Every existing movie ID is between 0 and the result of movie/latest. Some IDs are empty because some movies were deleted.
To get a random movie, I would just sample an ID between 0 and movie/latest and retry until I don't get a 404 anymore. I'm thinking about remembering the 404-IDs to filter these IDs for future sampling. Is this legit or does it happen that movies are restored or free IDs retaken by new movies?
Btw, great API, great Site. :-)
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Réponse de Travis Bell
le 26 mars 2014 à 18h38
Hi EuroNymuz,
Yes, ids are gone forever once they've been deleted. They will never be reused.
Thanks!
Réponse de EuroNymuz
le 27 mars 2014 à 12h28
Perfect :-) Thank you!