BBFC API

Web API and Python library for BBFC.

Public REST API

• Hosted @ https://bbfcapi.fustra.uk
• Documentation @ https://bbfcapi.fustra.uk/redoc
• Alternative documentation @ https://bbfcapi.fustra.uk/docs

Try it now:

$ curl "https://bbfcapi.fustra.uk?title=interstellar"
{"title":"Interstellar","ageRating":"12"}

Use the Python client:

$ pip install bbfcapi[api_sync]

>>> from bbfcapi.api_sync import best_match
>>> best_match("interstellar", 2014)
Film(title='INTERSTELLAR', age_rating=<AgeRating.AGE_12: '12'>)

Project Overview

The project is divided into:

• "I want to self-host the REST API demoed above"
  • BBFCAPI - Python REST Web API
  • pip install bbfcapi[app]
• "I want a Python library to talk to the REST API as demoed above"
  • Python client for BBFCAPI
  • pip install bbfcapi[api_async] (async variant)
  • pip install bbfcapi[api_sync] (sync variant)
• "I want a Python library to talk to the BBFC website"
  • Python library for the BBFC website
  • pip install bbfcapi[lib_async] (async variant)
  • pip install bbfcapi[lib_sync] (sync variant)
• "I want to download the raw HTML web pages from BBFC"
  • Python network client for the BBFC website
  • pip install bbfcapi[client_async] (async variant)
  • pip install bbfcapi[client_sync] (sync variant)
• "I want to parse the downloaded web pages from BBFC"
  • Python HMTL parser for the BBFC web pages
  • pip install bbfcapi

Sync versions use the requests library, while async variants use aiohttp.

High-Level REST Web API

Install pip install bbfcapi[app].

To use the REST API to query BBFC, first run the web server:

$ uvicorn bbfcapi.app:app

Then, to query the API using the Python library synchronously:

from bbfcapi.api_sync import best_match
best_match("interstellar", base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000")

Or, to query the API using the Python library asynchronously:

from bbfcapi.api_async import best_match
print(await best_match("interstellar", base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000"))

import asyncio
from bbfcapi.api_async import best_match
print(asyncio.run(best_match("interstellar", base_url="http://127.0.0.1:8000")))

Or, to query the API using curl:

$ curl "127.0.0.1:8000?title=interstellar"
{"title":"Interstellar",age_rating":"12"}

Or, to query the API from another web page:

async function call()
{
    const response = await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:8000/?title=interstellar');
    const responseJson = await response.json();
    console.log(JSON.stringify(responseJson));
}
call();

Additional notes:

• HTTP 404 Not Found is returned when there is no film found.
• Browse documentation @ http://127.0.0.1:8000/redoc.
• Or, browse documentation @ http://127.0.0.1:8000/docs.
• Samples on hosting this web application are available in the repository's /docs folder.

High-Level Python Library

To use the library to get results from BBFC synchronously:

from bbfcapi.lib_async import best_match
print(best_match(title="interstellar"))

To use the library to get results from BBFC asynchronously:

from bbfcapi.lib_async import best_match
print(await best_match(title="interstellar"))

import asyncio
from bbfcapi.lib_async import best_match
print(asyncio.run(best_match(title="interstellar")))

Low-Level BBFC Network Client & Parser

To use the library to get raw HTML pages from BBFC synchronously:

$ pip install bbfcapi[client_sync]`

from bbfcapi.client_sync import search
print(search(title="interstellar"))

To use the library to get raw HTML pages from BBFC asynchronously:

$ pip install bbfcapi[client_async]`

from bbfcapi.client_async import search
print(await search(title="interstellar"))

import asyncio
from bbfcapi.client_async import search
print(asyncio.run(search(title="interstellar")))

To use the library to parse results from BBFC's GraphQL API:

$ pip install bbfcapi[parser]`

from bbfcapi import parser
print(parser.best_autocomplete_match({"BBFC": "...graphql json..."}))

Development

1. poetry install -E all to set up the virtualenv (one-off)
2. poetry run uvicorn bbfcapi.apiweb:app --reload to run the web server
3. make fix, make check, and make test before committing

There is also make test-live which will run live integration tests against the BBFC website.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome :)

Publishing

This application is published on PyPi.

1. Ensure you have configured the PyPi repository with Poetry (one-off)
2. Run make release to execute the check-list

To publish to the test repository:

1. Ensure you have configured the Test PyPi repository with Poetry (one-off)
2. poetry publish --build -r testpypi to upload to the test repository

Changelog

Unpublished

...

v3.0.1 - 2021-03-04

• Change primary host to bbfcapi.fustra.uk
• [Security] Upgrade dependencies

v3.0.0 - 2020-11-08

• IMPORTANT: Major changes for compatibility with BBFC's new website
• Update various dependencies

v2.0.2 - 2020-03-22

• Fix another missing dependency

v2.0.1 - 2020-03-22

• Fix missing dependencies

v2.0.0 - 2020-03-22

• Add Python client library for the BBFCAPI REST Web API
• Use camelCasing for JSON fields in the web API
• Reorganise entire package

v1.0.1 - 2020-01-19

• Fix parsing 12A age ratings

v1.0.0 - 2020-01-19

• First release of bbfcapi