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Get more movie details in the Now_Playing API Call
posted by Naweed AkramSTAFFMOD on September 26, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Hi,
I am calling the API "http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/now_playing?api_key=XXXX&language=en" to get list of now playing movies. The data which is returned back is very limited. Is it possible to also get additional data such as runtime, revenue and tagline?
This will be of great help, if we can get this data, or is there another way?
Regards Naweed
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 26, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Hi Naweed Akram,
No, this will not be possible. The only way to get that data is to head off and do a primary movie request.
Reply by Naweed Akram
on September 26, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Thanks Travis. But is there a plan to incorporate this request into the API in future. Basically, what I want to do is, once I have retrieved the now_playing movies, I want to sort them by current revenue, and display a list (more like BOX OFFICE list). Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to make calls to individual movies to get this data. The API rate limiting will not allow me.
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 26, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Hi,
There is no plan to incorporate that data into those requests, no.