#install.packages('rvest')
#install.packages("knitr")
#Loading the rvest package
library('rvest')

#Specifying the url for desired website to be scraped
url <- 'http://www.imdb.com/search/title?count=100&release_date=2016,2016&title_type=feature'

#Reading the HTML code from the website
webpage <- read_html(url)
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the rankings section
rank_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.text-primary')

#Converting the ranking data to text
rank_data <- html_text(rank_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the rankings
head(rank_data)
## [1] "1." "2." "3." "4." "5." "6."
#Data-Preprocessing: Converting rankings to numerical
rank_data<-as.numeric(rank_data)

#Let's have another look at the rankings
head(rank_data)
## [1] 1 2 3 4 5 6
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the title section
title_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.lister-item-header a')

#Converting the title data to text
title_data <- html_text(title_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the title
head(title_data)
## [1] "Suicide Squad"     "The Conjuring 2"   "Captain Fantastic"
## [4] "Sing"              "Deadpool"          "Hidden Figures"
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the description section
description_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.ratings-bar+ .text-muted')

#Converting the description data to text
description_data <- html_text(description_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the description data
head(description_data)
## [1] "\nA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse."                                                             
## [2] "\nEd and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit."                                                                                                  
## [3] "\nIn the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent."
## [4] "\nIn a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same."                   
## [5] "\nA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks."                                                                                                           
## [6] "\nThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program."
#Data-Preprocessing: removing '\n'
description_data<-gsub("\n","",description_data)

#Let's have another look at the description data 
head(description_data)
## [1] "A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse."                                                             
## [2] "Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by a supernatural spirit."                                                                                                  
## [3] "In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent."
## [4] "In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same."                   
## [5] "A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal but ugly, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks."                                                                                                           
## [6] "The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program."
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the Movie runtime section
runtime_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.text-muted .runtime')

#Converting the runtime data to text
runtime_data <- html_text(runtime_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the runtime
head(runtime_data)
## [1] "123 min" "134 min" "118 min" "108 min" "108 min" "127 min"
#Data-Preprocessing: removing mins and converting it to numerical

runtime_data<-gsub(" min","",runtime_data)
runtime_data<-as.numeric(runtime_data)

#Let's have another look at the runtime data
head(runtime_data)
## [1] 123 134 118 108 108 127
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the Movie genre section
genre_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.genre')

#Converting the genre data to text
genre_data <- html_text(genre_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the runtime
head(genre_data)
## [1] "\nAction, Adventure, Fantasy            "
## [2] "\nHorror, Mystery, Thriller            " 
## [3] "\nComedy, Drama            "             
## [4] "\nAnimation, Comedy, Family            " 
## [5] "\nAction, Adventure, Comedy            " 
## [6] "\nBiography, Drama, History            "
#Data-Preprocessing: removing \n
genre_data<-gsub("\n","",genre_data)

#Data-Preprocessing: removing excess spaces
genre_data<-gsub(" ","",genre_data)

#taking only the first genre of each movie
genre_data<-gsub(",.*","",genre_data)

#Convering each genre from text to factor
genre_data<-as.factor(genre_data)

#Let's have another look at the genre data
head(genre_data)
## [1] Action    Horror    Comedy    Animation Action    Biography
## Levels: Action Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Drama Horror
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the IMDB rating section
rating_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.ratings-imdb-rating strong')

#Converting the ratings data to text
rating_data <- html_text(rating_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the ratings
head(rating_data)
## [1] "5.9" "7.3" "7.9" "7.1" "8.0" "7.8"
#Data-Preprocessing: converting ratings to numerical
rating_data<-as.numeric(rating_data)

#Let's have another look at the ratings data
head(rating_data)
## [1] 5.9 7.3 7.9 7.1 8.0 7.8
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the votes section
votes_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.sort-num_votes-visible span:nth-child(2)')

#Converting the votes data to text
votes_data <- html_text(votes_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the votes data
head(votes_data)
## [1] "622,787" "239,737" "199,912" "138,656" "928,635" "208,154"
#Data-Preprocessing: removing commas
votes_data<-gsub(",","",votes_data)

