IMDbPY is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, people, characters and companies.
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Iterator behaviour unexpected
I'm using the IMDbPY library to scrape details for a large number of movies when I came across the following strange behaviour
import imdb
s_result = ia.search_movie('"Jobs"')
movie = s_result[0]
ia.update(movie)
for x in xrange(3):
print…

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Cannot easy_install IMDbPY
I'm trying to install the IMDbPY module to Python using easy_install. However, I've never used Python before and kept getting stuck on using easy_install or pip install. Since I'm using Windows 7, I tried running the following code in command…

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How to use imdbpy using python?
I am using imdbpy to get the ratings of movies.I have succesfully installed the imdbpy but running into problem while running this small code.
here is the code:
from imdb import IMDb
ia = IMDb()
the_matrix = ia.get_movie('0133093')
print…

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How to install psycopg2 on el capitan?
I installed pip and then tried running sudo pip install psycopg2. I then get the Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1
I'm not sure what this means.
I was running the imdbpy script to populate my postgres database, but I…

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get the company info for a movie from IMDB using IMDBPY
I am trying to get the movie info, specifically I am interested in finding the company info (i.e. which company has made the movie). I am using IMDBPY package in python but I am cannot find the info about the company. I am wondering if anyone was…

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Can't install this Python module (IMDbPY) because of El Capitan? (Deprecation?)
So I'm trying to install IMDbPY with pip, but I'm getting the following warning in yellow font, followed by a bunch of warnings in red.
I've tried several commands to solve this and without luck. I've search for the warning in yellow (that starts…

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How to run imdbpy2sql.py and import data from IMDb to postgres
I'm startint a project on my own and I'm having some troubles with importing datas from IMDb. Already downloaded everything that's necessary but I'm kinda newbie in this python and command lines stuff, and it's pissing me off because I'm doing my…

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mysql missing soundtrack information after running imdbpy2sql.py
I am referencing this stackoverflow answer.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/20948609/4891914
I can't comment on it because my reputation isn't above 50. I used the exact code but get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "search.py,…

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Memory error while importing IMDb files using IMDbPY script
While importing the IMDb files into MySQL 5 using MyISAM storage engine I am getting the following memory error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/imdbpy2sql.py", line 3072, in
run()
File…

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IMDbPY - Licence for the texts
I don't find explicit information regarding the IMDbPY content. Is it copyrighted somehow? On IMDB site, I see that all the information is copyrighted, so I assume that this DB contents should also be.
Right?

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Get metcritic score from IMDbPY?
The imdbpy 5.0 changelog claims "support for obtaining metacritic score and URL":
http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/docs/Changelog.txt
I checked module documentations and source code and didn't really figure out how to get the metacritic score. Can…
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What does the "nr_order" column in the imdbpy "cast_info" table represent?
I can't find any useful explanation by googling, and I don't see anything in the IMDB database files.
What is the meaning of nr_order in cast_info?
TIA

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Django Error: __init__() takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)
Anyone can find what is causing the error in my code? I already searched, but didn't find an answer. I think the problem is with the function objects.get(param), but I'm not sure.
What I wanted to do with my code was to retrieve the objects Genre,…

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List of keywords for title/person/character objects?
Is there a list of keywords that can be used?
I.e.: in the examples in the docs, it has print item['long imdb canonical title'], item.movieID
Where is a list of the keywords for indexes in the data (like "['long imdb canonical title']") and a list…

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IMDB suggestions
I'd like to make a kind of homemade algorithm, which from a list of all the movies I have, will return accurate suggestions of movies I haven't seen and I could like. But for that I need to know if IMDBpy can return the "suggestions" part.
Indeed,…

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