ShowingPreviously

An archiver of cinema movie showtimes

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A program to archive showtimes of movies in cinemas, to create a historical record of what movies showed when and where.

Installation

1. Clone the repo:
   • git clone https://github.com/davidferguson/ShowingPreviously.git
   • cd ShowingPreviously/
2. Setup a Python3 virtual environment (python3.8+ required):
   • python3 -m venv venv
   • source venv/bin/activate
3. Install ShowingPreviously:
   • python setup.py install
4. Install Chromedriver/Geckodriver:
   • Download Chromedriver/Geckodriver for the version of Chrome/Firefox you have installed:
     • Download Geckodriver from https://github.com/mozilla/geckodriver/releases
     • Download Chromedriver from https://chromedriver.chromium.org/downloads
   • Add the downloaded binary to your PATH

Usage

Installing this module will install the showingpreviously command. This has two sub-commands:

1. showingpreviously info: Prints info about the program, and basic info about what is stored in the database
2. showingpreviously run: Runs the archiver against all cinemas

Supported Cinemas

• Cineworld UK (added 2021-10-31)
• Dundee Contemporary Arts Cinema (added 2021-10-29)
• Empire Cinemas (added 2021-11-07)
• Isle of Bute Discovery Centre Cinema (added 2022-10-30)
• Odeon (added 2021-10-31)
• Omniplex (added 2021-11-13)
• Parkway Cinemas (added 2021-11-14)
• Picturehouse (added 2021-11-06)
• The Light Cinemas (added 2021-10-07)
• Vue UK (added 2021-10-31)