Main Information
http://www.tvrage.com/quickinfo.php?show=Alias Will give you information about the show Alias
Episode Information
http://www.tvrage.com/quickinfo.php?show=Alias&ep=2x04 Will give you information from Alias and the episode 4 from season 2
Exact Information
http://www.tvrage.com/quickinfo.php?show=Show Name&exact=1 Only shows that match exactly will be given.
Analyze Rules
The Section And Information are split by "@".
The Information for Latest/Next/episode information is split by "^"
Possible Options Are:
  • "Show Name" (Name Of The TV Show)
  • "Show URL" (URL from the TV Show On TVrage)
  • "Premiered" (Year when the show first premiered)
  • "Episode Info" (Information About the chosen episode "&ep=2x04")
  • "Episode URL" (URL About the chosen episode "&ep=2x04")
  • "Latest Episode" (Information About the Last Episode That aired)
  • "Next Episode" (Information About the Next Episode)
  • "Status" (Current Status of show)
  • "Country" (Country of origin)
  • "Classification" (Classification of show)
  • "Genres" (Genres of show
  • "Network" (Network On Which it airs)
  • "Airtime" (Which day of the week and time it is broadcasted

Example PHP Function

Usage:  "$show_info = get_show("Show Name","exact","episode");"
Show Name: Name Of The Show
Exact: 0 or 1 value
Episode: SEASONxEPISODE (2x4)
Result
$show_info[0] // Show Name
$show_info[1] // Show URL
$show_info[2] // Show Premiere
$show_info[3] // Latest Episode
$show_info[4] // Next Episode
$show_info[5] // Episode Information
$show_info[6] // Episode URL
$show_info[7] // Show Country
$show_info[8] // Show Status
$show_info[9] // Show Classification
$show_info[10] // Show Genres
$show_info[11] // Show Network
$show_info[12] // Show Airtime



Begin Code

function get_show($show,$exact="",$episode="") {

if ( !$show ) { return FALSE; }

if ( $fp = fopen("http://www.tvrage.com/quickinfo.php?show=".urlencode($show)."&ep=".urlencode($episode)."&exact=".urlencode($exact),"r") )
  {
  while ( !feof($fp))
    {
    $line = fgets($fp,1024);
    list ($sec,$val) = explode('@',$line,2);
    if ($sec == "Show Name" )
      {
      $ret[0] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Show URL" )
      {
      $ret[1] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Premiered" )
      {
      $ret[2] = $val;
      }
    elseif ($sec == "Country" )
      {
      $ret[7] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Status" )
      {
      $ret[8] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Classification" )
      {
      $ret[9] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Genres" )
      {
      $ret[10] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Network" )
      {
      $ret[11] = $val;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Airtime" )
      {
      $ret[12] = $val;
      }

    elseif ( $sec == "Latest Episode" )
      {
      list ($ep,$title,$airdate) = explode('^',$val);
      $ret[3] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" aired on ".$airdate;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Next Episode" )
      {
      list ($ep,$title,$airdate) = explode('^',$val);
      $ret[4] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" airs on ".$airdate;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Episode Info" )
      {
      list ($ep,$title,$airdate) = explode('^',$val);
      $ret[5] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" aired on ".$airdate;
      }
    elseif ( $sec == "Episode URL" )
      {
      $ret[6] = $val;
      }
    }
  fclose($fp);
  if ( $ret[0] )
    {
    return $ret;
    }
  }
else
  {
  return FALSE;
  }
}

End Code




Example Perl Function


Usage:  "@show_info = &get_show("Show Name","exact","episode");"
Show Name: Name Of The Show
Exact: 0 or 1 value
Episode: SEASONxEPISODE (2x4)
Result
$show_info[0] // Show Name
$show_info[1] // Show URL
$show_info[2] // Show Premiere
$show_info[3] // Latest Episode
$show_info[4] // Next Episode 
$show_info[5] // Episode Information
$show_info[6] // Episode URL 
$show_info[7] // Show Country
$show_info[8] // Show Status
$show_info[9] // Show Classification
$show_info[10] // Show Genres
$show_info[11] // Show Network
$show_info[12] // Show Airtime


Begin Code

# Including Perl Package
use LWP::Simple;
# Function
sub get_show {
my ($show) = $_[0];
my ($exact ) = $_[1];
my ($episode) = $_[2];
my @ret = "";
if ( $show ne "" )
  {
  my $site = get "http://www.tvrage.com/quickinfo.php?show=".$show."&ep=".$episode."&exact=".$exact;

  foreach $line (split("\n",$site) )
    {
    my ($sec,$val) = split('\@',$line,2);
    if ($sec eq "Show Name" )
      {
      $ret[0] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Show URL" )
      {
      $ret[1] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Premiered" )
      {
      $ret[2] = $val;
      }
    elsif ($sec eq "Country" )
      {
      $ret[7] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Status" )
      {
      $ret[8] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Classification" )
      {
      $ret[9] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec == "Genres" )
      {
      $ret[10] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec == "Network" )
      {
      $ret[11] = $val;
      }
    elsif ( $sec == "Airtime" )
      {
      $ret[12] = $val;
      }

    elsif ( $sec eq "Latest Episode" )
      {
      my($ep,$title,$airdate) = split('\^',$val);
      $ret[3] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" aired on ".$airdate;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Next Episode" )
      {
      my($ep,$title,$airdate) = split('\^',$val);
      $ret[4] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" airs on ".$airdate;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Episode Info" )
      {
      my($ep,$title,$airdate) = split('\^',$val);
      $ret[5] = $ep.", \"".$title."\" aired on ".$airdate;
      }
    elsif ( $sec eq "Episode URL" )
      {
      $ret[6] = $val;
      }

    }
  if ( $ret[0] )
    {

    return @ret;
    }
  else
    {
    return 0;
    }
  }
return 0;
}
End Code