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Distinguishing Actors from other types of people
publicado por Paradox AppsSTAFFMOD el 13 de diciembre de 2016 a las 16:02
Hi,
I'm not seeing on the /person/ call any info that will tell me if this person is an actor, director or something else. I made a request that gets a random person from the popular list and ended up getting Homer, the greek philosopher: https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9812-homer
I'm not even sure how this profile is on there but I think he is listed as an author/writer?
Is there any way for me to check if the person I got is an actor? Or make a any other type of request with that person's id to check what they are listed as?
Thanks Jay
Contestado por Travis Bell
el 13 de diciembre de 2016 a las 17:03
Hey @ParadoxApps I don't currently try to discern what a person is most known for but this is something that has been brought up before and something that I plan to use on the website which means when it gets built, it will be available via the API.
I suspect there might finally be enough stuff to build a person discover method as well and this would be an obvious filter to add if it existed.
Contestado por Paradox Apps
el 13 de diciembre de 2016 a las 18:07
Ok, cool.
But what is the way to, even if not "most known for", check if one of the things they are is actors. or check all of their credits so I can check if one of them is cast?
Contestado por Travis Bell
el 13 de diciembre de 2016 a las 18:21
Ya, I'd probably use a whitelist approach. Make a list of the jobs you think are valid enough to be included and then when you randomize through, check if they have the job. You could combine that with a minimum count, so something like a minimum of 5 acting credits.
Contestado por Paradox Apps
el 13 de diciembre de 2016 a las 18:33
That makes sense. Thanks. Good idea with the minimum acting credits.
But where do I get this jobs or acting credit info, which request is this in? If their Get Movie Credits has more than zero Cast entries?
Side question, the popular list is arranged in descending order, correct? meaning most popular person is the first result on the first page and onwards?