import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios'; interface RTMovieOldSearchResult { id: number; title: string; year: number; ratings: { critics_rating: 'Certified Fresh' | 'Fresh' | 'Rotten'; critics_score: number; audience_rating: 'Upright' | 'Spilled'; audience_score: number; }; links: { self: string; alternate: string; }; } interface RTTvSearchResult { title: string; meterClass: 'fresh' | 'rotten'; meterScore: number; url: string; startYear: number; endYear: number; } interface RTMovieSearchResponse { total: number; movies: RTMovieOldSearchResult[]; } interface RTMultiSearchResponse { tvCount: number; tvSeries: RTTvSearchResult[]; } export interface RTRating { title: string; year: number; criticsRating: 'Certified Fresh' | 'Fresh' | 'Rotten'; criticsScore: number; audienceRating?: 'Upright' | 'Spilled'; audienceScore?: number; url: string; } /** * This is a best-effort API. The Rotten Tomatoes API is technically * private and getting access costs money/requires approval. * * They do, however, have a "public" api that they use to request the * data on their own site. We use this to get ratings for movies/tv shows. * * Unfortunately, we need to do it by searching for the movie name, so it's * not always accurate. */ class RottenTomatoes { private axios: AxiosInstance; constructor() { this.axios = axios.create({ baseURL: 'https://www.rottentomatoes.com/api/private', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', Accept: 'application/json', }, }); } /** * Search the 1.0 api for the movie title * * We compare the release date to make sure its the correct * match. But it's not guaranteed to have results. * * We use the 1.0 API here because the 2.0 search api does * not return audience ratings. * * @param name Movie name * @param year Release Year */ public async getMovieRatings( name: string, year: number ): Promise { try { const response = await this.axios.get( '/v1.0/movies', { params: { q: name }, } ); // First, attempt to match exact name and year let movie = response.data.movies.find( (movie) => movie.year === year && movie.title === name ); // If we don't find a movie, try to match partial name and year if (!movie) { movie = response.data.movies.find( (movie) => movie.year === year && movie.title.includes(name) ); } // If we still dont find a movie, try to match just on year if (!movie) { movie = response.data.movies.find((movie) => movie.year === year); } // One last try, try exact name match only if (!movie) { movie = response.data.movies.find((movie) => movie.title === name); } if (!movie) { return null; } return { title: movie.title, url: movie.links.alternate, criticsRating: movie.ratings.critics_rating, criticsScore: movie.ratings.critics_score, audienceRating: movie.ratings.audience_rating, audienceScore: movie.ratings.audience_score, year: movie.year, }; } catch (e) { throw new Error( `[RT API] Failed to retrieve movie ratings: ${e.message}` ); } } public async getTVRatings( name: string, year?: number ): Promise { try { const response = await this.axios.get( '/v2.0/search/', { params: { q: name, limit: 10 }, } ); let tvshow: RTTvSearchResult | undefined = response.data.tvSeries[0]; if (year) { tvshow = response.data.tvSeries.find( (series) => series.startYear === year ); } if (!tvshow) { return null; } return { title: tvshow.title, url: `https://www.rottentomatoes.com${tvshow.url}`, criticsRating: tvshow.meterClass === 'fresh' ? 'Fresh' : 'Rotten', criticsScore: tvshow.meterScore, year: tvshow.startYear, }; } catch (e) { throw new Error(`[RT API] Failed to retrieve tv ratings: ${e.message}`); } } } export default RottenTomatoes;