Allan Shone
http://wiki.github.com/CerealBoy/yql-tables/
An open table for comparing the cast lists of 2 titles in imdb
select * from imdb.movie.cast where first_title='The X Files' and second_title='Beverly Hills Cop III'
10) {
var b = res.results.result['a'+c];
js[b.id.toString()] = {name: b.name.toString()};
} else {
if(invalid == (c-1)) {
break;
}
invalid = c;
}
}
return js;
};
this.compare = function(seta, setb) {
// compare two cast lists
var list = {};
for(var s in seta) {
if(setb[s] && setb[s].toString().length > 3) {
list[s] = setb[s].name;
}
};
return list;
};
this.getTitle = function(title) {
// find an imdb_id for a title string using the other table
var query = "select imdb_id from imdb.movie.name where movie_name='"+title+"'";
var res = this.y.query(query);
return res.results.result.imdb_id;
};
};
// load object
var x = new n();
// add some base data
x.y = y;
x.titlea = first_title;
x.titleb = second_title;
// retrieve the imdb_id
var r = x.getTitle(x.titlea);
x.a.title = x.titlea;
x.a.id = r.toString();
// grab the cast for the id
x.a.list = x.getCast(x.a.id);
// retrieve the imdb_id
r = x.getTitle(x.titleb);
x.b.title = x.titleb;
x.b.id = r.toString();
// grab the cast for the id
x.b.list = x.getCast(x.b.id);
// check for overlaps
x.com = x.compare(x.a.list, x.b.list);
// respond
response.object = x.com;
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