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# Release Schedule
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A small app using the Wikidata API to show upcoming movies.
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You can try out the live web version at [daniel-michel.github.io/release_schedule](https://daniel-michel.github.io/release_schedule).
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Android and Linux builds can be found in the latest [build run](https://github.com/daniel-michel/release_schedule/actions/workflows/build.yml).
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Currently, only a simple list of upcoming movies is shown:
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The floating button at the bottom right can be used to load the upcoming movies and the button at the top right to clear the movies that where already loaded.
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## Wikidata API
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The Implementation can be found at [./lib/api/wikidata_movie_api.dart](./lib/api/wikidata_movie_api.dart).
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To get information about the upcoming movies multiple APIs are used.
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First the SPARQL API is used to retrieve upcoming movies using the endpoint "https://query.wikidata.org/sparql" with the following query:
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```sql
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SELECT
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?movie
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?movieLabel
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(MIN(?releaseDate) as ?minReleaseDate)
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WHERE {
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?movie wdt:P31 wd:Q11424; # Q11424 is the item for "film"
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wdt:P577 ?releaseDate; # P577 is the "publication date" property
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wdt:P1476 ?title.
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FILTER (xsd:date(?releaseDate) >= xsd:date("$date"^^xsd:dateTime))
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SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en". }
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}
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GROUP BY ?movie ?movieLabel
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ORDER BY ?minReleaseDate
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LIMIT $limit
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```
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Where `$limit` is the maximum number of movies that are retrieved and `$date` the starting date from which movies are retrieved.
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`$limit` is currently set to 100 and `$date` one week before the current one.
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However, because there are multiple publication dates for most movies, the retrieved movies just need to have one publication date that is on or after `$date` for the movie to be included in the result. The `minReleaseDate` is not necessarily the release date displayed in the App, therefore some movies in the App might show up as having been released a long time ago.
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To get additional information about the movies and all release dates (in case some are before `$date` and some after) the API endpoint "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities" is used.
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