15 May 2013

Get IMDb movie data

make query http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=moviename
it will return JSON response (default)

example
http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=Fight Club  (in browser)
note : while coding space in movie title should be replaced with %20

JSON response:

{
    "Title":"Fight Club",
    "Year":"1999",
    "Rated":"R",
    "Released":"15 Oct 1999",
    "Runtime":"2 h 19 min",
    "Genre":"Drama",
    "Director":"David Fincher",
    "Writer":"Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls",
    "Actors":"Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf",
    "Plot":"An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an        underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more...",
    "Poster":"http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIwNTYzMzE1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTE5Mzg3OA@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    "imdbRating":"8.9",
    "imdbVotes":"727,988",
    "imdbID":"tt0137523",
    "Type":"movie",
    "Response":"True"
}

To get the XML response add &r=XML at end of request.

http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=Fight%20Club&r=XML

 

XML response:

<root response="True">
<movie title="Fight Club" year="1999" rated="R" released="15 Oct 1999" runtime="2 h 19 min" genre="Drama" director="David Fincher" writer="Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls" actors="Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf" plot="An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more..." poster="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIwNTYzMzE1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwOTE5Mzg3OA@@._V1_SX300.jpg" imdbRating="8.9" imdbVotes="727,988" imdbID="tt0137523" type="movie"/>
</root>