movielens

Promise based Node API for the movielens unpublished API.

Installing

Using yarn

$ yarn add movielens

Using npm

$ npm install --save movielens

Methods

login(email, password)

Logs you into your account and returns a Promise containing your cookie (yeah yeah I know, but that the only way movielens authorizes your requests).

const movielens = require('movielens');

movielens.login('[email protected]', 'password')
  .then(function(cookie) {
    console.log('tada', cookie);
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

getMe(cookie)

Gets your user information such as: Number of Ratings, Email, User Name, Preferences, and Recommender Type.

getGenres(cookie)

Gets the list of move genres and the top(?) tags in those genres.

getMyTags(cookie)

Gets the tags you have made.

const movielens = require('movielens');

movielens.getMe(cookie)
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log('tada', data);
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

rate(cookie, movieId, rating)

Rate a movie.

const movielens = require('movielens');

// give "The Shawshank Redemption" 5 stars
movielens.rate(cookie, 318, 5)
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log('tada', data);
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

hide(cookie, movieId)

Hide a movie.

unhide(cookie, movieId)

Unhide a movie.

addToWishlist(cookie, movieId)

Add a movie to your wishlist.

removeFromWishlist(cookie, movieId)

Remove a movie from your wishlist.

explore(cookie, params)

explore() is the query engine to search for movies.

const movielens = require('movielens');

// Get movies acted by 'tom hardy' which I've rated
// 6 results found
var params = {
  actors: 'tom hardy',
  hasRated: 'yes'
}

movielens.explore(cookie, params)
  .then(function(data) {
    console.log('tada', data);
  })
  .catch(function(err) {
    console.error(err);
  });

params references:

param	type	description
page	integer	Page result number (default: 1). A query will return a pager object you will have to make subsequent calls to pull all of the data
q	string	Movie title query
directors	string	Director Name query
actors	string	Actor Name query
maxDaysAgo	int	Maximum days ago movie was released
maxFutureDays	int	Maximum days in the future movie will be released
hasRated	enum	Include or do not include movies you've rated (one of: [yes, no, ignore], default: no)
sortBy	enum	Data sort type (one of: [userRatedDate, userRating, userRatingDiff, prediction, popularity, releaseDate, dateAdded, tagScore])
sortDirection	enum	Direction of sorted results (one of: [asc, desc], default: desc
genre	string	Filter by genre
tag	string, string[]	Filter by tag(s)
mpaa	string	Filter by MPAA rating (one of: [g, pg, pg-13, r, nc-17])
minPop	int	Mininum number of ratings
maxPop	int	Maximum number of ratings
minYear	int	Minimum year
maxYear	int	Maximum year
hasHidden	enum	Include hidden movies or not (one of: [yes, no, ignore], default: no)
hasWishlisted	enum	Include movies in your wishlist or not (one of: [yes, no, ignore], default: no)
languages	enum	Language of the movie or more specifically if the movie has been translated into one of the languages. Despite the name you may only pass one language

List of languages I've found, there may be more.

Afrikaans      afrikaans
Albanian       shqip
Arabic         العربية
Bambara        bamanankan
Bengali        বাংলা
Bosnian        босански
Bulgarian      български език
Catalan        català
Croatian       hrvatski
Czech          český
Danish         dansk
Dutch          nederlands
English        english
Estonian       eesti
Finnish        suomi
French         français
Galician       galego
Georgian       ქართული
German         deutsch
Greek          ελληνικά
Hebrew         עִבְרִית
Hindi          हिन्दी
Hungarian      magyar
Icelandic      íslenska
Indonesian     bahasa indonesia
Irish          gaeilge
Italian        italiano
Japanese       日本語
Latin          latin
Mandarin       普通话
Norwegian      norsk
Pashto         پښتو
Polish         polski
Portuguese     português
Punjabi        ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Romanian       română
Russian        pусский
Slovak         slovenčina
Spanish        español
Swahili        kiswahili
Swedish        svenska
Tamil          தமிழ்
Telugu         తెలుగు
Thai           ภาษาไทย
Turkish        türkçe
Ukrainian      український
Urdu           اردو
Vietnamese     tiếng%20việt
Welsh          cymraeg
Wolof          wolof

Various explore() Shortcut Methods

topPicks(cookie, params)

Your top picks

{
  hasRated: 'no',
  sortBy: 'prediction'
}

recentReleases(cookie, params)

Recently released movies.

{
  hasRated: 'no',
  maxDaysAgo: 90,
  maxFutureDays: 0,
  sortBy: 'releaseDate'
}

favoritesYear(cookie, params)

Favorites within the last year.

{
  hasRated: 'no',
  maxDaysAgo: 365,
  maxFutureDays: 0,
  minPop: 100,
  sortBy: 'avgRating'
}

newAdditions(cookie, params)

The movies most recently added to MovieLens.

{
  sortBy: 'dateAdded'
}

getMyRatings(cookie, params)

Movies which you've rated.

{
  hasRated: 'yes',
  sortBy: 'userRatedDate'
}

getMyWishlist(cookie, params)

Movies in your wishlist.

{
  hasWishlisted: 'yes',
  sortBy: 'userListedDate'
}

getMyHiddenMovies(cookie, params)

Movies you've hidden.

{
  hasHidden: 'yes'
}