When I download the API for the Movie API, there is a video object in the results, but it is set to false.
It looks like this:
"video":false,
I'm getting the API from this URL: http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/popular
Is it possible to download video trailers from this API? I ask because I notice that there are video trailers on www.themoviedb.org.
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Reply by Kevin Deery
on December 15, 2015 at 6:32 AM
Hi Codewarrior
yes you can obtain trailers for any movie were trailers are available. Please review the documentation using the link below, navigate to movies -> videos
http://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io/#reference/movies/movieidvideos
Click on the GET button to see a sample response and the get url required.
Trailers work alongside YouTube, the sample provided is for fight club (awful movie lol)
the Json response gives a Key with a value of SUXWAEX2jlg
Sample:
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Key: SUXWAEX2jlg
Full URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUXWAEX2jlg
hope this helps
Reply by codewarrior_777
on December 15, 2015 at 12:28 PM
The problem is that most of the videos don't have a response for the video object. Most movies say:
"video":false,
I'm still not sure how to call a video when it is returning false.
Reply by Travis Bell
on December 15, 2015 at 1:10 PM
Hi codewarrior_777,
The classification of being a "video" or not has nothing to do with whether there's any videos linked from YouTube. "video" is just our classification for items that aren't necessarily truly movies. You can read more about this here.
Reply by codewarrior_777
on December 15, 2015 at 2:52 PM
OK, maybe I'm not making myself clear.
So here is the API response:
"adult": false, "backdrop_path": "/6bbZ6XyvgfjhQwbplnUh1LSj1ky.jpg", "genre_ids": [ 18 ], "id": 244786, "original_language": "en", "original_title": "Whiplash", "overview": "Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.", "release_date": "2014-10-10", "poster_path": "/lIv1QinFqz4dlp5U4lQ6HaiskOZ.jpg", "popularity": 8.441533, "title": "Whiplash", "video": false, "vote_average": 8.5, "vote_count": 856 },
So far, I'm able to pull "overview", "poster_path" and "title" objects from this API. I don't see any response for video though. I don't see it in any of the responses from the full array.
You have suggested using the Key like so "Key: SUXWAEX2jlg" and then just using the YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
The problem is that I don't see the "key" response in the API. Where do find this?
Currently, I'm using this link: http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/popular
Am I using the wrong link? Are the videos available in another link?
Thanks
Reply by Travis Bell
on December 15, 2015 at 2:56 PM
You need to call the method that Kevin linked to above: http://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io/#reference/movies/movieidvideos
You cannot get the video responses in any of the list methods, only by calling the primary movie video method:
Which you can do with
append_to_response
as well (to get everything in a single HTTP call):Hope that make more sense now.
Reply by moaayadahmad
on January 15, 2017 at 6:41 PM
The link you posted is saying "This page has been deprecated." Is there is a new method to get the trailer of a movie?
Reply by Travis Bell
on January 15, 2017 at 8:28 PM
Yup: https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/movies/get-movie-videos
Reply by aharon
on March 7, 2017 at 4:35 AM
hi but how you do it with recyclerview eith couple of item its not the same things???
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 7, 2017 at 10:12 AM
I'm not sure I understand the question, can you elaborate on this?
Edit I see you posted another question about this here. I've noticed you do this before, there's no need to post the same question across 2 or 3 threads. It just makes it harder to help. I'll close this one now since you have a dedicated thread for your question.
Reply by aharon
on March 7, 2017 at 10:16 AM
Hi travis whan i clicking won item of the recyclerview i want the video to show of the position of the item that i click so i dont now how to set the video api and also i need to set youtubeplayerView ????
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 7, 2017 at 10:19 AM
Hi @aharon
I have never used RecyclerView (I had to Google what that was) so unfortunately, I can't be any help. You'll do best to follow @jeras' advice on the other thread and ask your question on something like StackOverflow.
Reply by aharon
on March 7, 2017 at 10:43 AM
Hi travis its not metter what list its can be listview i only dont now how to deal with the id of the video api to get the video acording where i click thank you
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 7, 2017 at 11:43 AM
When you make a request to the videos method, you will get an array of results back. An example (I've truncated the response):
So by iterating over the videos results array you can get the
key
field. That is the YouTube id. In the example above, the first video has the key ofDiv0iP65aZo
. You can build a YouTube URL like so:That's all there is to it. Hope that helps.
Reply by aharon
on March 7, 2017 at 12:58 PM
this is id (video) for a particular one item our also for all list of item??
thank you
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 7, 2017 at 1:07 PM
My example is one video (from the results array, which can contain many) for one specific movie, Logan, id: 263115).