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This library is considered feature-complete and will only receive updates for bug fixes. You may still create an issue if you have a feature request.

movie-info

Fetch information, images, rating, description, etc. about a movie.

Try it on RunKit (Output)

Features

• Use anywhere, browser or Node - UMD (Browser Support)
• Works in React + NextJS client/server (uses isomorphic-fetch)
• Promise and Callback API
• Includes:
  • Title
  • Release Date
  • Plot summary overview
  • Poster and backdrop images
  • IMDB rating + vote count
  • Recent popularity rating
  • Adult film (boolean)

Install

Using NPM:

$ npm install movie-info

In the browser:

<!-- movieInfo window global -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/movie-info/index.min.js"></script>

(via JSDelivr, or via Unpkg)

Usage

const movieInfo = require('movie-info')

movieInfo('Avatar').then(console.log)

Callbacks

movieInfo('Avatar', function (error, response){
    console.log(response)
})

Search year + Error handling

movieInfo('Oceans Eleven', '1960').then(
    function (response) {
        // success
        console.log(response)
        //=> { ... }
    },
    function (error) {
        // failed
    }
})

From the command line

$ npm install -g movie-info
$ movie-info --help

Usage
  $ movie-info movie [year]

Example
  $ movie-info 'Oceans Eleven' '1960'
  //=> { ... }

Response

Example output:

{
    adult: false,
    backdrop_path: '/lhkU86q5cszZkca9MVQLMvUAE6m.jpg',
    id: 1640,
    original_title: 'Crash',
    release_date: '2004-09-10',
    poster_path: '/pG8LL4LYMCr5uikhx9rewrW8352.jpg',
    popularity: 3.30511799781063,
    title: 'Crash',
    vote_average: 6.9,
    vote_count: 271,
    imageBase: 'http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original'
}

Images

Combine the image_base with the desired path to create a complete image URL.

const imageUrl = movieInfo('Avatar')
  .then(response => console.log(response.imageBase + response.poster_path))

/* OR */

var imageUrl = response.image_base + response.poster_path
    //=> http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/pG8LL4LYMCr5uikhx9rewrW8352.jpg

API

movieInfo(movie [, year ] [, callback])

Returns a Promise which resolves to a movie object.

movie

Required

Type: string

Movie title to search for.

year

Type: string

Movie release year to search for. (optional)

callback(error, result)

Type: function

Callback function. (optional)

Related

• album-art
• movie-art
• movie-trailer

License

This package uses data from TMDB. You may consult TMDB terms of service for usage rights.

MIT © Lacy Morrow