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Usage: get_first_character "character name"
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Search for the given name and print the best matching result.
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# Parameters to initialize the IMDb class.
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# The used access system. 'web' means that you're retrieving data
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# from the IMDb web server.
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#'accessSystem': 'mobile'
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# XXX: if you've a local installation of the IMDb database,
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# comment the above line and uncomment the following two.
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#'accessSystem': 'local',
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#'dbDirectory': '/usr/local/imdb' # or, in a Windows environment:
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#'dbDirectory': 'D:/imdb-20060107'
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# XXX: parameters for a SQL installation.
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#'accessSystem': 'sql',
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#'uri': 'mysql://userName:yourPassword@localhost/dbName'
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# Import the IMDbPY package.
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print 'You bad boy! You need to install the IMDbPY package!'
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if len(sys.argv) != 2:
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print 'Only one argument is required:'
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print ' %s "character name"' % sys.argv[0]
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i = imdb.IMDb(**IMDB_PARAMS)
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in_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()
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out_encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()
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name = unicode(name, in_encoding, 'replace')
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# Do the search, and get the results (a list of character objects).
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results = i.search_character(name)
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except imdb.IMDbError, e:
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print "Probably you're not connected to Internet. Complete error report:"
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print 'No matches for "%s", sorry.' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
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# Print only the first result.
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print ' Best match for "%s"' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
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# This is a character instance.
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character = results[0]
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# So far the character object only contains basic information like the
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# name; retrieve main information:
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print character.summary().encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
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