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How can I retrieve imdb_id & genres' names?
posted by digital99STAFFMOD on September 3, 2015 at 5:14 AM
My query that I'm using: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?api_key=API_KEY&query=MOVIE_TITLE
I'm trying to find imdb id and movie genres but could not see it in the response. Tried "append to response" but that didn't seem to work either. How are we supposed to get imdb id?
For genres, I could see its ids but since I can't seem to find a list of associated names anywhere I'm not able to translate it. I really appreciate any help!
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM
Hi digital99,
You won't be able to get the IMDB id from search results, only from the records themselves.
The genres can be retrieved by calling the /genre/movie/list method. I would suggest caching this as you only need it once.