Metacritic

This is a ruby gem wrapper for Mashape's Metacritic API. As of this version (0.1.0), the gem supports:

1. Getting Metacritic details for a movie or a game
2. Getting a list of critic reviews for a movie or game

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Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'metacritic'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install metacritic

Using this gem requires an API key. These can be obtained from Mashape. Currently, the free key allows for 1,000 requests per day.

As this gem requires use of a private API key, it is strongly suggested you use Figaro to manage your keys. metacritic is configured to access metacritic_api_key which needs to be set in your environmental variables. A good option is to use figaro (see Figaro for instructions) in your application, and place the following in your application.yml file:

metacritic_api_key: <your key here>

##Using the gem

###Searching for a movie

Metacritic.movie(title)

will return a movie object that has the following attributes: name, score, rlsdate, genres, rating, thumbnail, user_score, summary, director, cast

Example usage:

@movie = Metacritic.movie("The Big Lebowski")
@movie.name = "The Big Lebowski"
@movie.score = 69

Special cases:
@movie.cast returns an array of the listed actors' names.
@movie.genres returns an array of the listed genres.

###Searching for a game

Metacritic.game(title)

will return a game object that has the following attributes: name,score,rlsdate,genre,rating,platform,publisher,developer,url

Example usage:

@game = Metacritic.game("The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim")
@game.name = "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim"
@game.score = 92

###Getting a list of a movie or game's reviews

Metacritic.reviews(metacritic_url)

will return an array of reviews.

Example usage:

Metacritic.reviews("http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/portal-2")

will return:

[{
  "critic": "DarkStation",
  "score": "100",
  "excerpt": "Wolfenstein 3D changed how we looked at first person games in 1992 and The New Order, while not as big of a step, may be just as important of one for the future of the genre.",
  "date": "2014-05-28",
  "link": "http://www.darkstation.com/reviews/wolfenstein-the-new-order/"
},
{
  "critic": "Softpedia",
  "score": "90",
  "excerpt": "A great reimagining of the series, delivering a fun experience to shooter fans, while bringing a good story and some solid mechanics that feel fresh but still know the roots of the franchise.",
  "date": "2014-08-06",
  "link": "http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/games/pc/Wolfenstein-The-New-Order-Review-447123.shtml"
}]

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/metacritic/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request