def self.convert_date(netflix_date)
    netflix_numeric = netflix_date.match(/\/Date\((\d+)\)\//)[1]
    epoch_time = Time.at(netflix_numeric.to_i/1000)
    movie_date = Date.new(epoch_time.year,epoch_time.month,epoch_time.day)
    return movie_date
  end
  
  def self.get_movies_from_netflix
    today = Date.today
    this_week = today + WatchInstantly::NUM_DAYS
    query_today = today.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    query_this_week = this_week.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
    base_url = "http://odata.netflix.com/"
    query = "(Type eq 'Movie') and Instant/Available eq true and Instant/AvailableTo le datetime'#{query_this_week}'"
    url = (base_url+"Catalog/Titles?$filter="+query+"&$orderby=AverageRating&$format=json").gsub(" ","%20")

    resp = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url))
    data = resp.body

    result = JSON.parse(data)
    return result["d"]["results"] # gotcha
  end
  
  def self.sort_movies(unsorted_movies)
    # sort by expiration date, then by rating, then by name
    sorted_movies = unsorted_movies.sort do |a,b|
      rv = 0
      
      if (a[:deadline] > b[:deadline]) then rv = 1 end
      if (a[:deadline] < b[:deadline]) then rv = -1 end

      if (a[:deadline] === b[:deadline]) then
        # sort by rating
        # ratings go big to small, so * -1
        r = (a[:rating] <=> b[:rating]) * -1
        
        if (r != 0) then
          # ratings were different, so we sort
          rv = r
        else
          # ratings must have been the same, so alphabetize by title
          # the dark knight goes under D, not T
          rv = (a[:name].gsub("The ","") <=> b[:name].gsub("The ",""))
        end  
      end
      
      rv # no return
    end
    
    return sorted_movies
  end
  
end