IMDB::Persons - Perl extension for retrieving movies persons from IMDB.com
use IMDB::Persons;
#
# Retrieve a person information by IMDB code
#
my $person = new IMDB::Persons(crit => '0000129');
or
#
# Retrieve a person information by name
#
my $person = new IMDB::Persons(crit => 'Tom Cruise');
or
#
# Process already stored HTML page from IMDB
#
my $person = new IMDB::Persons(file => 'imdb.html');
if($person->status) {
print "Name: ".$person->name."\n";
print "Birth Date: ".$person->date_of_birth."\n";
} else {
print "Something wrong: ".$person->error."!\n";
}
IMDB::Persons allows to retrieve an information about IMDB persons (actors,
actresses, directors etc): full name, photo, date and place of birth, mini bio
and filmography.
- _init()
- Initialize a new object.
- _search_person()
- Implements a logic to search IMDB persons by their names.
- name()
- Retrieve a person full name
my $person_name = $person->name();
- mini_bio()
- Returns a mini bio for specified IMDB person
my $mini_bio = $person->mini_bio();
- date_of_birth()
- Returns a date of birth of IMDB person in format 'day' 'month caption'
'year':
my $d_birth = $person->date_of_birth();
- place_of_birth()
- Returns a name of place of the birth
my $place = $person->place_of_birth();
- photo()
- Return a path to the person's photo
my $photo = $person->photo();
- filmography()
- Returns a person's filmography as a hash of arrays with following
structure:
my $fg = $person->filmography();
__DATA__
$fg = {
'Section' => [
{ title => 'movie title',
role => 'person role',
year => 'year of movie production',
code => 'IMDB code of movie',
}
];
}
The section can be In Development, Actor, Self, Thanks,
Archive Footage, Producer etc.
- genres()
- Retrieve a list of movie genres for specified person:
my $genres = $persons->genres;
- plot_keywords()
- Retrieve a list of keywords for movies where specified person plays:
my $keywords = $persons->plot_keywords;
No Matches.=head1 BUGS
Please, send me any found bugs by email:
stepanov.michael@gmail.com.
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Mikhail Stepanov AKA nite_man (stepanov.michael@gmail.com)
Copyright (c) 2004 - 2007, Mikhail Stepanov. This module is free software. It
may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl
itself.