DbpediaFilm
This gem uses is used to get metadata from DBPedia about film using the title. It's not exact, and sometimes DBPedia can have slow response times. If you are using this information on the web, you will want to cache the responses.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'dbpedia_film'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install dbpedia_film
Usage
DbpediaFilm::Metadata::by_title("Alien")
{:director=>"Scott, Ridley", :director_image=>"http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ridley_Scott_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg", :producer=>"&pizza", :screenplay=>"Dan O'Bannon", :starring=>[], :composer=>"Jerry Goldsmith", :cinematographer=>"Derek Vanlint", :editing=>"&pizza", :studio=>"&pizza", :thumbnail=>"", :dist=>"", :gross=>0.0, :budget=>9.0, :date=>""}
Tests
To run the tests:
rake test