eztvapi

A Node.js client for the Popcorn API used in PopcornTime.

• Features
• Installation
• Example
• Documentation
  • Types
  • API
• License

Features

• Promise-based API
• Built-in rate limiting
• Flow typed
• Easy to use

Installation

npm install --save eztvapi

Example

Here's an example how to fetch all the shows with all the episodes.

import * as eztvapi from 'eztvapi';
 
const client = eztvapi.createClient();
 
async function getAllShows() {
  let allShows = [];
  async function fetchShows(page) {
    const shows = await client.getShows(page);
    allShows = [
      ...allShows,
      ...shows,
    ];
 
    if (!shows.length) {
      return allShows;
    }
 
    return fetchShows(page + 1);
  }
 
  const shows = await fetchShows(1);
  return Promise.all(shows.map(show => client.getShow(show.id)));
}
 
const shows = await getAllShows();
 

Documentation

Types

ShowStatus

ShowStatus = 'returning_series' | 'in_production' | 'planned' | 'canceled' | 'ended' | 'unknown';

ShowRating

ShowRating = {
  percentage: number;
  watching: number;
  votes: number;
  loved: number;
  hated: number;
};

ShowImageSet

ShowImageSet = {
  poster: ?string;
  fanart: ?string;
  banner: ?string;
};

Torrent

Torrent = {
  provider: ?string;
  peers: number;
  seeds: number;
  url: ?string;
};

Torrents

Torrents = { [key: string]: Torrent };

Episode

Episode = {
  tvdbId: ?string;
  title: ?string;
  episode: number;
  season: number;
  firstAired: ?Date;
  dateBased: boolean;
  overview: ?string;
  torrents: ?Torrents;
};

ShowStub

ShowStub = {
  id: string;
  imdbId: ?string;
  tvdbId: ?string;
  title: string;
  slug: string;
  year: ?number;
  seasons: ?number;
  images: ShowImageSet;
  rating: ?ShowRating;
};

Show

Show = {
  id: string;
  imdbId: ?string;
  tvdbId: ?string;
  title: string;
  slug: string;
  year: ?number;
  synopsis: ?string;
  runtime: ?number;
  country: ?string;
  network: ?string;
  airDay: ?string;
  airTime: ?string;
  status: ShowStatus;
  seasons: ?number;
  lastUpdated: ?Date;
  episodes: Array<Episode>;
  genres: Array<string>;
  images: ShowImageSet;
  rating: ?ShowRating;
};

EztvApiClient

EztvApiClient = {
  getShows: (pageNumber?: number) => Promise<Array<ShowStub>>;
  getShow: (id: string) => Promise<?Show>;
};

EztvApiClientOptions

EztvApiClientOptions = {
  endpoint?: string;
  rateLimitRequests?: number;
  rateLimitInterval?: number;
};

API

client = eztvapi.createClient(options?: EztvApiClientOptions): EztvApiClient

Create a new API client.

Arguments

• options
  • endpoint (string; optional; default: https://api-fetch.website/tv): HTTP or HTTPS endpoint of the API
  • rateLimitRequests (number; optional; default: 1) Rate limit number of requests per interval
  • rateLimitInterval (number; optional; default: 1000) Rate limit interval

Returns

Returns a new EztvApiClient instance.

Example

// client with 1000 requests per minute rate limit
const client = eztvapi.createClient({
  rateLimitRequests: 1000,
  rateLimitInterval: 60 * 1000,
});

shows = await client.getShows(pageNumber?: number): Promise<Array<ShowStub>>

Arguments

• pageNumber (number; optional; default: 1): Number of the requested page

Returns

A Promise that resolves with an array of ShowStub. Note that if the there are no entries on a given page it will return an empty array and not throw.

Example

const shows = await client.getShows(6);
console.log(shows.map(show => show.title));

show = await client.getShow(id: string): Promise<?Show>

Get detailed information about a TV show including the list of episodes and magnet links.

Arguments

• id (string; required): The ID of the requested show

Returns

A Promise that resolves with a Show object. Note that if the show could not be found it resolves with null and does not throw.

Example

const show = await client.getShow('tt0944947');
if (show) {
  console.log(show.title);
}

License

Copyright (c) 2015 - 2017 Max Kueng

MIT License