Wednesday 27 August 2008

How to download pictures from imdb.com

Well so imdb.com used to be great resource when I wanted to use a official poster for a movie but recently you cannot download from there (the right click option is disabled plus you cannot drag it on desktop with the left click).

Soooo. Here is the "magic". Lets say, you want this picture.

So if you use mozilla then click CTRL+U to show the html code, then click CTRL+F to search and put there e.g. "jpg" and the first one will show you this line in the code:

img oncontextmenu="return false;"
galleryimg="no" onmousedown="return false;" onmousemove="return false;" src="http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/%20M/MV5BMzYxMzE1NzY4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTcxOTI2MQ@@._%20V1._SX270_SY400_.jpg" />td>tr

from that just use this part:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/
MV5BMzYxMzE1NzY4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTcxOTI2MQ
@@._V1._SX270_SY400_.jpg

which is direct link to that picture, so copy it and insert into the adress line of your webbrowser and now you can do anything you want with that picture, for example you can wipe your ass with that.

7 comments:

tumblar said...

dude. kudos. this works. it helps to search for the phrase "return false" if you'r not used to looking at code. but then you'll find the jpg you want in the code. thank you!!

ditty said...

Thanks a ton for this post -- very helpful!

Neelesh Bhagwat said...

Source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081026064142AANGSCo

"There is a couple easy method you can try. These works because I use them all the time to get photos from there.

(the easiest way) --- If you have firefox.

- Go to the image. {Don't right click on the image} ...

- Right click on the side of the image > Click "View Page info."

- A popup Box will appear > Go to the tab that says "Media"

- In the little box, scroll down till you see the image you want

- Click the button "Save As" "

Jealous said...

thanks

that work !!!

Jayapal Chandran said...

Hi, you have to update your code cause imdb has changed their html code... your url works but not the code... the html elements have changed.

Bachelor Student said...

hey how are you man .. i dont know how can i do it ... i do what you say exactly .. and didn't work :/ can you do it again with pictures >>> go to the page and ctrl+u and ctlr+f and whate else .. thank you

Adam Reber said...

Just did this and worked perfectly, rock on :D Make sure to right click the RAW image and save as instead of just dragging to desktop!