IMDB::Persons(3pm)

Usage

        use IMDB::Persons;
        #
        # Retrieve a person information by IMDB code
        #
        my $person = new IMDB::Persons(crit => '0000129');
        or 
        #
        # Retrieve a person information by name
        #
        my $person = new IMDB::Persons(crit => 'Tom Cruise');
        or 
        #
        # Process already stored HTML page from IMDB
        #
        my $person = new IMDB::Persons(file => 'imdb.html');
        if($person->status) {
                print "Name: ".$person->name."\n";
                print "Birth Date: ".$person->date_of_birth."\n";
        } else {
                print "Something wrong: ".$person->error."!\n";
        }

Overview

IMDB::Persons allows one to retrieve an information about IMDB persons (actors, actresses, directors etc): full name, photo, date and place of birth, mini bio and filmography.

Object Private Methods

`_init()`	Initialize a new object.
`_search_person()`	Implements a logic to search IMDB persons by their names.

Object Public Methods

name(): Retrieve a person full name

my $person_name = $person->name();

mini_bio(): Returns a mini bio for specified IMDB person

my $mini_bio = $person->mini_bio();

date_of_birth(): Returns a date of birth of IMDB person in format 'day' 'month caption' 'year':

my $d_birth = $person->date_of_birth();

place_of_birth(): Returns a name of place of the birth

my $place = $person->place_of_birth();

photo(): Return a path to the person's photo

my $photo = $person->photo();

filmography()

Returns a person's filmography as a hash of arrays with following structure:

        my $fg = $person->filmography();
        __DATA__
        $fg = {
                'Section' => [
                        {       title   => 'movie title', 
                                role    => 'person role', 
                                year    => 'year of movie production',
                                code    => 'IMDB code of movie',        
                        }
                ];
        }

The section can be In Development, Actor, Self, Thanks, Archive Footage, Producer etc.

genres(): Retrieve a list of movie genres for specified person:

my $genres = $persons->genres;

plot_keywords(): Retrieve a list of keywords for movies where specified person plays:

my $keywords = $persons->plot_keywords;

Exports

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Please, send me any found bugs by email: [email protected].

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.