Python 3.10.12 : My colab get images from imdb.com by the name - part 038.

This colab notebook named catafest_050.ipynb will let you to get images from imdb.com by the name of the actor/actress.

You can find this notebook on my GitHub project.

Python 3.7.3 : The IMDbPY python module version 6.8.

The GitHub official webpage comes with this intro:
IMDbPY is a Python package for retrieving and managing the data of the IMDb movie database about movies, people and companies.
The last release version 6.8 was at 2019 Jul 20.
The official webpage tells us:
In the release 6.8 (codename "Apollo 11") of IMDbPY, multiple parsers were added and fixes; the new search_movie_advanced method allows advanced movie searches...
The changes of the version 6.8 can be found at GitHub webpage and come with these new features:
#224: introduce the search_movie_advanced(title, adult=None, results=None, sort=None, sort_dir=None) method
#145: names are stored in normal format (Name Surname)
#225: remove the obsolete cookie
#182: box office information
#168: parse series and episode number searching for movies
#217: grab poster from search
#218: extract MPAA rating
#220: extract actor headshot from full credits
The install on Python 3.7.3 is easy with pip3 tool:

C:\Python373\Scripts>pip3 install imdbpy
Collecting imdbpy
...
Installing collected packages: imdbpy
Successfully installed imdbpy-6.8

Let's test the new features:

C:\Python373>python.exe
Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 21:26:53) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Inte
l)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import imdb
>>> ia = imdb.IMDb()
>>> movies = ia.search_movie_advanced('debby does dallas', adult=True)
>>> print(movies)
...
>>> people = ia.search_person('Clark Gregg')
>>> print(people)

Let's test it:

import imdb
from imdb import IMDb

ia = imdb.IMDb()

# create a file to put the output 
file1 = open("_imdb_data.txt","w", encoding='utf-8') 

# get movies by movie 
# example: Alien 

def get_by_movie():
 my_movie = str(input('Type the movie name: '))
 movies = ia.search_movie_advanced(my_movie, adult=True)
 print(type(movies))
 return movies

# get filmography by id 
filmography_list = []
def get_filmography_by_id(id):
 actor_results = ia.get_person_filmography(id)
 for item in actor_results['data']['filmography']:
  filmography_list.append(str(item))
 return filmography_list

# the main function 
def main():
 a = get_by_movie()
 for i in a:
  print("________________________")
  print("i: ",i)
  # you can uncomment this to test Movie class functions
  #print("Type:",type(i))
  #print("Summary:",i.summary())
  #print("ID: ",i.getID())
  #print("Smart cannonical title: ",i.smartCanonicalTitle())
  #print("caracters ref: ",i.get_charactersRefs())
  #print("current info: ",i.get_current_info())
  #print("cinematographic process: ",i.get('cinematographic process'))
  #print(i["title"])
  #print informations items from Movie class
  print("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~")
  for k, v in i.items():
   print(k, v)
   # write to the file the value of a
   txt = str(k)+":"+str(v)+"\n" 
   file1.write(txt)
  print("------------------------")
  # add a new line on each movie
  file1.write('-----^-----\n')
 #get filmography by id 
 id_filmography=get_filmography_by_id('0078748')
 # print the filmography
 for item in id_filmography:
  print(item)

 #after write, close the file 
 file1.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

This is the first part of the output file named _imdb_data:

title:Alien
certificates:['R']
runtimes:['117']
genres:['Horror', 'Sci-Fi']
rating:8.5
votes:719508
metascore:89
gross:78900000
plot:After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.
directors:[]
cast:[, , , ]
cover url:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ2MmU3NzktZjAxOC00ZDZhLTk4YzEtMDMyMzcxY2IwMDAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@._V1_UX67_CR0,0,67,98_AL_.jpg
year:1979
kind:movie
canonical title:Alien
long imdb title:Alien (1979)
long imdb canonical title:Alien (1979)
smart canonical title:Alien
smart long imdb canonical title:Alien (1979)
full-size cover url:https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMmQ2MmU3NzktZjAxOC00ZDZhLTk4YzEtMDMyMzcxY2IwMDAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzkwMjQ5NzM@.jpg
-----^-----
title:Aliens
certificates:['R']
runtimes:['137']
...

Testing the python IMDbPY module with simple commands.

Today we tested a more innovative but useful method with python aaa mode.
The main reason I used this method is the lack of documentation.
Using this method, we have reached elements related to the use of reported methods and errors.
The test was done on a Fedora 29 Linux system with a classic install with the pip utility:

[mythcat@desk ~]$ pip install imdbpy --user
Collecting imdbpy
...
Successfully installed SQLAlchemy-1.3.1 imdbpy-6.6 

I used an example of a person's search in the IMDB database to test this method.

