Hi all! I'm not sure how to put this. I have made a program which search the TMDb for movies. For that purpose I'm using the WatTMDb library v0.6.

The search strugles with : and - in the name of the movie. I have a movie which is named: "X-Men First Class" in my library. Doing a search in IMDb with that text finds the movie correctly. Doing a search in the TMDb via the web interface does not find the movie, nor is it found searching via the WatTMDb library.

However if I change the search text to: "X-Men: First Class" or "X Men First Class" or "X Men: First Class" then the movie is found. So there must be some confusing in the search algorithm at the TMDb. Look like it get confused about the "-" and ":" symbols.

If I now use the WatTMDb library to search for the movie and use the "X-Men: First Class" search text the movie is not found. If I trace the library I can see the actual search string send to the web site is: "X-Men- First Class". It is like it is replacing the : with - If I change the search string to: "X Men: First Class" or to "X Men First Class", then the movie is found. That is removing the - from the search string.

I think searching with: "X-Men: First Class" or "X Men First Class" or "X Men: First Class" or "X-Men First Class" should find the movie in all cases both via the web interface and the API interface. The : and - symbols should be ignored and replaced with space.

Best regards, Haraldur