tvdb

TheTVDB.com Node library Version 0.0.13

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It's a wrapper for thetvdbs XML API, written in CoffeeScript for node. You won't be in contact with any XML if you use this library.

The library isn't finished yet. I'll update this README as I get along so you'll know what to expect.

You can check out thetvdbs programmers API to know what this library will be wrapping.

This project uses semantic versioning and uses this tag script to tag the versions.

I use the great mocha testing framework with the (also great) should assertion library for testing.
If you contribute to this project, please write a test, and make sure all existing tests pass.

Usage

First off, get an API key from thetvdb. Withouth an API key you won't be able to do anything with this library.

All code samples are presented in both, Javascript and CoffeScript.

Include and configure the library

// JS
var TVDB = require("tvdb")
  , tvdb = new TVDB({ apiKey: "YOUR_KEY" });

# Coffee
TVDB = require("tvdb")
tvdb = new TVDB apiKey: "YOUR_KEY"

Possible configuration options are:

• apiKey {String}
• language {String} (optional) Default: "en". Use getLanguages() if you want another language.
• initialHost {String} (optional) Default: "thetvdb.com"
• port {Number} (optional) Default: 80

Get available languages

// JS
tvdb.getLanguages(function(err, languages) {
  if (err) return;
  // Handle languages.
};

# Coffee
tvdb.getLanguages (err, languages) ->
  if err? then return
  # Handle languages

TVDB uses "en" (english) as default when it fetches data. If you want another language, use this function, get the language you want (or let the user decide which language s/he wants) and use the abbreviation as new language.

To set the language as new default, simply call:

// JS
tvdb.setLanguage(language.abbreviation);

# Coffee
tvdb.setLanguage language.abbreviation

Get a list of mirrors

// JS
tvdb.getMirrors(function(err, mirrors) {
  if (err) return;
  // Handle mirrors.
});

# Coffee
tvdb.getMirrors (err, mirrors) ->
  if err? then return
  # Handle mirrors

Mirrors is an Array containing objects that are formatted like this:

{ id: "1", url: "http://thetvdb.com", types: [ "xml", "banner", "zip" ] }

types contains at least one of "xml", "banner" and "zip".

Get server time

// JS
tvdb.getServerTime(function(err, time) {
  if (err) return;
  // Handle time.
};

// Coffee
tvdb.getServerTime (err, time) ->
  if err? then return
  # Handle time

time is an integer.

Find a TV Show

// JS
tvdb.findTvShow("Mad Men", function(err, tvShows) {
  if (err) return;
  // Handle tvShows.
};

# Coffee
tvdb.findTvShow "Mad Men", (err, tvShows) ->
  if err? then return
  # Handle tvShows

tvShows is an array of tvShow objects which contain following obligatory values:

• id {String}
• language {String}
• name {String}

and following optional values:

• firstAired {Date}
• imdbId {String}
• zap2itId {String}
• banner {String}
• overview {String}