TvdbParty is a simple Ruby library to talk to thetvdb.com database.
sudo gem install tvdb_party
TvdbParty is hosted on Gemcutter
gem install tvdb_party
set up the client
tvdb = TvdbParty::Search.new("YOURAPIKEY")
search for your series
results = tvdb.search('the west wing')
get the series
west_wing = tvdb.get_series_by_id(results["seriesid"])
puts west_wing.name
=> The West Wing
get an episode
episode_22 = west_wing.get_episode(1, 22)
puts episode_22.name
=> What Kind of Day Has It Been?
get series fanart – pass in your language
puts west_wing.fanart('en').first.url
=> http://thetvdb.com/banners/fanart/original/72521-2.jpg
get series posters
puts west_wing.posters('en').first.url
=> http://thetvdb.com/banners/posters/72521-1.jpg
get series banners
puts west_wing.series_banners('en').first.url
=> http://thetvdb.com/banners/graphical/189-g.jpg
get season posters
puts west_wing.season_posters(2, 'en').first.url
=> http://thetvdb.com/banners/seasons/72521-2.jpg
Thanks to thetvdb.com for their awesome database allowing us to meta out to our hearts consent.
Project name graciously stolen from jduff/tmdb_party.