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Re: Movie (MPAA) ratings and Python?

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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>wrote:

> Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Is anyone using a module or database that gives Python 3.x access to MPAA
> > ratings (EG G, PG, PG-13, etc.)?
>
> What information would you want access to? Why would a library (rather
> than, say, a short set of strings) be needed?
>
Movie ratings.   EG G, PG, PG-13, etc.

A library might query a REST interface or screenscrape, though most
relevant websites have policies against screenscraping.


> > I explored a few of the possibilities on Pypi, a couple of web
> interfaces,
> > and the IMDB flat text file with ratings and reasons for those ratings,
> but
> > I've not been really impressed yet.
>
> You seem to be talking about some MPAA document, where is it so we can
> know what specifically you're referring to?
> It's available from many places, EG:
> http://www.filewatcher.com/m/mpaa-ratings-reasons.list.gz.203532-0.html
>

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Re: Movie (MPAA) ratings and Python? Dan Stromberg <drsalists@gmail.com> - 2013-12-10 08:32 -0800

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