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Hsin-Chu-Movie-Web-Service

A simple version of a web service that scrapes cinema show times in Hsinchu using the kandianying gem.

Handles:

• GET / or /api/v1
  • Returns message indicating server is alive and with links to Github repo.
• GET /api/v1/:cinema/:language/:theater_id/movies
  • Takes a :cinema:, one of ambassador or vieshow
  • Takes a :language, either english or chinese
  • Takes a :theater_id
    • If :cinema == vieshow
      • :theater_id ranges from 1 to 14. For a cinema located in Hsinchu, use 5 or 12.
    • If :cinema == ambassador
      • :theater_id's are unique. For the Ambassador cinema in Hsinchu, use 38897fa9-094f-4e63-9d6d-c52408438cb6 or a substring of that.
  • Returns a list of current films on display at specified cinema in the language requested.
• GET /api/v1/:cinema/:language/:theater_id.json
  • :cinema, :language, :theater_id are same as above.
  • Returns JSON object representing specified cinema, with information about current films on display and show times in the language requested.
• POST /api/v1/users
  • Store the location and language preference for user.
  • Redirect to the page which shows the data input.
  • Example: curl -v -d '{"location":"hsinchu","language":"english"}' http://localhost:9292/api/v1/users
• GET /api/v1/users/:id
  • You get your :id after the post request to /api/v1/users.
  • You can specify a name (movie name) or time (preferred viewing time) as part of your request.
  • Sample film_name request:
    • GET /api/v1/users/1?name=007
      • This would return the viewing times for the found film in the language you saved and at the cinemas in the location saved.
  • Sample date_time request:
    • GET /api/v1/users/1?time=Dec 13 18:00
      • This would return the viewing times for films shown after the specified time on specified date in the language you saved and at the cinemas in the location saved.
    • GET /api/v1/users/1?time=18:00
      • This would return the viewing times for films shown after the specified time on current date in the language you saved and at the cinemas in the location saved.