#Data-Preprocessing: converting votes to numerical
votes_data<-as.numeric(votes_data)

#Let's have another look at the votes data
head(votes_data)
## [1] 622787 239737 199912 138656 928635 208154
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the directors section
directors_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.text-muted+ p a:nth-child(1)')

#Converting the directors data to text
directors_data <- html_text(directors_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the directors data
head(directors_data)
## [1] "David Ayer"     "James Wan"      "Matt Ross"      "Garth Jennings"
## [5] "Tim Miller"     "Theodore Melfi"
#Data-Preprocessing: converting directors data into factors
directors_data<-as.factor(directors_data)

#Using CSS selectors to scrape the actors section
actors_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.lister-item-content .ghost+ a')

#Converting the gross actors data to text
actors_data <- html_text(actors_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the actors data
head(actors_data)
## [1] "Will Smith"          "Vera Farmiga"        "Viggo Mortensen"    
## [4] "Matthew McConaughey" "Ryan Reynolds"       "Taraji P. Henson"
#Data-Preprocessing: converting actors data into factors
actors_data<-as.factor(actors_data)
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the metascore section
metascore_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.metascore')

#Converting the runtime data to text
metascore_data <- html_text(metascore_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the metascore 

head(metascore_data)
## [1] "40        " "65        " "72        " "59        " "65        "
## [6] "74        "
#Data-Preprocessing: removing extra space in metascore
metascore_data<-gsub(" ","",metascore_data)

#Lets check the length of metascore data
length(metascore_data)
## [1] 96
for (i in c(39,73,80,89)){

a<-metascore_data[1:(i-1)]

b<-metascore_data[i:length(metascore_data)]

metascore_data<-append(a,list("NA"))

metascore_data<-append(metascore_data,b)

}

#Data-Preprocessing: converting metascore to numerical
metascore_data<-as.numeric(metascore_data)
## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion
#Let's have another look at length of the metascore data

length(metascore_data)
## [1] 100
#Let's look at summary statistics
summary(metascore_data)
##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.    NA's 
##   23.00   46.75   59.50   59.15   72.00   99.00       4
#Using CSS selectors to scrape the gross revenue section
gross_data_html <- html_nodes(webpage,'.ghost~ .text-muted+ span')

#Converting the gross revenue data to text
gross_data <- html_text(gross_data_html)

#Let's have a look at the votes data
head(gross_data)
## [1] "$325.10M" "$102.47M" "$5.88M"   "$270.40M" "$363.07M" "$169.61M"
#Data-Preprocessing: removing '$' and 'M' signs
gross_data<-gsub("M","",gross_data)

gross_data<-substring(gross_data,2,6)

#Let's check the length of gross data
length(gross_data)
## [1] 89
#Filling missing entries with NA
for (i in c(17,39,49,52,57,64,66,73,76,77,80,87,88,89)){

a<-gross_data[1:(i-1)]

b<-gross_data[i:length(gross_data)]

gross_data<-append(a,list("NA"))

gross_data<-append(gross_data,b)

}

#Data-Preprocessing: converting gross to numerical
gross_data<-as.numeric(gross_data)
## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion

## Warning: NAs introduced by coercion
#Let's have another look at the length of gross data
length(gross_data)
## [1] 103
summary(gross_data)
##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.    NA's 
##    0.18   26.86   58.70   96.47  125.00  532.10      14
library('tidyverse')
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## v readr   1.4.0     v forcats 0.5.1
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library('knitr')
ratings_bar_data <- html_nodes(webpage,'.ratings-bar') %>%      # scrape the ratings bar and convert to text
  html_text2()

head(ratings_bar_data)                                                 # look at the ratings bar
## [1] "5.9\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X \n40 Metascore"
## [2] "7.3\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X \n65 Metascore"
## [3] "7.9\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.9/10 X \n72 Metascore"
## [4] "7.1\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X \n59 Metascore"
## [5] "8.0\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X \n65 Metascore"  
## [6] "7.8\nRate this\n 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.8/10 X \n74 Metascore"
metascore_data <- str_match(ratings_bar_data, "\\d{2} Metascore") %>%  # extract Metascore 
  str_match("\\d{2}") %>% 
  as.numeric()                                                         # convert to number  

