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posted by cavemanSTAFFMOD on September 26, 2013 at 8:09 AM
I queried 'back to the future' and got the id for the principal. i ran a 'credits' query for him expecting his credits to include 'Top Gun' (which he was in) and it wasn't there. I queried 'Top Gun' and he's not listed there, either.
Should I contact someone there as I find these things while I'm developing my app?
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 26, 2013 at 10:07 AM
Hi caveman,
Who is missing?
TMDb is an open and freely editable database. If someone is missing you should go on to our website and add that person. No one else will except for people like you.
Reply by caveman
on September 26, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Hey - it was James Tolkan - the cantankerous squadron leader who reluctantly sends goose and maverick to top gun. his character was 'stinger'
I added to the DB just now.
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 26, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Great.
P.S. The API caches data for 24 hours so depending when the original request was requested, you will likely still have to wait a bit before seeing the change live on the API.
Cheers.