@myno_21/imdb-scraper/src/functions/getMovieViaName.js

Get imdb information easily & quickly.

import got from "got";
import cheerio from "cheerio";
async function getMovieViaName(query) {
    const baseURL = `https://www.imdb.com/find/?q=${query}&s=tt&ttype=ft`;
    const request = await got(baseURL);
    const page = request.body;
    const $ = cheerio.load(page);
    const arrayOfResults = [];
    const data = $("script#__NEXT_DATA__").html();
    const jsonData = JSON.parse(data);
    const searchPath = jsonData.props.pageProps.titleResults;
    for (const response of searchPath.results) {
        arrayOfResults.push({
            id: response?.id,
            poster: response?.titlePosterImageModel?.url,
            title: response?.titleNameText,
        });
    }
    return arrayOfResults;
}
export default getMovieViaName;