Revision history for Perl module IMDB::Film

0.49 Nov 25 2010

• fixed issue with returning the episodes of TV series;
• made movie kind low case to have back compatibility;
• fixed retrieving year of movie;
• fixed retrieving bio of the movie person;
• fixed tests;

0.48 Oct 19 2010

• fixed bug with retrieving of movie cover if the title contains special HTML symbols, ticket #62254;
• added returning of default IMDB image in case if movie doesn't have a cover;
• fixed issue with retrieving of movie's plot;
• added a new method - storyline;
• fixed bug with return of movie's kind;
• fixed issue with not completed year period, i.e 2004-, ticket #62174;
  • added a few new tests.

0.47 Oct 12 2010

• fixed module functionality according to new IMDB design.

0.46 Sep 10 2010

• added possibility to get big size covers;
• fixed retrieving of cover for non-English movies;
• fixed bug with parsing of the movie title on the search page, ticket #55739;
• fixed plot parsing.

0.45 Mar 19 2010

• fixed parsing of movie top info (thanks to Stefan Göbel for the patch);
• added new test for top movie info;
• fixed a few tests.

0.44 Mar 17 2010

• fixed issue with retrieving movie by its title (thanks to Peter Valdemar Mørch for patch);
• fixed issue with parsing person birthday and birthplace;
• fixed tests.

0.43 Nov 12 2009

• fixed issue with retrieving plot keywords instead of plot (thanks to Justin Fletcher for the bugreport and patch, for ticket #51240);
• fixe issue with parsing Top 250 or Bottom 100 movie property (thans for Byju for bugreport);
• fixed parsing AKA movie info (thanks to Milos Vavrek for bugreport, ticket #52729);

0.42 Oct 8 2009

• added keywords for the film;
• fixed issue with retrieving of plot contained a link (thanks to Byju for the bug-report);
• fixed issue with displaying special HTML symbols (ticket #49060);
• fixed POD documentation.

0.41 Jul 30 2009

• added retrieving of recommendation movies;
• fixed issue with using of uninitialized value in pattern match (thanks to Byju);
• fixed issue with wrong item in the list of movie directors.

0.40 Jul 11 2009

• added top info into rating array (requested by Geoffrey Hoffman);
• fixed pod errors (thanks to Bas Zoetekouw, ticket #47433).

0.39 Jul 03 2009

• added additional attributes such "re-release", "DVD premiere" etc from the release date page (requested by Vincent Lefevre, ticket #47457);
• added support for companies and movie connections (thanks to Justin for the patch, ticket #42756);
• fixed retrieving release date information (reported by Vincent Lefevre, ticket #47457);
• reorganize tests.

0.38 Jun 30 2009

• fixed issue with empty cast list (thanks to Andréas Bratell);
• fixed issue with retrieving metadata for movies with code less then 7 digits (thanks to Simon), ticket #47422;
• fixed POD documentation (thanks to Bas Zoetekouw), ticket #47433).

0.37 May 25 2009

• added MPAA info for the specified movie;
• fixed issue with retrieving of filmography for the specified actor or actresse (thanks to Cento for the bugreport);
• fixed issue with retrieving metadata for movies with title contained only digits, i.e. 300 (thanks to Eric Johnson for bugreport);

0.36 Jan 30 2009

• fixed issue with parsing TV Shows information (thanks to Tom);
• fixed issue with retrieving movie person name;
• fixed a few test;

0.35 29 Sep 2008

• fixed a few bugs.

0.34 Jun 12 2008

• fixed issue with parsing user rating (thanks to Faidon Liambotis for his patch);
• fixed module documentation.

0.33 Jun 09 2008

• fixed a bug with parsing a list of countries;
• fixed a bug with parsing a list of language;
• fixed a bug with parsing a list of certificates;
• fixed a bug with list of matches (thanks to Dan Faerch for bug-report and patch);
• fixed a bug with searching by movie title in case if it a number (thanks to Brian Wilson for bug-report and suggestion).

0.32 Dec 28 2007

• fixed a bug with retrieving movie cast (thanks to David Sullivan for his patch);
• added tests for the TV series;
• fixed a bug with parsing a person filmography.

0.31 Nov 16 2007

• added functionality to retrieve data of TV series: indicate is it TV series of not and getting a list of episodes (thanks to Branislav Gerzo

  for the patch);

• added new tests to check TV series functionlity;
• modified a procedure of getting trivia text;
• fixed a bug with retrieving cast details (thanks to Matthias Hopf for

  patch).

0.30 Sep 13 2007

• modified a functionlity to retrieve cast;
• fixed a bug with return a goofs (thanks to John Norton for bug-report);
• added localization of variable $/ (thanks to John Norton for bug-report);
• fixed a few bugs in the tests.

0.29 Jul 18 2007

• added possibility to get movie by its title and year (good idea given by Ohad Ben-Cohen);
• modified a search procedure to fit a new IMDB layout (thanks to Danial Pearce, Peter Valdemar Mørch for bug-reports and patches);
• modified retrieving a list of official sites and released dates;
• fixed a bug with parsing writers movie info in case if there is only one person (thanks to Szel Miklos for bug-report).

0.28 May 07 2007

• added a new method - aspect_ratio, to get movie aspect ratio;
• fixed a bug with retrieving movie runtime (thanks to Steve Meier for bugreport).

0.27 Apr 16 2007

• fixed a bug with parsing of list of movie directors and writers (thanks to Nick Johnston for

  his patch and Benjamin Juang and Bas for bugreports).