>>> from imdb import IMDb, IMDbError
>>> try:
...     im=IMDb()
...     people = im.search_person('Mel Gibson')
... except IMDbError as exc:
...     print(exc) 

Using the dir and print function will show the resulting output configuration and will have the following form:

>>> print(people)
[, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ] 

I have used the dir function for a relative view of the options we have:

>>> print(dir(people))
['__add__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__delattr__', '__delitem__', '__delslice__', '__doc__', 
'__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', '__getitem__', '__getslice__', 
'__gt__', '__hash__', '__iadd__', '__imul__', '__init__', '__iter__', '__le__', '__len__', 
'__lt__', '__mul__', '__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__reversed__', 
'__rmul__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', '__setslice__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', 
'append', 'count', 'extend', 'index', 'insert', 'pop', 'remove', 'reverse', 'sort']
>>> print(dir(people[0]))
['_Container__role', '__bool__', '__class__', '__contains__', '__deepcopy__', '__delattr__', 
'__delitem__', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__eq__', '__format__', '__ge__', '__getattribute__', 
'__getitem__', '__gt__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__le__', '__len__', '__lt__', '__module__', 
'__ne__', '__new__', '__reduce__', '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__setitem__', 
'__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subclasshook__', '__weakref__', '_additional_keys', '_clear', 
'_get_currentRole', '_get_roleID', '_getitem', '_image_key', '_init', '_reset', '_roleClass', 
'_roleIsPerson', '_set_currentRole', '_set_roleID', 'accessSystem', 'add_to_current_info', 
'append_item', 'asXML', 'billingPos', 'charactersRefs', 'clear', 'cmpFunct', 'copy', 'currentRole', 
'current_info', 'data', 'default_info', 'get', 'getAsXML', 'getID', 'get_charactersRefs', 
'get_current_info', 'get_fullsizeURL', 'get_namesRefs', 'get_titlesRefs', 'has_current_info', 
'has_key', 'infoset2keys', 'isSame', 'isSameName', 'isSamePerson', 'items', 'iteritems', 
'iterkeys', 'itervalues', 'key2infoset', 'keys', 'keys_alias', 'keys_tomodify', 'keys_tomodify_list', 
'modFunct', 'myID', 'myName', 'namesRefs', 'notes', 'personID', 'pop', 'popitem', 'reset', 'roleID', 
'set_current_info', 'set_data', 'set_item', 'set_mod_funct', 'set_name', 'setdefault', 'summary', 
'titlesRefs', 'update', 'update_charactersRefs', 'update_infoset_map', 'update_namesRefs', 
'update_titlesRefs', 'values']

Here are some simple examples of displaying using the print function to view content in output:

>>> print(people[0].values())
[u'Catalin', u'II', u'Catalin', u'Catalin (II)', u'Catalin (II)']
>>> print(people[0].data)
{u'name': u'Catalin', u'imdbIndex': u'II'}
>>> print(people[1].data.viewitems())
dict_items([(u'name', u'Moreno, Catalina Sandino')])
>>> print(people[1].data.values())
[u'Moreno, Catalina Sandino']
>>> print(people[0].getID())
2165704
>>> print(people[0].itervalues())

The built-in function iter takes an iterable object and returns an iterator.

>>> print(people[0].itervalues().next())
Catalin
>>> print(people[0].asXML()) 

The last line of code will return XML content.
This simple example simply illustrates how to access structured information through simple Python commands.

Use IMDB website with IMDbPY python module .

This python package is written in pure Python 3 to access the IMDb's database and used it.

You can read about this python module from GitHub docs webpage
The development team comes with this DISCLAIMER:
# DISCLAIMER

IMDbPY and the authors are not affiliated with Internet Movie Database Inc.

IMDb is a trademark of Internet Movie Database Inc. and all contents
and data included on the IMDb's site is the property of IMDb or its
content suppliers and protected by United States and international
copyright laws.

Please, read the IMDb's conditions of use in their website:
- http://www.imdb.com/conditions
- http://www.imdb.com/licensing
- any other notice in the http://www.imdb.com/ site.
First I start the install process with the pip tool:

C:\Python364\Scripts>pip install IMDbPY
Requirement already satisfied: IMDbPY in c:\python364\lib\site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: lxml in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: sqlalchemy-migrate in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: SQLAlchemy in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: pbr>=1.8 in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from sqlalchemy-migrate->IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: decorator in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from sqlalchemy-migrate->IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.7.0 in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from sqlalchemy-migrate->IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: sqlparse in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from sqlalchemy-migrate->IMDbPY)
Requirement already satisfied: Tempita>=0.4 in c:\python364\lib\site-packages (from sqlalchemy-migrate->IMDbPY)

This is my source code to test it and working well.

# start with IMDb python class
from imdb import IMDb
imd = IMDb('http')
print("-===-")
# search movies by title
# and show the long imdb canonical title and movieID of the results.
title = imd.search_movie("Under the Dome")
for item in title:
   print(item['long imdb canonical title'], item.movieID)
print("-===-")
# search for a person
for person in imd.search_person("Ana de Armas"):
    print(person.personID, person['name'])
print("-===-")
# get 5 movies tagged with a keyword
movies_keyword = imd.get_keyword('novel', results=5)
for item in movies_keyword:
   print(item['long imdb canonical title'], item.movieID)
print("-===-")
# get top 250  from top movies
top250 = imd.get_top250_movies()
for item in top250:
   print(item['long imdb canonical title'], item.movieID)
print("-===-")
print("top 250 -=> ")
# get bottom 100 from top movies
bottom100 = imd.get_bottom100_movies()
print("bottom 100 -=> ")
for item in top250:
   print(item['long imdb canonical title'], item.movieID)