Python IMDbPY – Searching a movie

IMDbPY is a Python package which is used to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb.
IMDb is an online database of information related to films, television programs, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, fan and critical reviews, and ratings.
In this article we will see how we can install this module and use this module to fetch variety of information.
Installation
In order to extract data from IMDb, we must first install the Python IMDbP library. This can be done by entering the command below in your command prompt or terminal: 

pip install IMDbPY

Searching a movie
We can search a movie with the help of search_movie 

Syntax : imdb_object.search_movie(name)
Argument : It takes string as argument, which is the movie name.
Return : It return list, items in list have same or similar title to the searched movie. 

Below is the implementation 

Python3

# importing the module
import imdb

# creating instance of IMDb
ia = imdb.IMDb()

# movie name
name = "3 idiots"

# searching the movie
search = ia.search_movie(name)

# printing the result
for i in search:
    print(i)

Output :

3 Idiots
3 idiotas
3 Idiots
3 Idiots w/ GUNS
3 Idiots on Wheels
3 Idiots Try Candy!
3 Idiots; How Cho Copes with Slump
The Idiots
Idiots
Vidiots
Idiotest
The Idiot
Idiotsitter
Idiots
Idioten
4 Idiots
Idiots
Idiots
Los 3 Idiotas
iDiots

Another example: 

Python3

# importing the module
import imdb

# creating instance of IMDb
ia = imdb.IMDb()

# movie name
name = "Tarzan the wonder car"

# searching the movie
search = ia.search_movie(name)

# printing the result
print(search)

Output :

[Movie id:0435437[http] title:_Taarzan: The Wonder Car (2004)_>]