[DEV] IMDBfetch - Alphas, Testing & Reports

[publicdomain]

Latest IMDBfetch ALPHA has: search, sorting, info and image downloading.

Get API key @ https://imdb-api.com/Identity/Account/Register

Download: IMDBfetch_v0-1-Alpha202203162-0.zip

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[publicdomain]

New version!

Download: IMDBfetch_v0-1-Alpha202203162-0.zip

GitHub tag: https://github.com/publicdomain/imdbfetch/releases/tag/v0.1-ALPHA20220316.0



Improvements:

File/New
Tools/Get API calls
About/Get API Key
More status bar messages.

[mouser]

I'm not getting any results when i search, even after putting in my api key.  Not sure why.  Says "Exception while searching" after some time, but no info is in the Exception/Error box.

[publicdomain]

I'm not getting any results when i search, even after putting in my api key.  Not sure why.  Says "Exception while searching" after some time, but no info is in the Exception/Error box.

Thanks for reporting. It seems like a socket timeout (likely SSL-related; exception message should be in the "IMDBfetch-log.txt" file).

The official imdb-api library doesn't expose its sockets, but the exposed classes work for deserialization via JSON.net, so I'm currently doing a hybrid where we have control over the Web/HTTP clients for fetching while using the official classes for program logic

I'm home & devoting to it

[publicdomain]

New version!

Download: IMDBfetch_v0.1-ALPHA-202203163.zip

GitHub tag: https://github.com/publicdomain/imdbfetch/releases/tag/v0.1-ALPHA202203163

Does "hybrid" fetching. Searches, gets info and image async. Displays raw JSON data on tabs. Only more code for error/exception logging needed.

Getting API usage on start is enabled as well as triggering it via Tools/Get API calls.

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[mouser]

It's working now for me.. I think I just misunderstood imdb api key -- i was using their sample api key not the real one.

[publicdomain]

It's working now for me..

All that matters

Here's latest release:

Download: IMDBfetch_v0.1-ALPHA-20220317-0.zip

GitHub: https://github.com/publicdomain/imdbfetch/releases/tag/v0.1-ALPHA20220317.0

Adds links tab + proper error/exception logging 

[nickodemos]

Why not just use https://www.omdbapi.com/ as it is free.

[publicdomain]

Why not just use https://www.omdbapi.com/ as it is free.

Thanks for the suggestion!

New release is out:

Download: IMDBfetch_v0.1-ALPHA-20220318-0.zip

GitHub tag: https://github.com/publicdomain/imdbfetch/releases/tag/v0.1-ALPHA20220318.0

Enabled: Tools/Options/Hide IDs in list

[publicdomain]

Today's release adds:

- Open image on double-click.
- File/Browse image directory.

Download: IMDBfetch_v0.1-ALPHA-20220319-0.zip

GitHub tag: https://github.com/publicdomain/imdbfetch/releases/tag/v0.1-ALPHA20220319.0

It should be pretty much done

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[publicdomain]

Awaiting confirmation from Jesse/Mouser to move this from ALPHA to v0.1 branch

BTW, "OMDb fetch" is a possibility with 1000 daily uses.



(...no idea about actual users' usage for our PD releases though )

[publicdomain]

BTW, "OMDb fetch" is a possibility with 1000 daily uses.

Pledged @ https://github.com/publicdomain/omdbfetch

IMDBfetch actually has a good async "skeleton"/foundation to be back-ported to BGGfetch and now OMDbFetch