Here we get the trending movies' names from IMDb.
You will need the necessary packages : selenium and you should download chrome webdriver and change path in the above code according to the place where you put it.
Output:
B4X:
Sub Class_Globals
Private Root As B4XView
Private xui As XUI
Public Py As PyBridge
End Sub
Public Sub Initialize
End Sub
'This event will be called once, before the page becomes visible.
Private Sub B4XPage_Created (Root1 As B4XView)
Root = Root1
Root.LoadLayout("MainPage")
Py.Initialize(Me, "Py")
Dim opt As PyOptions = Py.CreateOptions("Python/python/python.exe")
Py.Start(opt)
Wait For Py_Connected (Success As Boolean)
If Success = False Then
LogError("Failed to start Python process.")
Return
End If
extractMoviesData
End Sub
Private Sub extractMoviesData
Dim code As String =$"
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service
# Specify ChromeDriver path directly (update this path)
driver_path = 'f:/chromedriver-win64/chromedriver.exe' # or r'f:\chromedriver-win64\chromedriver.exe'
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=Service(driver_path))
print('Trying to fetch...')
try:
driver.get('https://www.imdb.com/chart/moviemeter/')
driver.implicitly_wait(5)
# Modern IMDb selectors (updated May 2024)
movies = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'a.ipc-title-link-wrapper') # Primary selector
if not movies:
movies = driver.find_elements(By.CSS_SELECTOR, 'h3.ipc-title__text') # Fallback
if movies:
print("\nTop Trending Movies:\n")
for i, movie in enumerate(movies[:20], 1):
print(f"{i}. {movie.text}")
else:
print("No movies found. Try manual inspection for updated selectors.")
except Exception as e:
print('Error:', e)
finally:
driver.quit()
"$
Py.RunNoArgsCode(code)You will need the necessary packages : selenium and you should download chrome webdriver and change path in the above code according to the place where you put it.
Output:
