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Upcoming Movies request doesn't match website list
posted by tmdb21342286STAFFMOD on Maret 18, 2017 at 9:43 PM
I've been testing and tweaking a little bot I made for a couple of hours today and now I can't access the same result when I ask for the upcoming movies. Do movies have a request limit per day?
Reply by Travis Bell
on Maret 19, 2017 at 1:00 PM
To get the results that match the website you'll need to use the region filter.
As an example, but that's for me here in Canada, obviously depending on your region it could be something different.
Reply by tmdb21342286
on Maret 19, 2017 at 1:31 PM
I am using the Region filter('BR') but the request does not show movies launching before 30/03/2017 although on Brazil's upcoming movies webpage there are movies scheduled for next week.
EDIT: It seems like the movies went from Upcoming to Now Playing. Does the Database update itself every saturday?
Reply by Travis Bell
on Maret 19, 2017 at 1:48 PM
Looks like the date parsing bug that I am aware of rearing it's head.
You can refresh the website and or the API and you'll see you're getting 2 sets of results randomly. I am aware of this bug and plan to get to it either end of this week or the following week. If you pay attention, it's the min/max dates that flip weeks. That's why you're seeing the different data.
Reply by tmdb21342286
on Maret 19, 2017 at 1:50 PM
Exactly! I am also receiving random amounts of data. I'm looking forward for the fix. Thanks!