movie-trailer

Fetch movie trailer url(s): "Oceans Eleven" ➔ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

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Features

• Fetch Youtube trailers for any movie
• Return one or many trailer URLs
• Use anywhere, browser or Node - UMD (Browser Support)
• Async/await, Promise and Callback APIs

Install

Using NPM:

npm install --save movie-trailer

In the browser:

<!-- movieTrailer window global -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/movie-trailer"></script>

(via Unpkg, or via JSDelivr)

Usage

const movieTrailer = require( 'movie-trailer' ) // or import movieTrailer from 'movie-trailer'

await movieTrailer( 'Up' )
//=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Return an array of video IDs

movieTrailer( 'Oceans Eleven', {id: true, multi: true} )
  .then( response => console.log( response ) )
  
//=> [ 'XXXXXXXXX', 'XXXXXXXXX', ... ]

Both

movieTrailer( 'Oceans Eleven', {year: '1960', multi: true} )
  .then( response => console.log( response ) )

//=> [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXXXXXXXX, ... ]

Legacy-style search using release date year

movieTrailer( 'Oceans Eleven', 1960 )
  .then( response => console.log( response ) )

//=> http://path/to/trailer

API

movieTrailer(movie [, options ] [, callback])

• movie

  Required

  Type: string

  Movie to search for. If searching with a tmdbId, pass null.

• options

  Type: object

  • apiKey

    Type: string

    (optional) Use your own TMDB api key. You can get a free key here: https://developers.themoviedb.org/ .

    Use -a or --api_key on the CLI

  • id (false)

    Type: boolean

    (optional) Return only Youtube video IDs.

    Use -i or --id on the CLI

  • multi (false)

    Type: boolean

    (optional) Return an array of urls vs a single url.

    Use -m or --multi on the CLI

     movieTrailer( 'Oceans Eleven', { multi: true } )

  • tmdbId

    Type: string || number

    (optional) Search using a TMDB content ID instead of a search term

    Use -t or --tmdb_id on the CLI

     movieTrailer( null, { tmdbId: 161 } )  // Content ID for "Ocean's Eleven"

  • year

    Type: string || number

    (optional) Movie release year.

    Use -y or --year on the CLI

• callback(error, response)

  Callback function.

   movieTrailer( 'Oceans Eleven', ( error, response ) => {
       console.log( response ); 
       //=> http://path/to/trailer
   } )

From the command line

$ npx movie-trailer --help

Usage
	$ npx movie-trailer movie 	

Options
	--api_key   -k   (optional) Your own TMDB API key: http://developers.themoviedb.org
	--id        -i   Return just the Youtube video ID.
	--language, -l   Specify a language code (eg: 'de_DE').
	--multi,    -m   Returns an array of URLs instead of a single URL.
	--tmdb_id   -t   Specify an explicit TMDB ID.
	--year,     -y   Specify a release year to search.

Example
	$ npx movie-trailer 'Oceans Eleven' -y 1960 -m
	//=> http://path/to/trailer

Related

• album-art
• movie-art
• movie-info

License

This package uses data from TMDB. You may consult TMDB terms of service for usage rights.

MIT © Lacy Morrow