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TV Episode Lists
posted by vernalkickSTAFFMOD on July 6, 2014 at 4:54 PM
Wondering how to get the list of all episodes for a TV Show (or season of a TV Show). Also, it'd be super handy to be able to get the latest aired episode of a TV Show.
Reply by Travis Bell
on July 6, 2014 at 9:00 PM
Hi vernalkick,
Right now it would take you 2 queries unless you have internally been keeping track of the latest season (like in a local DB).
You would have to grab the series (which displays the list of seasons) and then you could peel off and do a second request for that last season (which returns a list of all episodes for that season). Calling the info for the last season (and grabbing the last aired episode based on
air_date) returned in the series call would suit your needs 99% of the time.There is an edge case here though, if someone adds a new season with some episodes left to air…