The Movie Database Support
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Get TV info using external ID
posted by GHOSTSTAFFMOD on August 2, 2016 at 5:29 PM
Hi!
for Movie we can use this method to grab movie detailes using an external id:
http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/tt0944947?api_key=####
what about tv shows?
I tried this:
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/tt0944947?external_source=imdb_id&api_key=#####
but i want full detailes Is it impossible?
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 5, 2016 at 11:43 AM
Hi bshsbr,
No, this is not supported on TV (technically it's not officially supported on movies either which is why it's not documented).
You'll have to grab the id from the
/findmethod and then do a query for the details.