Utility library for the Internet Movie Database. Provides an API for grabbing info from IMDb.com
This script should not be not be installed directly. It is a library for other scripts to include with the meta directive // @require https://update.greasyfork.org/scripts/390115/733074/IMDb%20Utility%20Library%20%28API%29.js
// ==UserScript==
// @name IMDb Utility Library (API)
// @namespace driver8.net
// @version 0.1.1
// @description Utility library for the Internet Movie Database. Provides an API for grabbing info from IMDb.com
// @author driver8
// @match *://*.imdb.com/*
// @grant GM_xmlhttpRequest
// @connect imdb.com
// ==/UserScript==
function getImdbIdFromTitle(title, year) {
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
GM_xmlhttpRequest({
method: 'GET',
responseType: 'document',
synchronous: false,
url: 'https://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=' + title,
onload: (resp) => {
const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument().documentElement;
doc.innerHTML = resp.responseText;
let links = Array.from(doc.querySelectorAll('.result_text > a'));
// Filter out TV episodes, shorts, and video games
links = links.filter((el) => !el.parentNode.textContent.trim().match(/\((?:TV Episode|Short|Video Game|Video)\)/));
let a = links[0];
if (year) {
console.log('year', year);
let sorted = links.map((el) => {
let m = el.parentNode.textContent.match(/\((\d{4})\)/);
let year = new Date().getFullYear();
if (m) {
year = parseInt(m[1]);
}
return { el: el, year: year };
});
sorted = sorted.sort((a, b) => Math.abs(year - a.year) - Math.abs(year - b.year));
a = sorted[0].el;
}
let id = a && a.href.match(/title\/(tt\d+)/)[1];
if (id) {
resolve(id);
} else {
reject(`Error getting IMDb id for ${title} ${year}`);
}
}
});
});
}
function getImdbInfoFromId(id) {
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
GM_xmlhttpRequest({
method: 'GET',
responseType: 'document',
synchronous: false,
url: `https://www.imdb.com/title/${id}/`,
onload: (resp) => {
const doc = document.implementation.createHTMLDocument().documentElement;
doc.innerHTML = resp.responseText;
const parse = function(query, regex) {
try {
let el = doc.querySelector(query);
let text = (el.textContent || el.content).trim();
if (regex) {
text = text.match(regex)[1];
}
return text.trim();
} catch (e) {
//console.log('error', e);
return '';
}
};
let data = {
id: id,
title: parse('head meta[property="og:title"], .title_wrapper > h1', /([^()]+)/),
year: parse('head meta[property="og:title"], .title_wrapper > h1', /\((?:TV\s+(?:Series|Mini-Series|Episode|Movie)\s*)?(\d{4})/),
description: parse('.plot_summary > .summary_text').replace(/\s+See full summary\s*»/, ''),
rating: parse('.ratingValue > strong > span'),
votes: parse('.imdbRating > a > span'),
metascore: parse('.metacriticScore > span'),
popularity: parse('.titleReviewBarItem:last-of-type > .titleReviewBarSubItem > div > span', /^([0-9,]+)/),
dateFetched: new Date()
};
if (data && data.id && data.title) {
resolve(data);
} else {
reject('Error getting IMDb data for id ' + id);
}
}
});
});
}
function getImdbInfoFromTitle(title, year) {
return getImdbIdFromTitle(title, year).then((id) => {
return getImdbInfoFromId(id);
});
}