Is the IMDB Spider working?

[Myth]

Is the IMDB Spider working, as mine doesnt seem to get the info... has IMDB changed?
Thanks
Myth

[Cabinetguy]

I'm thinking that they aren't anymore.
I wasn't able to get reliable info quite a while back, so I started using the Ant movie Catalog plugin, and haven't looked back.
There is alot of info here on the forum.

Brian

[lar282]

url=http://us.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%searchstring%;tt=1
results=<a href="(?<url>/title/.*?/).*?">(?<display>.*?)</a>


//title & year
<div id="tn15title">.*?<h1>(?<title>.*?) <span>\(<a href="/Sections/Years/.*?">(?<year>.*?)</a>\)</span></h1>

//Plot
//Single Line Plot
<h5>Plot:</h5>(?<plot>.*?)<

//Full Plot
//<h5>Plot Outline:</h5>.*?<a class="tn15more inline" href="(?<url>/title/tt.*?/plotsummary)" onClick=.*?more</a>
//<p class="plotpar">.*?(?<plot>.*?)<i>

//Directors
<h5>Director:</h5>(?<variable>.*?)<br/>
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<director>.*?)</a>

//Genre
<a href="/Sections/Genres/.*?/">(?<genre>.*?)</a> (?:/|<)

//Rating
<h5><a href="/mpaa">MPAA</a>:</h5>.*?Rated (?<rating>.*?\.).*?</div>

//Runtime
<h5>Runtime:</h5>.*?(?<runtime>.*?)</div>

//Actors
\(Cast overview, first billed only\)(?<variable>.*?)(?:<br/>|<hr/>)
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<actors>.*?)</a></td>




//Coverart
<a name="poster" href=.*? src="(?<coverart>.*?)"
// replace=coverart:VM._SY140_SX100_.jpg:VM._SY400_SX600_.jpg


// <div class="photo">
// <a name="poster" href="/media/rm3131217664/tt0811138" title="The Love Guru"><img border="0" alt="The Love Guru" title="The Love Guru" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg3OTY1MTQ3MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDIzMTM3MQ@@._V1._SX94_SY140_.jpg" /></a>
// </div>

[Myth]

Thanks, though the the photo section isnt right

[lar282]

sorry only use plot and coverart. got a direct imdb too if u want it.

[slaman]

Is IMPAwards.com spider not working either?

[Myth]

sorry only use plot and coverart. got a direct imdb too if u want it.

Thanks, That would be good

Myth

[lar282]

url=http://us.imdb.com/find?q=%searchstring%;tt=1
results=src='/rg/title-tease/boards-top/images/b.gif.link=(?<url>.*?)board';">IMDb message board for (?<display>.*?)\s?\(.*?\)</a>


//title & year
<div id="tn15title">.*?<h1>(?<title>.*?) <span>\(<a href="/Sections/Years/.*?">(?<year>.*?)</a>\)</span></h1>
//Plot
//Single Line Plot
<div class="info">
<h5>Plot:</h5>(?<plot>.*?)</div>

//Full Plot
//<h5>Plot:</h5>.*?<a class="tn15more inline" href="(?<url>/title/tt.*?/plotsummary)" onClick=.*?more</a></div>.*?<p class="plotpar">.*?(?<plot>.*?)<i>

//Directors
<h5>Director:</h5>(?<variable>.*?)<br/>
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<director>.*?)</a>

//Genre
<a href="/Sections/Genres/.*?/">(?<genre>.*?)</a> (?:/|<)

//Rating
<h5><a href="/mpaa">MPAA</a>:</h5>.*?Rated (?<rating>.*?\.).*?</div>

//Runtime
<h5>Runtime:</h5>.*?(?<runtime>.*?)</div>

//Actors
\(Cast overview, first billed only\)(?<variable>.*?)(?:<br/>|<hr/>)
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<actors>.*?)</a></td>

//Coverart
<a name="poster" href="/media/.*?" title=.*?><img border="0" alt=.*? title=.*? src="(?<coverart>http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/.*?/VM._SY140_SX100_.jpg)" /></a>
replace=coverart:VM._SY140_SX100_.jpg:VM._SY400_SX600_.jpg

[Myth]

Thanks

[slaman]

Would really appreciate an impawards.com one - they changed their format, but their coverart is so much higher quality tham imdb.

[slaman]

Is there anyway to "merge" two variables?

