This is a simple script to extract info and photos of a IMDb movie using cheerio.
Step 1: Install Dependencies
First do an npm install.
# NPM
npm install Step 2: Run
Now you can give the movie link as a command line argument like this to extract the information.
node imdbfetch.js http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2562232/Step 3: Results
{ name: 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)',
date: '2014-11-14',
contentrating: 'R',
rating: '7.9',
description: '\nA washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play.',
genre: 'Comedy, Drama',
poster: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BODAzNDMxMzAxOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDMxMjA4MjE@._V1_SX214_AL_.jpg',
roles:
[ { name: 'Alejandro González Iñárritu', role: 'director' },
{ name: 'Alejandro González Iñárritu',
role: 'writer' },
{ role: 'Riggan', name: 'Michael Keaton' },
{ role: 'Sam', name: 'Emma Stone' },
{ role: 'Korean Grocer', name: 'Kenny Chin' },
{ role: '', name: 'Jamahl Garrison-Lowe' },
{ role: 'Jake', name: 'Zach Galifianakis' },
{ role: 'Lesley', name: 'Naomi Watts' },
{ role: '', name: 'Jeremy Shamos' } ],
photos:
[ { photo_alt: 'Still of Michael Keaton in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)',
photo_thumb: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzIwMDM4MDM5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDUwNTY4MjE@._V1_SY100_CR25,0,100,100_AL_.jpg',
photo_link: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzIwMDM4MDM5N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDUwNTY4MjE@.jpg' },
{ photo_alt: 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)',
photo_thumb: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BOTkyMTk5ODIzOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzkxNTY4MjE@._V1_SY100_CR25,0,100,100_AL_.jpg',
photo_link: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BOTkyMTk5ODIzOF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzkxNTY4MjE@.jpg' },
{ photo_alt: 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)',
photo_thumb: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzA5MTc3MTc1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzAyNTY4MjE@._V1_SY100_CR42,0,100,100_AL_.jpg',
photo_link: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMzA5MTc3MTc1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzAyNTY4MjE@.jpg' },
{ photo_alt: 'Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)',
photo_thumb: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjM1MDMyNTkyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTMyNTY4MjE@._V1_SY100_CR42,0,100,100_AL_.jpg',
photo_link: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjM1MDMyNTkyN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNTMyNTY4MjE@.jpg' },
{ photo_alt: 'Still of Michael Keaton in Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)',
photo_thumb: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzMjY1NjUxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTUyNTY4MjE@._V1_SY100_CR42,0,100,100_AL_.jpg',
photo_link: 'http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTkzMjY1NjUxMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTUyNTY4MjE@.jpg' } ] }
Although there are better ways to do this but this was just for playing.