node-csfd-api
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JavaScript NPM library for scraping Czech Movie Database (csfd.cz)
- JavaScript / TypeScript
- Browser + Node.js (SSR)
- Tested (~100% Code coverage)
- ✅ Ready for new ČSFD 2025!
- You can use in:
- Firebase function
- AWS λ (lambda function)
- CloudFlare Worker
- Chrome extension
- React native app
- Browsers (Pay attention to CORS)
npm install node-csfd-api
# yarn add node-csfd-api
Get info about this movie (id: 535121)
import { csfd } from 'node-csfd-api';
csfd.movie(535121).then((movie) => console.log(movie));
{
id: 535121,
title: 'Na špatné straně',
year: '2018',
descriptions: [
'Otupělý policejní veterán Ridgeman (Mel Gibson)...',
'Brett je policajt tesne ...'
],
genres: [ 'Krimi', 'Drama', 'Thriller' ],
type: 'film',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/film/535121',
origins: [ 'USA', 'Kanada' ],
colorRating: 'good',
rating: 73,
ratingCount: 6654,
photo: '//image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w1326/files/images/film/photos/162/980/162980090_bbffbb.jpg',
trivia: ['Když Henry (Tory Kittles) se svým mladším bratrem...', 'Ve filmu se střídají...'],
titlesOther: [
{ country: 'USA', title: 'Dragged Across Concrete' },
{ country: 'Kanada', title: 'Dragged Across Concrete' },
{ country: 'Slovensko', title: 'Na zlej strane' },
{ country: 'Austrálie', title: 'Dragged Across Concrete' },
{ country: 'Velká Británie', title: 'Dragged Across Concrete' }
],
poster: 'https://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w1080/files/images/film/posters/163/579/163579352_bf8737.jpg',
creators: {
directors: [
{
id: 87470,
name: 'S. Craig Zahler',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/87470-s-craig-zahler/'
}
],
actors: [
{
id: 1,
name: 'Mel Gibson',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1-mel-gibson/'
}
],
basedOn: [],
writers: [
{
id: 87470,
name: 'S. Craig Zahler',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/87470-s-craig-zahler/'
}
],
music: [
{
id: 203209,
name: 'Jeff Herriott',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/203209-jeff-herriott/'
}
],
producers: [
{
id: 320006,
name: 'Sefton Fincham',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/320006-sefton-fincham/'
}
]
},
vod: [
{
title: 'Voyo',
url: 'https://voyo.nova.cz/filmy/4604-na-spatne-strane'
},
{
title: 'DVD',
url: 'https://filmy.heureka.cz/na-spatne-strane-dvd/#utm_source=csfd.cz&utm_medium=cooperation&utm_campaign=csfd_movies_feed'
}
],
tags: ['policie', 'zbraně', 'zloděj', 'město', 'sledování'],
premieres: [
{
country: 'Česko',
format: 'Na Blu-ray',
date: '07.08.2019',
company: 'Magic Box'
},
{
country: 'USA',
format: 'V kinech',
date: '22.03.2019',
company: 'Lionsgate US'
}
]
}
Search movies, users and TV series
import { csfd } from 'node-csfd-api';
csfd.search('bart').then((search) => console.log(search));
[
{
id: 19653,
title: 'Black Bart',
year: '1975',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/film/19653-black-bart/',
type: 'TV film',
colorRating: 'bad',
poster: 'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7',
origins: ['USA'],
creators: {
directors: [{
id: 87470,
name: 'S. Craig Zahler',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/87470-s-craig-zahler/'
}],
actors: [{
id: 1,
name: 'Mel Gibson',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1-mel-gibson/'
}]
}
}
],
tvSeries: [
{
id: 71924,
title: 'Království',
year: 1994,
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/film/71924-kralovstvi/',
type: 'seriál',
colorRating: 'good',
poster: 'https://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/708/166708064_2da697.jpg',
origins: ['Dánsko'],
creators: []
}
],
users: [
{
id: 912,
user: 'BART!',
userRealName: 'Lukáš Barták',
avatar: 'https://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w45h60/files/images/user/avatars/000/281/281554_1c0fef.jpg',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/uzivatel/912-bart/'
}
]
Get creator info + filmography
