IMDb List → CSV via Pagination Select

Export all movies in an IMDb list, paging via the #listPagination <select>.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name         IMDb List → CSV via Pagination Select
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.9
// @description  Export all movies in an IMDb list, paging via the #listPagination <select>.
// @match        https://www.imdb.com/list/ls*/*
// @grant        none
// @run-at       document-idle
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  'use strict';

  // Inject the button
  function injectButton() {
    if (document.getElementById('imdb-pagination-export')) return;

    const btn = document.createElement('button');
    btn.id = 'imdb-pagination-export';
    btn.textContent = 'Download Full CSV';
    Object.assign(btn.style, {
      position:    'fixed',
      top:         '10px',
      right:       '10px',
      padding:     '8px 12px',
      background:  '#f5c518',
      color:       '#000',
      border:      'none',
      borderRadius:'4px',
      cursor:      'pointer',
      fontSize:    '14px',
      zIndex:      9999
    });
    document.body.appendChild(btn);

    btn.addEventListener('click', async () => {
      btn.disabled    = true;
      btn.textContent = 'Working…';

      const origin   = location.origin;
      const basePath = location.pathname.replace(/\?.*$/, '');

      // 1) Count pages from #listPagination (or default to 1)
      const sel = document.getElementById('listPagination');
      const totalPages = sel ? sel.options.length : 1;

      // 2) Build all page URLs
      const urls = Array.from({ length: totalPages }, (_, i) => {
        return i === 0
          ? origin + basePath
          : `${origin + basePath}?page=${i+1}`;
      });

      // 3) Fetch each page’s HTML in parallel
      const pages = await Promise.all(
        urls.map(u => fetch(u, { credentials: 'include' }).then(r => r.text()))
      );

      // 4) Parse JSON-LD ItemList and collect entries
      const all = [];
      for (const html of pages) {
        const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
        const listData = Array.from(
          doc.querySelectorAll('script[type="application/ld+json"]')
        )
        .map(s => {
          try {
            return JSON.parse(s.textContent);
          } catch {
            return null;
          }
        })
        .find(o => o && o['@type'] === 'ItemList');

        if (!listData) continue;
        listData.itemListElement.forEach(entry => {
          const titleMatch = entry.item.name || '';
          const urlMatch   = entry.item.url || '';
          const idMatch    = urlMatch.match(/tt\d+/) || [];
          all.push({ title: titleMatch, imdbId: idMatch[0] || '' });
        });
      }

      // 5) Build CSV content
      let csv = 'Rank,Title,IMDbID\n';
      all.forEach((m, i) => {
        // escape any inner quotes
        const safeTitle = m.title.replace(/"/g, '""');
        csv += `${i+1},"${safeTitle}",${m.imdbId}\n`;
      });

      // 6) Trigger download
      const blob = new Blob([csv], { type: 'text/csv' });
      const a = document.createElement('a');
      a.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
      a.download = 'imdb-list-full.csv';
      document.body.appendChild(a);
      a.click();
      a.remove();
      URL.revokeObjectURL(a.href);

      btn.textContent = 'Done!';
      setTimeout(() => btn.remove(), 1500);
    });
  }

  // Wait for the body to exist, then inject
  if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
    window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', injectButton);
  } else {
    injectButton();
  }

})();