Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder1.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'yet.': 0.04; 'say,': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'referring': 0.07; 'dan': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'cc:name:python list': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'imdb': 0.16; 'url:gz': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'library': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'email addr:gmail.com>': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'mon,': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; '>': 0.26; 'query': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'specifically': 0.29; 'rest': 0.29; 'subject:) ': 0.29; 'dec': 0.30; 'to?': 0.30; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'gives': 0.31; '3.x': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'interface': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'policies': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'ben': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'short': 0.38; 'flat': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'information': 0.63; 'movie': 0.65; 'talking': 0.65; 'ratings': 0.68; 'websites': 0.72; 'strings)': 0.84; 'subject:Movie': 0.84; 'url:m': 0.98; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=pbmb7RvGBWhl6mvUW5iLippOXQj1ulDGt1i6BCmnsM0=; b=EVS3qAD+zpSl5Cmu+0y2npG9EJV1ry089OEykrBO0ALDwd5IQGPWP2zBWrMnMMdEn7 7+k0lDtcX58gSs2LUBY5QuZWyq3PCb4NP6AghwoVrBA9RCQD8KaEaswgJLjQlEU4NkYi BRuxqhK8Hx1ivyJooGisk54A2mH01AFXFfHyZZ/5s5ZiJHMWrmW3yDmk+PVxzp3jRJor Dz/ARMmNeQrb0vH02ZsWw3wxa/BQaJdg+gnhuAliOOqHpjQCJx3RxbLRxEosDV3bYhdZ BLnvzoNO7A8WS0KlMMP5zn8eJeD4YdnUT+AMTRULtJRjQhkP6I+WaGeZ3tbur4/hGZaP IBEw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.84.72 with SMTP id w8mr12221125wjy.55.1386693126258; Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:32:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7wk3fdmcna.fsf@benfinney.id.au> References: <7wk3fdmcna.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:32:06 -0800 Subject: Re: Movie (MPAA) ratings and Python? From: Dan Stromberg To: Ben Finney Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bea40ba3405c904ed30a71a Cc: Python List X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 73 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1386693134 news.xs4all.nl 2938 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:40052 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:61478 --047d7bea40ba3405c904ed30a71a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Dan Stromberg 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 > --047d7bea40ba3405c904ed30a71a Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinn= ey.id.au> wrote:
Dan Str= omberg <drsalists@gmail.com&g= t; writes:

> Is anyone using a module or database that gives Python 3.x access to M= PAA
> ratings (EG G, PG, PG-13, etc.)?

What information would you want access to? Why would a library (rathe= r
than, say, a short set of strings) be needed?
Movie ratings. =A0 EG G, PG, PG-13, etc.

= A library might query a REST interface or screenscrape, though most relevan= t websites have policies against screenscraping.
=A0
> I explored a few of the possibilities on Pypi, a couple of web interfa= ces,
> 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 ca= n
know what specifically you're referring to?
= It's available from many places, EG: http://www.filewatcher.co= m/m/mpaa-ratings-reasons.list.gz.203532-0.html


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