Personal Video Database 1.0.2.7 MOD

[afrocuban]

That is just perfect, Ivek! Thank you so much!
What is even more beautiful, I just redownloaded _adv search script and it miraculously doesn't crash my PVD anymore, on the contrary - it runs smoothly as well!

[Ivek23]

That is just perfect, Ivek! Thank you so much!
What is even more beautiful, I just redownloaded _adv search script and it miraculously doesn't crash my PVD anymore, on the contrary - it runs smoothly as well!

Yes, that's good to hear. The _adv search script had a bug which has now been fixed.

[Lastdino]

Hi guys! Thanks again to everyone who has kept this project alive until now. I’m using the version IMDB_[EN][HTTPS]_TEST_2c.psf (at least, that’s what I was using when it worked ) for importing from IMDb, but it hasn’t been working properly for quite a while now. Is there a functional version of this plugin, at least for importing basic movie information? I don’t need complicated things like awards, keywords, etc. All my movies have info downloaded only from IMDb so far, which is why I’d prefer to keep doing the same.

[afrocuban]

Hello Lastdino.

Well, in the meantime everything and completely changed. IMDb made it so hard for a year and a half to download info. The only way to get info from IMDB now is to use python and scripts. This is the place to to learn:
https://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4379.0.html


There are 2 ways at the moment but after you set up your system probably the easiest way is this
https://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4379.msg23045.html#msg23045

I must warn you that it is so slow now to get the info with this method (and pretty slow with both methods) but this one is painfull for mass updates and tolerable with a single add up:
https://www.videodb.info/forum_en/index.php/topic,4379.msg23045.html#msg23045

[mgpw4me_back_again]

I've had considerable luck using PHP to download IMDB pages. OpenSSL has to be enabled, and you have to provide a valid user-agent. Both settings are in the PHP.INI file...just set it and forget it. If you set up a server @ localhost, you could relay requests to IMDB and return pages to the PVD script that made the request without windows opening and closing. I'm using CivetWeb64 server (a branch from Mongoose, I think). When it's installed as a service, it will start automatically when you boot your computer.

That doesn't resolve the javascript "click for more information" on the pages, but last week I found this:

https://imdbapi.dev/

For my uses this site is all I need. Since it's just JSON formatted data the format won't likely change, the queries are very fast and parsing would be simple. In my case, PHP also has a Json_Decode function to convert JSON data into PHP variables, which will simplify the creation of dynamic pages on my server.

[afrocuban]

https://imdbapi.dev/ is indeed very interesting resource, but still it looks to me with limited data?

[mgpw4me_back_again]

https://imdbapi.dev/ is indeed very interesting resource, but still it looks to me with limited data?

True. There are thousands of species of fish and yet I only eat a few of them, so how would I categorize them?
As a casual user, I don't have the same data requirements as a film student.
I'm impressed by your technical acheivement in piecing together multiple programs to scrape every single byte from IMDB. I remember you from times past, from near the beginning of PVD. As a moment in time, this is a huge achievement.
Every 18 to 24 months, IMDB updates it's HTML. I'm sure this just is a refesh of the site and the introduction of new technology. The last update came about when AI became part of the site. When the next update comes, you will be the only person that can resolve the issues.
I'll say simply, "Take what's given" and build from that. The 'dev' site is simple to get data from, and for those want more, you have that solution.