Automating Movie Recommendations with Python: Get the Top 10 Trending Movies Emailed to You Weekly
This script fetches the most popular movies weekly using the Cinemagoer Python library and sends an email containing a list of the top 10 movies. The email includes movie details such as title, plot, main actor, genre, and production company.
- Python 3.x
imdb
library (install usingpip install cinemagoer
)- An email account (Gmail, Outlook, etc.) to send the email from
- Allow less secure apps access (for Gmail, see: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255)
- Configure the email settings in the script.
- Run the script using Python: python cinema_goer_emailer.py
- Check the recipient's email for the top 10 movies of the week.
To use this script, you need to configure the email settings in the cinema_goer_emailer.py
file:
- Update the
smtp_host
variable with the SMTP server address. - Update the
smtp_port
variable with the SMTP server port. - Update the
smtp_username
variable with the SMTP server username (your email address). - Update the
smtp_password
variable with the SMTP server password (your email password). - Update the
sender
variable with your email address. - Update the
recipient
variable with the recipient's email address.
Feel free to customize and enhance the script according to your needs!