films_of_the_day.go

package mubi

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"regexp"
)

// The only way I know how to get a list of the current films of the day is to
// scrape some JSON out of https://mubi.com/film-of-the-day

type FilmOfTheDay struct {
	Id          int    `json:"id"`
	AvailableAt string `json:"available_at"`
	ExpiresAt   string `json:"expires_at"`
	Film        Film   `json:"film"`
}

type FilmsOfTheDayData struct {
	Properties struct {
		InitialState struct {
			FilmOfTheDayContainer struct {
				FilmsOfTheDay []FilmOfTheDay `json:"filmProgrammings"`
			} `json:"filmProgramming"`
		} `json:"initialState"`
	} `json:"props"`
}

func (api *MubiAPI) GetFilmsOfTheDay() []FilmOfTheDay {
	// Use regexp to find the <script id="__NEXT_DATA__" ...> element containing
	// the JSON data
	body := api.GetResponseBody("https://mubi.com/film-of-the-day")
	re := regexp.MustCompile(`<script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application\/json">(.*)\}</script>`)
	group := re.FindSubmatch(body)[1]
	jsonContent := fmt.Sprintf("%s}", group)

	var filmsData FilmsOfTheDayData
	jsonErr := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonContent), &filmsData)
	if jsonErr != nil {
		log.Fatal(jsonErr)
	}
	return filmsData.Properties.InitialState.FilmOfTheDayContainer.FilmsOfTheDay
}