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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
get_first_character.py
Usage: get_first_character "character name"
Search for the given name and print the best matching result.
"""
import sys
# Import the IMDbPY package.
try:
import imdb
except ImportError:
print 'You bad boy! You need to install the IMDbPY package!'
sys.exit(1)
if len(sys.argv) != 2:
print 'Only one argument is required:'
print ' %s "character name"' % sys.argv[0]
sys.exit(2)
name = sys.argv[1]
i = imdb.IMDb()
in_encoding = sys.stdin.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()
out_encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()
name = unicode(name, in_encoding, 'replace')
try:
# Do the search, and get the results (a list of character objects).
results = i.search_character(name)
except imdb.IMDbError, e:
print "Probably you're not connected to Internet. Complete error report:"
print e
sys.exit(3)
if not results:
print 'No matches for "%s", sorry.' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
sys.exit(0)
# Print only the first result.
print ' Best match for "%s"' % name.encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
# This is a character instance.
character = results[0]
# So far the character object only contains basic information like the
# name; retrieve main information:
i.update(character)
print character.summary().encode(out_encoding, 'replace')
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