Grab movie info from OMDB in C# (please show an example)

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I asked a question about how to get information about a movie from the internet... and someone said "Just use web service methods and get output in JSON Format" - so I want to know how to get output? For example: my software has 5-4 textboxes and it has a search box with a button - so I want my software get info about anything that I'm searching and fill those text boxes with that info. Like when I searched "Iron man" the software get "year(like 2015)" from omdb and put that 2015 on "year textbox". I'm new in C# - can you please show me a code example about how to do that?

http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=Iron%20man[^]

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I asked a question about how to get information about a movie from the internet... and someone said "Just use web service methods and get output in JSON Format" - so I want to know how to get output?

Posted 10-Jun-16 6:14am

Johny Flow

Updated 16-May-17 15:11pm

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Richard MacCutchan 10-Jun-16 12:52pm

Your link shows the JSON output from some web service, so that is it. What is the problem?

Johny Flow 10-Jun-16 13:13pm

I don't know how to write code that my software automatically fill text boxes with those info and save it. ( i want to create something like "movie label" ) movie label : http://www.codeaero.com/movie-label/

AnvilRanger 10-Jun-16 14:41pm

In a nutshell your question is "How do I write software?" and that is well beyond the scope of of this QA. If you would provide more detail about what you are having problems with we could help you, but you are the best judge of your skills.

You say you are new C# or do you mean to say you are new to development in general. One is the most essential skills you will need as a developer is how to ask a question.

I will assume that you need to know how to call the omdb api and process the JSON. Look at the HTTPClient. And after that look at using Json.NET to handle the working withe the JSON response.

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 0:05am

yes, i needed to know how to call the omdb api. thank you.

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 1:30am

please take a look at this - this is my question.
http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/1105851/How-to-get-movie-information-from-imdb-in-Csharp

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 1:04am

windows application or web ?

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 1:29am

windows

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 1:33am

check my solution

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-10T19:32:00

Solution 1

try this

Create a class like this

C#

public class ImdbEntity
  {
      public string Title { get; set; }
      public string Year { get; set; }
      public string Rated { get; set; }
      public string Released { get; set; }
      public string Runtime { get; set; }
      public string Genre { get; set; }
      public string Director { get; set; }
      public string Writer { get; set; }
      public string Actors { get; set; }
      public string Plot { get; set; }
      public string Language { get; set; }
      public string Country { get; set; }
      public string Awards { get; set; }
      public string Poster { get; set; }
      public string Metascore { get; set; }
      public string imdbRating { get; set; }
      public string imdbVotes { get; set; }
      public string imdbID { get; set; }
      public string Type { get; set; }
      public string Response { get; set; }
  }

use the below code to fill the values of the movie information into the respective text-boxes,
customize it based on your need.

C#

private void btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
       {
           string url = "http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=" + txtMovieName.Text.Trim();
           using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
           {
               var json = wc.DownloadString(url);
               JavaScriptSerializer oJS = new JavaScriptSerializer();
               ImdbEntity obj = new ImdbEntity();
               obj = oJS.Deserialize<ImdbEntity>(json);
               if (obj.Response == "True")
               {
                   txtActor.Text = obj.Actors;
                   txtDirector.Text = obj.Director;
                   txtYear.Text = obj.Year;

               }
               else
               {
                   MessageBox.Show("Movie not Found!!!");
               }


           }
       }

Note: Refer this dll (System.Web.Extensions.dll ) to your project

C#

using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

Posted 10-Jun-16 19:32pm

Karthik_Mahalingam

Updated 10-Jun-16 19:33pm

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Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 1:40am

thank you so much man. thats what i want. thanks again. just one question : it just say movie not found - i did everything correct!

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 1:59am

ImdbEntity is just a class with the properties relevant to the JSON from the Site..

we are just converting the json object to a ImdbEntity class, so that we can access the properties directly

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:01am

i can't fix it(i want to show you my program and get help) - do you have whatsapp or telegram or yahoo messenger ?

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:11am

post your entire code..

