cinemascrAPI

As of November 1st 2016 this is no longer working as google/movies has been discontinued.

An API that screenscrapes google.com/movies and returns cinemas and film listings based on a postcode search.

Technology

Simple Ruby on Rails application, using Mechanize and Nokogiri for screen grabbing and HTML parsing. Tested with RSpec.

Installation

• Clone the repo and install dependencies with bundle
• Run with rails s and visit http://localhost:3000/

Usage

API call for today's film showings for cinemas based on a postcode search. It will return JSON and there is no authentication.

     Request

     GET /api/v1/cinemas/search?postcode=:postcode

     Response

 {
"cinemas": [
  {
  "name": "Greenwich Picturehouse",
  "address": "180 Greenwich High Road, London, United Kingdom",
  "telephone": "0871 902 5732",
    "movies": [
    {
      "title": "The Girl on the Train",
      "length": "1hr 52min",
      "rating": "15",
      "showtimes": [
        "13:20",
        "15:50",
        "18:20",
        "20:50"
        ]
      },
    {
      "title": "Bridget Jones's Baby",
      "length": "2hr 2min",
      "rating": "15",
      "showtimes": [
        "12:30",
        "15:15",
        "18:00"
        ]
      },
    {
      "title": "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children",
      "length": "2hr 6min",
      "rating": "12A",
      "showtimes": [
        "13:45",
        "15:00",
        "17:30"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
]
}

Note

This is work in progress. We hope to have the option to also return IMDB ratings and potentially other searches.

Authors

• Rhiannon Lolley Neville
• Paul Rees
• Kevin McCarthy