import { csfd } from 'node-csfd-api';
csfd.creator(2120).then((creator) => console.log(creator));
{
id: 2120,
name: 'Quentin Tarantino',
birthday: '27.03.1963',
birthplace: 'Knoxville, Tennessee, USA',
photo: 'https://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w100h132crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/515/164515525_b98f8a.jpg',
age: 58,
bio: 'Quentin Tarantino se narodil 27. března roku 1963 v americkém Knoxville teprve šestnáctileté Connie Tarantinové. Své jméno Quentin dostal podle matčiny oblíbené televizní postavy Quinta ze seriálu "Gunsmoke". Quentinův otec byl jistý Tony Tarantino, který rodinu opustil když byl Quentin ještě malinký. Jeho dětství a dospívání ovlivnily nejen filmy, ale pop kultura obecně. Televizní seriály, komiksy, populární hudba, to vše jako mladý hltal ve velkém a stále neměl…',
films: [
{
id: 527699,
title: 'Tenkrát v Hollywoodu',
year: 2019,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 362228,
title: 'Osm hrozných',
year: 2015,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 294824,
title: 'Nespoutaný Django',
year: 2012,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 117077,
title: 'Hanebný pancharti',
year: 2009,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 229384,
title: 'Grindhouse: Auto zabiják',
year: 2007,
colorRating: 'average'
},
{
id: 178904,
title: 'Sin City - město hříchu',
year: 2005,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 136304,
title: 'Kill Bill 2',
year: 2004,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{ id: 43483, title: 'Kill Bill', year: 2003, colorRating: 'good' },
{
id: 8850,
title: 'Jackie Brown',
year: 1997,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 7743,
title: 'Čtyři pokoje',
year: 1995,
colorRating: 'good'
},
{
id: 8852,
title: 'Pulp Fiction: Historky z podsvětí',
year: 1994,
colorRating: 'good'
}
]
}
import { csfd } from 'node-csfd-api';
csfd.userRatings('912-bart').then((ratings) => console.log(ratings));
Warning: Use it wisely. Can be detected and banned. Consider using it together with
allPagesDelayattribute.
import { csfd } from 'node-csfd-api';
csfd
.userRatings('912-bart', {
allPages: true, // Download all pages (one by one)
allPageDelay: 2000 // Make delay 2000ms on each page request
})
.then((ratings) => console.log(ratings));
[
{
title: 'David Attenborough: Život na naší planetě',
year: 2020,
type: 'film',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/film/812944-david-attenborough-zivot-na-nasi-planete/',
colorRating: 'good',
userDate: '01.11.2020',
userRating: 5
},
{
title: 'Coronation',
year: 2020,
type: 'film',
url: 'https://www.csfd.cz/film/912552-coronation/',
colorRating: 'good',
userDate: '28.10.2020',
userRating: 4
}
];
| Option | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| includesOnly | CSFDFilmTypes[] | null | Including only film types. eg. ['seriál', 'koncert'] |
| exclude | CSFDFilmTypes[] | null | Excluding film types eg. ['epizoda', 'série'] |
| allPages | boolean | false | Get all pages |
| allPagesDelay | number | 0 | Delay on each page request. In milliseconds |
Note: You can not use both parameters includesOnly and excludes. Parameter includesOnly has a priority.
yarn start
You can find and modify it in ./demo.ts file
yarn demo
I welcome you to customize this according to your needs ;)
Pull requests for any improvements would be great!
Give a ⭐️ if this project helped you!
Or if you are brave enough consider making a donation for some 🍺 or 🍵 ;)
I DO NOT STORE ANY DATA. PERIOD.
I physically can't. I have nowhere to store it. I don't even have a server database to store it. So even if Justin Bieber asked nicely to see your data, I wouldn't have anything to show him.
That's why, with node-csfd-api, what happens on your device stays on your device till disappear.
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All contents are licensed under the MIT license.
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