/IMDB-movie-scanner

Python script that scans local folders and updates meta data and cover photos

Primary LanguagePython

IMDB-movie-scanner

==================== Python script that scans local folders and updates meta data and cover photos. It can send the film info to a CMS using an End point.

  • It will only scan one movie per folder, which means, you need to create a folder for each movie.

Requires IMDBPY

Installation

  • Download IMDBPY inside a folder called imdbpy. It's advisable to place this folder as a sibbling of IMDB-movie-scanner

      $ git clone https://github.com/alberanid/imdbpy
    
  • Go inside the folder and run the install

      $ cd imdbpy
      
      $ sudo ./setup.py install
    
  • Go inside IMDB Movie Scanner folder and run install

      $ cd ..
      
      $ cd IMDB-movie-scanner
      
      $ sudo ./setup.py --movies-folder /xMarcello/Development/sites/moviec/profiles/movie_catalog/modules/devel/dummy/movies-test (put your movies folder here)
    

The installation will create a file called config.ini which you can edit and customize your options Edit config.ini and change these settings to match your site domain where is says example.com

  • cms_api_url
  • cms_cron_url

Usage

Go inside IMDB-movie-scanner folder and run: ./scan.py -f [folder] -o [new/all] Parameters:

  -f: Optional folder, if not provided, it will use the folder in config.ini
  -o: new -> will only scan new films. It knows its new if there is not a Summary.txt file on the folder
      all -> will scan all films