Overview

Popcorn API is developed to make it easier for anyone to create their own version of Popcorn Time. It contains:

Metadata about movies (taken from Trakt).
Metadata about TV shows and individual episodes (taken from Trakt).
Metadata about anime shows (taken from Hummingbird).
Multiple quality magnet links for every episode.
Ability to easily filter content to the user's content.
Add content manually through the CLI.

Documentation

Documentation for the code can be generated with the command npm run docs. This will automatically generate the documentation which will be located in the docs directory. The index.html page will be the starting point. You can also view the documentation online right here. Or checkout the documentation for the API routes here.

Folder structure

The API has the following folder structure.

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├── docs                          # Folder with the ESDoc generated documentation for the API.
├── manual                        # Folder with markdown files used by the documentation.
└── src                           # Holding the ES6 source code
    ├── config                    # Configuration
    ├── controllers               # REST Controllers
    ├── models                    # Models
    ├── providers                 # Providers
        ├── anime                 # Anime providers
        ├── extractors            # Torrent extractors
        ├── helpers               # Helpers to insert data
        ├── movies                # Movie providers
        └── shows                 # Show providers
    ├── cli.js                    # CLI part of the API
    ├── index.js                  # Starting point of the API
    ├── popcorn-api.js            # Entry for the command line
    ├── scraper.js                # Scrape for content
    └── util.js                   # Useful utilities

Versioning

For transparency and insight into our release cycle, and for striving to maintain backward compatibility, this project will be maintained according to the Semantic Versioning guidelines as much as possible.

Releases will be numbered with the following format: <major>.<minor>.<patch>-<build>

Constructed with the following guidelines:

A new major release indicates a large change where backwards compatibility is broken.
A new minor release indicates a normal change that maintains backwards compatibility.
A new patch release indicates a bugfix or small change which does not affect compatibility.
A new build release indicates this is a pre-release of the version.

License

MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

This project and the distribution of this project is not illegal, nor does it violate any DMCA laws. The use of this project, however, may be illegal in your area. Check your local laws and regulations regarding the use of torrents to watch potentially copyrighted content. The maintainers of this project do not condone the use of this project for anything illegal, in any state, region, country, or planet. Please use at your own risk.