return list from imdb

nownot · 07-09-2008, 10:41 AM

I was wanting to use a textfield to search imdb return the results in a list ( title and year ) and touch to load a new view with all details from that movie. I've seen this done with apps for youtube, but I'm not sure how to do it. :cry: Can someone lend some help or sample code or something. Basically I want to search imdb for a movie, list of results, choose movie, new view with all info ( actors, plot, etc ) parsed into different fields. Thanks for any help.

nownot · 07-09-2008, 10:51 AM

just got word via irc that this wont work with imdb but maybe with amazon or something. I'm looking for something similar to delicious library app but for iphone. I'm sure they'll be coming out with one thought I'd play to see if I could do it.

jonc · 07-09-2008, 11:04 AM

if they had some sort of public xml feed or web service it would be easy, but I highly doubt they would make their data that accessible.

TheSilence · 07-13-2008, 02:05 AM

Yeah, you can't use Amazon. Among other things, they have a specific requirement in their license for web services prohibiting you from using them on a mobile device or mobile phone.

I'm having a similar problem with my app - finding a place to fetch information from legally. I'm thinking about scrapping that part of the app for now. If only Apple let you plug into iTunes from the iPod...