#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
get_person.py

Usage: get_person "personID"

Show some info about the person with the given imdbID (e.g. '0000210'
for "Julia Roberts".
"""
# Parameters to initialize the IMDb class.
IMDB_PARAMS = {
    # The used access system. 'web' means that you're retrieving data
    # from the IMDb web server.
    'accessSystem': 'web'
    #'accessSystem': 'mobile'
    # XXX: if you've a local installation of the IMDb database,
    # comment the above line and uncomment the following two.
    #'accessSystem': 'local',
    #'dbDirectory':  '/usr/local/imdb' # or, in a Windows environment:
    #'dbDirectory':  'D:/imdb-20060107'

    # XXX: parameters for a SQL installation.
    #'accessSystem': 'sql',
    #'uri': 'mysql://userName:yourPassword@localhost/dbName'
}

import sys

# Import the IMDbPY package.
try:
    import imdb
except ImportError:
    print 'You bad boy!  You need to install the IMDbPY package!'
    sys.exit(1)


if len(sys.argv) != 2:
    print 'Only one argument is required:'
    print '  %s "imdbID"' % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(2)

imdbID = sys.argv[1]

i = imdb.IMDb(**IMDB_PARAMS)

out_encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or sys.getdefaultencoding()

try:
    # Get a Person object with the data about the person identified by
    # the given imdbID.
    person = i.get_person(imdbID)
except imdb.IMDbError, e:
    print "Probably you're not connected to Internet.  Complete error report:"
    print e
    sys.exit(3)


if not person:
    print 'It seems that there\'s no person with imdbID "%s"' % imdbID
    sys.exit(4)

# XXX: this is the easier way to print the main info about a person;
# calling the summary() method of a Person object will returns a string
# with the main information about the person.
# Obviously it's not really meaningful if you want to know how
# to access the data stored in a Person object, so look below; the
# commented lines show some ways to retrieve information from a
# Person object.
print person.summary().encode(out_encoding, 'replace')

# Show some info about the person.
# This is only a short example; you can get a longer summary using
# 'print person.summary()' and the complete set of information looking for
# the output of the person.keys() method.
#print '==== "%s" / imdbID: %s ====' % (person['name'], imdbID)
# XXX: use the IMDb instance to get the IMDb web URL for the person.
#imdbURL = i.get_imdbURL(person)
#if imdbURL:
#    print 'IMDb URL: %s' % imdbURL
# XXX: print the birth date and birth notes.
#d_date = person.get('birth date')
#if d_date:
#    print 'Birth date: %s' % d_date
#    b_notes = person.get('birth notes')
#    if b_notes:
#        print 'Birth notes: %s' % b_notes
# XXX: print the last five movies he/she acted in, and the played role.
#movies_acted = person.get('actor') or person.get('actress')
#if movies_acted:
#    print 'Last roles played: '
#    for movie in movies_acted[:5]:
#        print '    %s (in "%s")' % (movie.currentRole, movie['title'])
# XXX: example of the use of information sets.
#import random
#i.update(person, info=['awards'])
#awards = person.get('awards')
#if awards:
#    rand_award = awards[random.randrange(len(awards))]
#    s = 'Random award: in year '
#    s += rand_award.get('year', '')
#    s += ' %s "%s"' % (rand_award.get('result', '').lower(),
#                        rand_award.get('award', ''))
#    print s