Class: Spotlite::Person

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/spotlite/person.rb

Overview

Represent a person on IMDb.com

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(imdb_id, name = nil) ⇒ Person

Initialize a new person object by its IMDb ID as a string

person = Spotlite::Person.new("0005132")

Spotlite::Person class objects are lazy loading. No HTTP request will be performed upon object initialization. HTTP request will be performed once when you use a method that needs remote data



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 14

def initialize(imdb_id, name = nil)
  @imdb_id = imdb_id
  @name    = name
  @url     = "http://www.imdb.com/name/nm#{imdb_id}"
end

Instance Attribute Details

#imdb_id ⇒ Object

Returns the value of attribute imdb_id.



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 5

def imdb_id
  @imdb_id
end

#name ⇒ Object

Returns name as a string



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 21

def name
  @name
end

Instance Method Details

#birth_date ⇒ Object

Returns birth date as a date



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 31

def birth_date
  details.at("time[itemprop='birthDate']")["datetime"].parse_date rescue nil
end

#birth_name ⇒ Object

Returns name at birth as a string



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 26

def birth_name
  details.at("#overview-top .txt-block a[href='bio']").text.strip rescue nil
end

#death_date ⇒ Object

Returns death date as a date



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 36

def death_date
  details.at("time[itemprop='deathDate']")["datetime"].parse_date rescue nil
end

#photo_url ⇒ Object

Returns primary photo URL as a string



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# File 'lib/spotlite/person.rb', line 41

def photo_url
  src = details.at("#img_primary img")["src"] rescue nil
  
  if src =~ /^(http:.+@@)/ || src =~ /^(http:.+?)\.[^\/]+$/
    $1 + ".jpg"
  end
end