tizz98 / netflix_roulette

A simple python wrapper for the Netflix Roulette API

Netflix Roulette

This is a simple python wrapper for the Netflix Roulette API.

Installation

Pip

• pip install netflix_roulette

From Source

• git clone [e-mail]:tizz98/netflix_roulette.git
• cd netflix_roulette
• python setup.py install

Usage

Simple Query

>>> import netflix_roulette
>>> media = netflix_roulette.NetflixMedia('Attack on titan')
>>> media
<NetflixMedia(title='Attack on titan', year='None')>
>>> media.show_id
70299043
>>> media.summary
u'For over a century, people have been living behind barricades to block out the giant Titans that threaten to destroy the human race. When a Titan destroys his hometown, young Eren Yeager becomes determined to fight back.'
>>> media.is_on_netflix
True
>>> media.get_readable_mediatype()
'TV Show'

Query with year

>>> import netflix_roulette
>>> media = netflix_roulette.NetflixMedia('The Boondocks', year=2005)
>>> media
<NetflixMedia(title='The Boondocks', year='2005')>
>>> media.show_id
70153391
>>> media.summary
u'Based on the comic strip by Aaron McGruder, this satirical animated series follows the socially conscious misadventures of Huey Freeman, a preternaturally smart 10-year-old who relocates from inner-city Chicago to the suburbs.'
>>> media.is_on_netflix
True
>>> media.get_readable_mediatype()
'TV Show'

class NetflixMedia

Parameters

• title: Title of the media you are searching for.
• year: (Optional) Year of the media you are searching for.

Attributes

• title: User supplied title of the media you are searching for.
• year: User supplied year of the media you are searching for.
• rating: How high the media is rated, max is 5.
• poster: The poster for the media, right from the Netflix CDN.
• mediatype: 0 means movie, 1 means TV Show. See also get_readable_mediatype().
• release_year: The media's release date.
• show_cast: The cast of a given title.
• category: A title's given category.
• summary: A plot summary.
• director: The name(s) of the director(s) of a given title.
• show_id: The Netflix id of the title.
• is_on_netflix: A boolean, whether or not the show is on Netflix.

Methods

• get_readable_mediatype(): Returns TV Show or Movie instead of 1 or 0.
• is_movie(): Returns True if the media is a Movie.
• is_tv_show(): Returns True if the media is a TV Show.

class NetflixDirector

Parameters

• name: Name of the director you are searching for.

Attributes

• name: User supplied name.
• media: List of NetflixMedia that the person has directed.

class NetflixActor

Parameters

• name: Name of the actor you are searching for.

Attributes

• name: User supplied name.
• media: List of NetflixMedia that the person has been in.