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No backdrops when language parameter used
Verfasst von Nigel BarnesSTAFFMOD am 9. März 2013 um 09:43
When using append_to_response to add images the response contains posters but backdrops is always empty.
http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/597?api_key=1234&append_to_response=images&language=en
I realise this is due to adding the language parameter as the iso_639_1 field is null for many (all) backdrops. Can the iso_639_1 field be defaulted to en, or should I make a separate request for images without the langauge restriction?
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 18. März 2013 um 15:08
Hi Nigel,
No, this is not the right way to address this.
For backdrops, yes.
The issue here is that most backdrops indeed do not have a language set since most backdrops don't have a language. There are some backdrops that do though, which is why the parameter is optional for backdrops. Movies like Inception for example.
There's an open ticket for the basics of this issue. At some point I'll dedicate some time to figure out the best way to let all combinations be queryable.
Antwort von Nigel Barnes
am 18. März 2013 um 15:22
Thanks for the clarification, two requests it is then.
Antwort von Stuart Boston
am 25. Juli 2013 um 08:20
Sorry to open this up again, but I have tried to follow the various threads.
I am trying to search for all appropriate artwork for a movie and for me, that is "chosen language" & "empty language"
http://tmdb.lighthouseapp.com/projects/83077/tickets/133 is closed as invalid, but without an explanation of what to do.
If I query on "en" I loose the empty language artwork (backdrops mostly) and if I leave the language off the call I get ALL artwork for all languages.
The only way I can see to do this call is to leave language off and parse the entire list of artwork looking for my language and empty. Is this the suggested approach or have I missed something?
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 25. Juli 2013 um 10:28
Hi Stuart,
Yes, at this point I deemed it to currently work the way it was designed. There's some backdrops with languages and most without. You can query for all of them without specifying a language and for a language by making sure it's present.
Your best bet is to make a separate call to the backdrops method with no language parameter set.
Antwort von Stuart Boston
am 25. Juli 2013 um 11:07
Ok, as long as I am doing it the "correct" way.
As an aside, you might want to run a clean up script as there are some artwork with empty language ("") and some with "null"s