Cineplex Scraper

https://www.npmjs.com/package/cineplex-scraper

npm install cineplex-scraper

Scrape Cineplex.com for data on Theatres, Movies and Showtimes. It uses live data but is often not very fast so it is encouraged to use the API to create a database of records to index from in your own use. See an example for a better understanding.

API

theatres()

Returns a list of all the Theatres found from Cineplex.

movies()

Returns a list of all the Movies found from Cineplex. The movies returned are the ones found under the 'now playing' tab, and do not include old movies or movies that have not come out yet.

showtimes(movieNameURL, theatreNameURL, date)

Returns a list of Showtimes for the given movie and theatre on the given date.

• movieNameURL: Correpsonds to a string matching Movie.movieNameURL
• theatreNameURL: Corresponds to a string matching Theatre.theatreNameURL
• date: String in the format 'MM/DD/YYYY'

Theatre

{
  name: string,
  nameURL: string,
  address: string,
  city: string,
  province: string,
  postalCode: string
}

Movie

{
  name: string,
  nameURL: string,
  genre: string,
  runTime: number,
  posterURL: string
}

Showtime

{
  movieNameURL: string,
  theatreNameURL: string,
  date: string,
  time: string
}

Example

const cineplexScraper = require('cineplex-scraper');

let theatres = [];
let movies = [];

async function initTheatres(){
  theatres = await cineplexScraper.theatres();
}

async function initMovies(){
  movies = await cineplexScraper.movies();
}

async function searchShowtimes(movie, theatre){
  const movieNameURL = movie.movieNameURL;
  const theatreNameURL = theatre.theatreNameURL;
  const date = new Date().toLocaleString('en-US').split(' ')[0]; // today's date formatted to MM/DD/YYYY

  return cineplexScraper.showtimes(movieNameURL, theatreNameURL, date);
}

// main
initTheatres()
.then(() => {
  initMovies();
})
.then(() => {
  // find theatres in Toronto
  let myTheatre = theatres.find(theatre => theatre.name.search(/Toronto/) != -1);

  // find specific movie
  let myMovie = movies.find(movie => movies.name.search(/Spiderman/) != -1);

  let searchResult = searchShowtimes(myTheatre, myMovie);
  // do something with search result...
})
.catch(err => {
  console.error(err);
  // error handling...
})