For example, the <url> tag has something like http://www.impawards.com/2003/21grams.html
and the coverart has a tag of "posters/21grams.jpg"

Is there a way to concatenate the <url> tag up until after the date and add on the coverart tag?

[bsteed]

OK, so I got the IMDB Spider to work from the first example you had posted, but not the second. However, all I get is a cover. I don't even want the cover, as I like to go to sites and download high-res ones, naming them folder.jpg.

How do I get XL2 to show me the other info it has found? Plot, Year, rating, genre? That's the information I truly want.

Thank you though, for the post on the spider. At least I have it showing something. It's a start.

[lar282]

what movie title (exact) are u trying with. let me try here
the two examples I gave must be in seperates txt files, but I think u understood that.
//Lasse

[bsteed]

Um, I've tried with several. But lets say "300". I just get a little crappy cover image (i've screenshotted it), and cannot see anything esle. It even does it in the default skin. I backed up my database prior, and just clicked save to see if it downloaded any text into my movies.xml DB file, and it did not. I don't think it is finding the information correctly.

I was a little unclear what you meant when you said "Direct IMBD". Whats the difference between the two text examples you provided me?

By the way, thank you so much for you time!

Screen 001

Here is my spider file exactly: (its the only one I'm using)

dvd - imdb.com.txt
url=http://us.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%searchstring%;tt=1
results=<a href="(?<url>/title/.*?/).*?">(?<display>.*?)</a>


//title & year
<div id="tn15title">.*?<h1>(?<title>.*?) <span>\(<a href="/Sections/Years/.*?">(?<year>.*?)</a>\)</span></h1>

//Plot
//Single Line Plot
<h5>Plot:</h5>(?<plot>.*?)<

//Full Plot
//<h5>Plot Outline:</h5>.*?<a class="tn15more inline" href="(?<url>/title/tt.*?/plotsummary)" onClick=.*?more</a>
//<p class="plotpar">.*?(?<plot>.*?)<i>

//Directors
<h5>Director:</h5>(?<variable>.*?)<br/>
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<director>.*?)</a>

//Genre
<a href="/Sections/Genres/.*?/">(?<genre>.*?)</a> (?:/|<)

//Rating
<h5><a href="/mpaa">MPAA</a>:</h5>.*?Rated (?<rating>.*?\.).*?</div>

//Runtime
<h5>Runtime:</h5>.*?(?<runtime>.*?)</div>

//Actors
\(Cast overview, first billed only\)(?<variable>.*?)(?:<br/>|<hr/>)
<a href="/name/.*?">(?<actors>.*?)</a></td>




//Coverart
<a name="poster" href=.*? src="(?<coverart>.*?)"
// replace=coverart:VM._SY140_SX100_.jpg:VM._SY400_SX600_.jpg


// <div class="photo">
// <a name="poster" href="/media/rm3131217664/tt0811138" title="The Love Guru"><img border="0" alt="The Love Guru" title="The Love Guru" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTg3OTY1MTQ3MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDIzMTM3MQ@@._V1._SX94_SY140_.jpg" /></a>
// </div>
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Also, in my spider screen, I only have these elements.

- text (category>spider>cover)
- text (category>spider>title)
- text (category>spider>from)
- text (category>spider>position)
- spiderstatus
- spider ? (i just realized was hidden, looks like thumbnails of results)

[bsteed]

Ok, so I kept searching for answers, via the foumns, and found out why I can't see the info on the spider screen.

I wasn't using the category>spider>info

I didn't even know it existed, as it wasn't even in the default skin. Crazy, i know. I'm not sure why that was left out, as I feel it is extremely important.

after the spiderinfo was added and displayed

PROBLEM STILL REMAINING:
When I click save, the only thing that saves is the cover. It merely replaces the high-res one I had previously. I see the plot though now, and the genre, rating, etc. I also notice that the | symbol (which serpates the various genres) is there. I remember reading that this is bad for XML. Could that be the issue at hand, and if so, how the heck to I fix it.

I tried adding blank tags to the movies.xml DB file (named properly), in hopes that it was merely a problem with finding where to write it. No avail.

Also, is it possible to see the cover art in the spider window, but not use it wheny ou click save? I think it would make identfying plots much easier, especially on movies i have yet to see (it would be impossible -- I'd have to manualyl compare plots, which defeats the puropse).