Now this is cool. Lots of possible options with live data that is of interest to a lot of people... what's not to like? :)
Thanks for posting this. Vern kirby urner wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone is using, or thinking of using, this imdbpy to > give students an early appreciation for the power of an open source > Python package, to deliver relevant movie-related information. > > Cut and pasting (excerpting) from > http://imdbpy.sourceforge.net/docs/README.users.txt, the scripts look > like this (if you've not used imdb: every movie, actor etc. is tagged > with a number): > > $ get_movie.py 0133093 > Movie > ===== > Title: Matrix, The > Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi. > Director: Andy Wachowski (as The Wachowski Brothers), Larry Wachowski > (as The Wachowski Brothers). > Writer: Andy Wachowski (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers), Larry > Wachowski (written by) (as The Wachowski Brothers). > Cast: Keanu Reeves (Neo (Thomas A. Anderson)), Laurence Fishburne > (Morpheus), Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), Hugo Weaving (Agent Smith), > Joe Pantoliano (Cypher (Mr. Reagan)). > Runtime: 136. > Country: USA. > Language: English. > Rating: 8.5 > Votes: 114,264 > Plot: In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo (Keanu Reeves) > discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate > facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of > placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's > campaign of domination in the "real" world. He joins like-minded Rebel > warriors Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) and Trinity (Carrie Ann Moss) > in their struggle to overthrow the Matrix. > > I've written my own screen scraper for imdb (probably wrote about it > here, don't remember), but it never performed satisfactorily. Used it > with one Saturday Academy class as a part of my intro. At least > useful for explaining what "screen scraper" means. Imdbpy would be > more impressive I think, also better than the xml-rpc script we played > with at Winterhaven (8th grade, write-up at my site). > > Kirby > 4dsolutions.net > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
