Strepi¶ ↑

An updated gem based on Mwhich

Strepi can be downloaded with

gem install ‘strepi’

Strepi was made as an update to the now defunct MWhich, which was no longer maintained because of the lack of a Netflix API. I was able to restore Netflix functionality to Strepi and add Crunchyroll(Anime streaming website) service. Strepi checks to see if a movie/TV show is available on ITunes, Amazon, Crunchyroll, Netflix, or Amazon.

This is how the data for each service was acessed

• Netflix: The Netflix Roulette gem and api. (netflixroulette.net/api/)

• Amazon: Official Amazon ECS (Required credentials)

• Hulu: Hacks publisher tool endpoint

• iTunes: Their Store Web Service Search API via AffiliatesSearch2.1.pdf

• Crunchyroll: Scrapes Crunchyroll pages

Similar to MWhich, these gems are needed:

• yajl-ruby

• nokogiri

• ruby-hmac

To create a basic Strepi instance:

w = Strepi::Client.new

You can search for a movie like this:

w.search("The Prestige")
# => {:amazon=>[], :hulu=>[], :itunes=>["feature-movie: The Prestige ($9.99)"], :netflix=>[The Prestige is available!, :crunchyroll=>[]}

At this time, this merely returns a hash of key/value pairs indicating which services the movie or TV show was found on. The value is a simple string with the type of media found and the title. Comments specific to each service may also appear. For example:

• Hulu sometimes links to external content, “Not on hulu!” will identify this.

• iTunes will display prices of product

Limit your searches by service:

w = Strepi::Client.new(:services => [:netflix, :crunchyroll, :hulu])
w.search("Naruto")
# => {:netflix=>[], :crunchyroll=>["Naruto is on Crunchyroll!"], :hulu=>[": Naruto", ": (Sub) Departure", ": (Sub) The Ultimate Weapon Reborn", ": (Sub) The Counterattack!", ": (Sub) Sand Alliance with the Leaf Shinobi", ": (Sub) The Targeted Shukaku", ": (Sub) A Past to Be Erased", ": (Sub) Bringing Back Reality", ": (Sub) Vanished Memories", ": (Sub) To Each His Own Path"]}

Enter Amazon credentials:

w = Strepi::Client.new(:services => [:amazon], :ecs_credentials => {:associate_tag => 'Your associate tag', :AWS_access_key_id => 'Your access key ID', :AWS_secret_key => 'Your secret key'})

Amazon credentials can also be stored in initializer and be called as ECS_CREDENTIALS when creating Strepi instance.

Initializer file:

ECS_CREDENTIALS = {:associate_tag => 'Your associate tag', :AWS_access_key_id => 'Your access key ID', :AWS_secret_key => 'Your secret key'}