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:13am

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=14224732452825347315

i put my project there

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:17am

the class file should contain only this

using System;
public class ImdbEntity
{
public string Title { get; set; }
public string Year { get; set; }
public string Rated { get; set; }
public string Released { get; set; }
public string Runtime { get; set; }
public string Genre { get; set; }
public string Director { get; set; }
public string Writer { get; set; }
public string Actors { get; set; }
public string Plot { get; set; }
public string Language { get; set; }
public string Country { get; set; }
public string Awards { get; set; }
public string Poster { get; set; }
public string Metascore { get; set; }
public string imdbRating { get; set; }
public string imdbVotes { get; set; }
public string imdbID { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Response { get; set; }
}

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:19am

cool :)

if it is related to this post you shall ask, else you will have to post a new question.

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:23am

ha ha
codeproject doesnt work like that,
there are many active users are there in Codeprject, if your question and the content is very clear you will get a quick answer from anyone..

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:28am

ok - just one last question - how can i get the poster ? ( just like text boxes but this time i want to get picture)

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:31am

provide more info..

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:34am

Ok - I added a picture box to my form and I want to get pictures of the movie when I search the name - for ex: when I search iron man, my program, fill the "year text box" or any other text boxes, now I want to show me a photo of iron man or any other movies that I search. this code is for textbox : txtAwards.Text = obj.Awards; - i want some code like that for picture box

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:40am

try this

pictureBox1.ImageLocation = obj.Poster;

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:41am

yup that works too. thank u so much. bye

Karthik_Mahalingam 11-Jun-16 2:42am

use like this, so that each and everytime, it will clear the textbox and picture box else if a movie is not present and it will still show the old data, which will be odd to display those info..

if (obj.Response == "True")
{
txtActor.Text = obj.Actors;
txtDirector.Text = obj.Director;
txtYear.Text = obj.Year;
pictureBox1.ImageLocation = obj.Poster;

}
else
{
txtActor.Text = "";
txtDirector.Text = "";
txtYear.Text = "";
pictureBox1.ImageLocation = "";

MessageBox.Show("Movie not Found!!!");
}

Johny Flow 11-Jun-16 2:44am

ok thanks

Member 13205054 16-May-17 21:11pm

The answer is brilliant and works!
I am trying to show a table with the search option (omdbapi.com/?s=). Everything I have done so far has been unsuccessful :-(

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Karthik_Mahalingam 19-May-17 1:51am

what is the issue you are facing?

Member 13205054 19-May-17 6:10am

Figured it out. Here is the code to return a table filled with search results.

string url = "http://www.omdbapi.com/?s=" + txtMovieName.Text.Trim() + "&apikey=XXXX";

using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
{
string json = wc.DownloadString(url);
JavaScriptSerializer oJS = new JavaScriptSerializer();

ImdbEntity_Array movies2 = oJS.Deserialize<imdbentity_array>(json);

var movies = oJS.Serialize(movies2);

foreach (var mov in movies2.Search)
{
TableRow row = new TableRow();
TableCell cell1 = new TableCell();
TableCell cell2 = new TableCell();
TableCell cell3 = new TableCell();
TableCell cell4 = new TableCell();
TableCell cell5 = new TableCell();
TableCell cell6 = new TableCell();
cell1.Text = "Poster";
cell2.Text = mov.Title;
cell2.Font.Size = 15;
cell3.Text = mov.Year;
cell4.Text = mov.imdbRating;
cell5.Text = mov.imdbID;
cell6.Text = "Button";
row.Cells.Add(cell1);
row.Cells.Add(cell2);
row.Cells.Add(cell3);
row.Cells.Add(cell4);
row.Cells.Add(cell5);
row.Cells.Add(cell6);

Image img = new Image();
img.Width = 70;
img.ImageUrl = mov.Poster;

myTable.Rows.Add(row);
myTable.Rows[myTable.Rows.Count - 1].Cells[0].Controls.Add(img);
}
}

ASP Code:
<asp:Table ID="myTable" runat="server" Width="100%" Height="48px">
<asp:tablerow>
<asp:tablecell>
<asp:tablecell>Title
<asp:tablecell>Year
<asp:tablecell>IMDB Rating
<asp:tablecell>IMDB ID
<asp:tablecell>Add<asp:HiddenField ID="btnAdd" runat="server" />

Karthik_Mahalingam 20-May-17 5:47am

good