0.26 Apr 02 2007

• fixed a bug with parsing directors and writers (thanks to Andy Dales for the bugreport);
• added a few new tests;
• updated a module documentation.

0.25 Mar 02 2007

• fixed a bug with retrieving of movie rating (thanks to Arne Brutschy, Ulrich Tueshaus and

  Nick Johnston for bug reports and patches);

• fixed a retrieving of movie certifications (thanks to Nick Johnston);
• added new tests for rating and certifications.

0.24 Feb 20 2007

• modified a logic of IMDB::Film and IMDB::Person according to the new

  layout of IMDB site.

0.23 Dec 19 2006

• added a new method to retrieve a release dates (thanks to Danial Pearce);
• added a new method to retrieve a list of quotes (thanks to buu);
• fixed a bug with retrieving movie cover in case when its title contains

  some special symbils (thanks to Thomas Hoff);

• added tests for new functionality.

0.22 Aug 1 2006

• modified a procedure of parsing cast (thanks to drmarker for contibution);
• removed a request for retrieving of movie official sites from the base initialization

  procedure (thanks to Danial Pearce);

• fixed a bug with parsing movie title if the title contains some special symbols such '*'

  (thanks to Matthew Bone for bugreport);

• fixed a bug with retrieving a cover if it isn't uploaded (Brano Gerzo).

0.21 May 17 2006

• added retrieving official site urls for specified movie;
• added possibility to clean cached data;
• added new test for official sites;
• fixed a bug with retrieving a filmography of specified movie person (thanks

  to Przemek Klys);

• fixed a bug with test of full plot of movie;
• fixed a bug with test of movie trivia.

0.20 Mar 10 2006

• added possibility to specify a path for cached data (thanks to Brano Gerzo);
• added new statuses to separate objects retrieved from internet, cache or file;
• added test to check cache functionality.

0.19 Jan 16 2006

• fixed a bug related with search by movie title contained some special symbols such "&"

  (thanks to Peter Backman);

• fixed a bug with retrieving a movie cover (thanks to Len Kranendonk);
• fixed a bug with retrieving a list of cast of TV series (thanks to Bas);
• added prerequest module Digest::SHA1 (thanks to CPAN testers).

0.18 Dec 30 2005

• fixed a bug with retrieving ID of writers (thanks to Brano Gerzo for bugreport);
• fixed a bug with retrieving a list of writers if there is a link 'more';
• fixed a documentation of method 'awards'.

0.17 Dec 15 2005

• moved functionality to get a page via HTTP to the separate method

  to it for getting of movie full plot;

• fixed a bug with retrieving full plot (thanks to halcyon);
• fixed a bug related with matched results if there is an only one;
• fixed module documentation;
• added new tests to cover bugs described above.

0.16 Dec 14 2005

• added retrieving of AKA info (requested by Brano Gerzo);
• added retriving of movie trivia;
• added retriving of movie goofs;
• added retrieving of movie avards;
• fixed a bug with adding full plot into cache.

0.15 Nov 18 2005

• added possibility to pass HTML page from IMDB instead of connection

  and getting page online (thanks to Brano Gerzo for idea);

• switched to LWP::Simple from LWP::UserAgent;
• added possibility to specify timeout and user agent for HTTP request;
• removed a retrieving of a full plot from initialization stage;
• improved test suite.

0.14 Aug 22 2005

• fixed a bug with search film by title (reported by Scott D'Aquila

  and Kwesi Leggett);

• fixed a bug with search person by name;
• fixed a bug with define proxy address (reported by Bas Zoetekouw);
• fixed bugs with movies and persons data in the test script.

0.13 Jun 03 2005

• fixed a bug with craching of search when no any matches were

  found (reported by Peter Bäckman);

• added a new property - status which indicates is successful or

  not information was retrieved from IMDB;

• added a new property - id which is the same as code because

  it's not clear that IMDB code is like id.

0.12 Mar 07 2005

• fixed a bug with retrieving information about movie

  persons in case no proxy server;

• added an suppression of pseudo-hash warnings.

0.11 Mar 04 2005

• fixed a bug with retrieving a list of casts

  in case if there are only credited casts (thanks to Steve Rushe);

• fixed a bug with define a proxy in the class IMDB::Persons.
• fixed a bug with retrieve a list of casts if there are

  only complete credited cast;

• fixed a bug with assing a person IMDB code in case when we

  make a search by its name;

• fixed a bug with assing a movie IMDB code when movie detailed

  page doesn't contain rating;

0.10 Jan 07 2005

• moved all common functionality into base class;
• added a new class to retrieve an information about IMDB persons;
• modified a test;
• fixed a bug with undefined value in the method 'rating'.
• fixed a bug with using fields.

0.05 Dec 28 2004

• added a new method - full_plot to retrieve a full novie plot;
• fixed a bug with retrieve a title and production year of movie in case of search by

  movie title;

• fixed bugs with test.

0.04 Sep 09 2004

• added roles to the retrieving data about cast;
• added possibility to retrieve number of votes;
• fixed a bug with retrieving directors for movie which doesn't contains writers info.

0.03 Jul 31 2004

• fixed bug with retrieving film information by its title;
• corrected class documentation;

0.02 Jul 28 2004

• fixed class documentation;

0.01 Jul 27 2004

• original version; created by ExtUtils::ModuleMaker 0.32