length(metascore_data)
## [1] 100
metascore_data
##   [1] 40 65 72 59 65 74 81 62 54 72 67 81 75 71 94 70 78 51 44 41 84 72 65 68 25
##  [26] 79 71 51 66 51 48 52 99 NA 48 96 57 44 32 57 88 79 77 52 80 58 28 81 66 78
##  [51] 81 32 76 66 42 60 62 33 51 67 52 81 46 NA 69 23 77 58 58 47 49 23 59 36 46
##  [76] 60 78 42 39 55 49 NA 77 51 64 68 55 NA 65 72 74 35 26 40 42 66 34 36 33 55
summary(metascore_data)
##    Min. 1st Qu.  Median    Mean 3rd Qu.    Max.    NA's 
##   23.00   46.75   59.50   59.15   72.00   99.00       4
# scrape the votess bar and convert to text
votes_bar_data <- html_nodes(webpage,'.sort-num_votes-visible') %>% 
  html_text2()

head(votes_bar_data)                                                 # look at the votes bar data
## [1] "Votes: 622,787 | Gross: $325.10M" "Votes: 239,737 | Gross: $102.47M"
## [3] "Votes: 199,912 | Gross: $5.88M"   "Votes: 138,656 | Gross: $270.40M"
## [5] "Votes: 928,635 | Gross: $363.07M" "Votes: 208,154 | Gross: $169.61M"
gross_data <- str_match(votes_bar_data, "\\$.+$")                    # extract the gross earnings

gross_data <- gsub("M","",gross_data)                                # clean data: remove 'M' sign 

gross_data <- substring(gross_data,2,6) %>%                          # clean data: remove '$' sign                    
  as.numeric()

length(gross_data)
## [1] 100
#Combining all the lists to form a data frame
movies_df<-data.frame(Rank = rank_data, Title = title_data,

Description = description_data, Runtime = runtime_data,

Genre = genre_data, Rating = rating_data,

Metascore = metascore_data, Votes = votes_data,                                                             Gross_Earning_in_Mil = gross_data,

Director = directors_data, Actor = actors_data)

#Structure of the data frame

str(movies_df)
## 'data.frame':    100 obs. of  11 variables:
##  $ Rank                : num  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...
##  $ Title               : chr  "Suicide Squad" "The Conjuring 2" "Captain Fantastic" "Sing" ...
##  $ Description         : chr  "A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive "| __truncated__ "Ed and Lorraine Warren travel to North London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house pl"| __truncated__ "In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and "| __truncated__ "In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing compe"| __truncated__ ...
##  $ Runtime             : num  123 134 118 108 108 127 107 117 132 115 ...
##  $ Genre               : Factor w/ 8 levels "Action","Adventure",..: 1 8 5 3 1 4 3 8 1 1 ...
##  $ Rating              : num  5.9 7.3 7.9 7.1 8 7.8 7.6 7.3 6.9 7.5 ...
##  $ Metascore           : num  40 65 72 59 65 74 81 62 54 72 ...
##  $ Votes               : num  622787 239737 199912 138656 928635 ...
##  $ Gross_Earning_in_Mil: num  325.1 102.4 5.88 270.4 363 ...
##  $ Director            : Factor w/ 99 levels "Alex Proyas",..: 23 42 59 35 95 93 83 56 8 87 ...
##  $ Actor               : Factor w/ 90 levels "Aamir Khan","Alexander Skarsgård",..: 88 86 87 59 73 81 6 39 22 8 ...
library('ggplot2')

qplot(data = movies_df,Runtime,fill = Genre,bins = 30)

Question 1: Adventure, Horror and Drama Genres had the longest runtime (160)

ggplot(movies_df,aes(x=Runtime,y=Rating))+
geom_point(aes(size=Votes,col=Genre))

Question 2: Action had the most votes.

ggplot(movies_df,aes(x=Runtime,y=Gross_Earning_in_Mil))+
geom_point(aes(size=Rating,col=Genre))
## Warning: Removed 11 rows containing missing values (geom_point).

Question 3: Action had the highest avg gross earnings