/**
* This method searches the IMDB (using the unofficial API) for the passed in film title. I return the entire SimpleXML Object
* WARNING this web service is in hot water with Amazon owner of IMDB so I am moving away from it towards Rotten Tomatoes
*
* @param string
* @return SimpleXML Object
*/
protected function searchIMDBForFilm($filmTitle)
{
$movieInfo = NULL;
// A lot of people have wanted to search or scrape the IMDB with an API or PHP. Amazon owns the website so it is possible some of this
// data is in the main Amazon Product Advertising API. I've already noticed how Wikipedia and Rotten Tomatoes occaisionally have the same
// exact text.
// The default is to return data in JSON format, but XML is also supported. Here is what a query URL should look like:
// http://www.imdbapi.com/?t=True Grit&y=1969
// spaces need to be encoded.
// This works well as I always pass in titles of films that I've already found in Rotten Tomatoes, this isn't an official precondition and
// I should probably cache this just like so much other data.
// first check that we don't have a local cached version, no reason to get lazy
$properFileName = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/", "", $filmTitle);
if (strlen($properFileName) > 0) {
$myCache = new Caching("./MashupCache/IMDB/", $properFileName);
if ($myCache->needToRenewData()) {
try {
$encodedTitle = urlencode($filmTitle);
$queryURL = 'http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=' . $encodedTitle . '&plot=full';
// I prefer the long version of the plot
$queryResult = fetchThisURL($queryURL);
$movieInfo = json_decode($queryResult);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
$serializedObject = serialize($movieInfo);
$myCache->saveSerializedDataToFile($serializedObject);
} else {
// It doesn't need to be renewed so use local copy
$movieInfo = $myCache->getUnserializedData();
}
}
/*
// We need to see if this method is still reliable, given Amazon's litigation. Works but not for posters.
print("<pre>");
print_r($movieInfo);
print("</pre>");
*/
return $movieInfo;
}
/**
* This method searches the iTunes store and returns the artist page, or best guess at the product page.
*
* @param array
* @return Simple XML object
*/
protected function getResultsFromITunesForSourceOfQuotation($quotation)
{
// This method replaces getArtistResultsFromITunes() but follows the basic technique caching the results.
$iTunesInfo = null;
$strippedSource = $quotation[0];
$strippedSource = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/", "", $strippedSource);
if (is_string($quotation[0]) && strlen($strippedSource) > 0) {
$myCache = new Caching("./MashupCache/iTunes/", $strippedSource);
if ($myCache->needToRenewData()) {
try {
// Now we will have a three or more pronged approach, just like many methods in this class
if ($this->isFromFilm($quotation)) {
// Here we want media to be movie
$formattedSource = str_replace(' ', '+', $quotation[0]);
$iTunesSearchString = 'http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsSearch?term=' . $formattedSource . '&entity=movie&media=movie';
} else {
if ($this->isFromSong($quotation) || $this->isFromMusician($quotation)) {
// This can be the same give or take as the parent class, searching for an artist page.
$formattedArtistString = str_replace(' ', '+', $quotation[0]);
$iTunesSearchString = 'http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsSearch?term=' . $formattedArtistString . '&entity=musicArtist';
} else {
// This is going to be less likely to return results from the iTunes store, but it has so much stuff now so who knows
// Going to go with media of type ebook
$formattedSource = str_replace(' ', '+', $quotation[0]);
$iTunesSearchString = 'http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsSearch?term=' . $formattedSource . '&entity=ebook&media=ebook';
}
}
$searchResult = fetchThisURL($iTunesSearchString);
$iTunesInfo = json_decode($searchResult);
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}
$serializedObject = serialize($iTunesInfo);
$myCache->saveSerializedDataToFile($serializedObject);
} else {
// It doesn't need to be renewed so use local copy of array
$iTunesInfo = $myCache->getUnserializedData();
}
} else {
throw new Exception('Incorrect data type passed to getResultsFromITunesForSourceOfQuotation()');
}
return $iTunesInfo;
}
/**
* This method searches the Wikipedia for the passed in string. Not sure what format I'll return probably SimpleXML object.
*
* @param string the search query
* @return the number one result for the search in Wikipedia
*/
public function searchWikipediaFor($searchString)
{
// My Wikipedia search code is based on this example: http://adamzwakk.com/?p=383
$searchResults = fetchThisURL('http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=opensearch&search=' . urlencode($searchString) . '&format=xml&limit=1');
$wikiXML = simplexml_load_string($searchResults);
return $wikiXML;
}
/**
* This method I created as part of my favourite or loved tracks mashup. The code is for creating an instance of this
* class populated by the albums that correspond to a user's loved tracks in last.fm. By putting the code here as a static method
* future users of this class can populate their music collection with this info too.
*
* In the array I also put the track name and the url on Last.fm, I used non-numeric indices for this extra data.
*
* @return musicCollection
*/
public static function collectionFromLovedTracks()
{
$lovedTracksInfo = array();
$myLovedTracks = musicCollection::getLovedTracksFor(myInfo::MY_LAST_FM_USER_NAME);
// New Caching Code
$strippedUserName = preg_replace("/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/", "", myInfo::MY_LAST_FM_USER_NAME);
if (strlen($strippedUserName) > 0) {
$strippedUserName = $strippedUserName . 'LovedTracks';
$myCache = new Caching("./MashupCache/LovedTracks/", $strippedUserName);
if ($myCache->needToRenewData()) {
$lovedTracksCount = count($myLovedTracks);
$artistName = '';
$albumTitle = '';
$songTitle = '';
$songURL = '';
$i = 0;
while ($i < $lovedTracksCount) {
// Need album titles
$formattedSongTitle = str_replace(' ', '+', $myLovedTracks[$i]['name']);
// http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsSearch?term=song+title&entity=musicTrack
$iTunesSearch = 'http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStoreServices.woa/wa/wsSearch?term=' . $formattedSongTitle . '&media=music&entity=musicTrack&attribute=musicTrackTerm';
$iTunesSearchResults = fetchThisURL($iTunesSearch);
$iTunesResults = json_decode($iTunesSearchResults);
$artistName = $myLovedTracks[$i]['artist']['name'];
$songTitle = $myLovedTracks[$i]['name'];
$songURL = 'http://' . $myLovedTracks[$i]['url'];
// This should solve some linking issues...
if ($iTunesResults->resultCount > 0) {
$j = 0;
$foundAlbum = false;
while ($j < $iTunesResults->resultCount && !$foundAlbum) {
if (strcmp($iTunesResults->results[$j]->artistName, $myLovedTracks[$i]['artist']['name']) == 0) {
$albumTitle = $iTunesResults->results[$j]->collectionName;
$foundAlbum = true;
}
$j++;
}
// if we don't find one, such as in the case of Tom Waits "Looking for the heart of Saturday Night" , we are end up with the wrong data...
if (!$foundAlbum) {
// This is necessary
$albumTitle = '';
}
} else {
$albumTitle = '';
}
$lovedTracksInfo[$i] = array(0 => $artistName, 1 => $albumTitle, 'songTitle' => $songTitle, 'songURL' => $songURL);
$i++;
}
$reformatedTracks = serialize($lovedTracksInfo);
$myCache->saveSerializedDataToFile($reformatedTracks);
} else {
// It doesn't need to be renewed so use local copy of array
$lovedTracksInfo = $myCache->getUnserializedData();
}
}
return new musicCollection($lovedTracksInfo);
}
