name-to-imdb

name-to-imdb

Map names of movies/series to IMDB IDs

npm install name-to-imdb

Usage: nameToImdb(args, callback)

args - string of the name or object with name/year/type - { name: "The Devil Bat", year: 1940, type: "movie" }

args.providers - an array of providers to search in; possible options are metadata and imdbFind; default is ["metadata", "imdbFind"]

Example

var nameToImdb = require("name-to-imdb");
nameToImdb({ name: "south park" }, function(err, res, inf) { 
	console.log(res); // prints "tt0121955"
	console.log(inf); // inf contains info on where we matched that name - e.g. metadata, or on imdb
})