Cinch-IMDb - IMDb.com plugin

This plugin uses the Film Buff gem to access data from IMDb.com.

You can install the latest Cinch-IMDb gem using RubyGems

gem install cinch-imdb

Alternatively you can check out the latest code directly from Github

git clone http://github.com/sachse/cinch-imdb.git

Install the gem and load it in your Cinch bot:

require "cinch"
require "cinch/plugins/imdb"

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c|
    # add all required options here
    c.plugins.plugins = [Cinch::Plugins::IMDb] # optionally add more plugins
  end
end

bot.start

If you want to return results in other languages this is possible as well. The supported locales are "de_DE", "en_US", "es_ES", "fr_FR", "it_IT" and "pt_PT" with "en_US" being the default.

require "cinch"
require "cinch/plugins/imdb"

bot = Cinch::Bot.new do
  configure do |c|
    # add all required options here
    c.plugins.plugins = [Cinch::Plugins::IMDb] # optionally add more plugins
    c.plugins.options[Cinch::Plugins::IMDb][:locale] = "de_DE"
  end
end

bot.start

By default the bot will reply with "Title (Year) - Rating/10 - IMDb link" e.g. "The Wizard of Oz (1939) - 8.3/10 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138"

With a German locale (de_DE) the bot would instead reply with "Das zauberhafte Land (1939) - 8.3/10 - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138"

If you want to change the output format this can be done in imdb.rb The amount of information available is dependent on the Film Buff gem, which is used for accessing IMDb.com - At the time of writing the following information is accessible:

• Title
• Tagline
• Plot
• Runtime
• Rating
• Amount of votes
• Poster URL
• Genres
• Release date
• IMDb ID

• Kristoffer Sachse

Fork the project, implement your changes in it's own branch, and send a pull request to me. I'll gladly consider any help or ideas.