public interface IIMDBScriptGrabber
{
 // get the list on find films specified by the title 
void FindFilm(string title, int limit, ArrayList elements); 
// get movie detail from a url 
bool GetDetails(IMDB.IMDBUrl url, ref IMDBMovie movieDetails); 
// name of garbber 
string GetName(); // language of grabbed site 
// language of grabbed site
string GetLanguage(); 
}

//css_reference "core.dll";
//css_reference "Databases.dll";
//css_reference "utils.dll";


using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections;
using System.Web;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using MediaPortal.Util;
using MediaPortal.Video.Database;

// change to Grabber, this for avoid to load by mediaportal
class Grabber_Template : MediaPortal.Video.Database.IIMDBScriptGrabber
{
  public Grabber()
    {
    }

  void MediaPortal.Video.Database.IIMDBScriptGrabber.FindFilm(string strSearch, int iLimit, ArrayList elements)
  {
      // code for search for movie titles  
      // .............
      //.............
      // if movie found add to listing 
      MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDB.IMDBUrl url = new MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDB.IMDBUrl(strURL, strTitle + " (imdb_com)", "IMDB");
      elements.Add(url);
  }


  bool MediaPortal.Video.Database.IIMDBScriptGrabber.GetDetails(MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDB.IMDBUrl url, ref MediaPortal.Video.Database.IMDBMovie movieDetails)
  {
    movieDetails.Reset();
    // Define here your grabber database name
    movieDetails.Database = "IMDB";
    // preces the web page defined by the url
    // ................
    // ................
    // then fill the database
    // movieDetails.IMDBNumber     (string, unique IMDB Movie ID, from version 1.2.0 ALPHA and above
    //                              very important MP video database field which is used to get covers and 
    //                              fanarts, also is used as helper ID for getting actors info)
    // movieDetails.Year           (integer)
    // movieDetails.Genre          (string, for multi genre movies use "/" as genre separator)
    // movieDetails.Votes          (string)
    // movieDetails.Top250         (integer)
    // movieDetails.TagLine        (string)
    // movieDetails.PlotOutline    (string)
    // movieDetails.ThumbURL       (string)
    // movieDetails.Plot           (string)
    // movieDetails.Cast           (string, to separate actor from role use "Actor name as Role \n"
    //                              MP will parse string and divide actor from role searching for 
    //                              "as", each actor and role line must ends with \n 
    //                              which is line feed character)
    // movieDetails.RunTime        (integer - > represents minutes)
    // movieDetails.MPARating      (string)
    // movieDetails.Rating         (float)
    // movieDetails.WritingCredits (string, movie scenario writer)
    // movieDetails.Director       (string)
    //
    // For version 1.2.0 Alpha and above (do not use for older versions beacuse script will fail)
    // movieDetails.UserReview     (string)
    // movieDetails.FanartURL      (string)

    // found some information 
    return true;
    // else
    return false;
  }

  string MediaPortal.Video.Database.IIMDBScriptGrabber.GetName()
  {
    // Grabber description
    return "IMDB grabber ";
  }
 
  string MediaPortal.Video.Database.IIMDBScriptGrabber.GetLanguage()
  {
    // Grabber language
    return "EN";
  }

  // a general procedure to get a web page 
  // use like :
  //    string absoluteUri;
  //    string strURL = "http://us.imdb.com/Tsearch?title=" + strSearch;
  //    string strBody = GetPage(strURL, "utf-8", out absoluteUri);

  private string GetPage(string strURL, string strEncode, out string absoluteUri)
  {
    string strBody = "";
    absoluteUri = String.Empty;
    Stream ReceiveStream = null;
    StreamReader sr = null;
    WebResponse result = null;
    try
    {
      // Make the Webrequest
      //Log.Info("IMDB: get page:{0}", strURL);
      WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create(strURL);

      result = req.GetResponse();
      ReceiveStream = result.GetResponseStream();

      // Encoding: depends on selected page
      Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(strEncode);
      sr = new StreamReader(ReceiveStream, encode);
      strBody = sr.ReadToEnd();

      absoluteUri = result.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri;
    }
    catch (Exception)
    {
      //Log.Error("Error retreiving WebPage: {0} Encoding:{1} err:{2} stack:{3}", strURL, strEncode, ex.Message, ex.StackTrace);
    }
    finally
    {
      if (sr != null)
      {
        try
        {
          sr.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
        }
      }
      if (ReceiveStream != null)
      {
        try
        {
          ReceiveStream.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
        }
      }
      if (result != null)
      {
        try
        {
          result.Close();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
        }
      }
    }
    return strBody;
  } // END GetPage()