Hi,
Over the last few years, I've refactored the basis for the IMDbPY HTML
parsers into a separate package called "piculet" that could be used with
-hopefully- any HTML markup. It has no required external dependency,
supports py2/py3/pypy and improves on the current IMDbPY parsers with
some features and a more consistent interface.
The idea was, and still is, that at some point we can reimplement the
IMDbPY parsers using piculet. This shouldn't be too hard since the
syntax is quite similar. I've attempted this a few times already and
managed to make some headway but trying to fit things into the current
codebase kept distracting me from the actual job of dealing with the
parsers.
So I decided to develop a parser generator that will read a
specification for a parser and generate the necessary code. I hope this
will make the transition easier. My not-so-preliminary work is here:
https://github.com/uyar/piculet_imdb
Note that this project is not a full package like IMDbPY. It doesn't
have the Movie/Person/etc classes. It doesn't even have the code to
fetch the IMDb pages (except for the simple retrievers in the tests). If
we decide that this approach makes sense, we could create a template
suitable for IMDbPY.
If anyone's interested I'd be happy to hear thoughts, suggestions, and
of course pull requests.
Have a nice day,
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