/**
* Calls the API to perform initial show name match to TVDB title
* Returns a formatted array of show data or false if no match
*
* @param $cleanName
*
* @return array|false
*/
protected function getShowInfo($cleanName)
{
$return = $response = false;
// TVMaze does NOT like shows with the year in them even without the parentheses
// Do this for the API Search only as a local lookup should require it
$cleanName = preg_replace('# \\((19|20)\\d{2}\\)$#', '', $cleanName);
//Try for the best match with AKAs embedded
$response = $this->client->singleSearch($cleanName);
sleep(1);
if (is_array($response)) {
$return = $this->matchShowInfo($response, $cleanName);
}
if ($return === false) {
//Try for the best match via full search (no AKAs can be returned but the search is better)
$response = $this->client->search($cleanName);
if (is_array($response)) {
$return = $this->matchShowInfo($response, $cleanName);
}
}
//If we didn't get any aliases do a direct alias lookup
if (is_array($return) && empty($return['aliases']) && is_numeric($return['tvmaze'])) {
$return['aliases'] = $this->client->getShowAKAs($return['tvmaze']);
}
return $return;
}
