The Movie Database Support
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Fallback language?
posted by RealityTestSTAFFMOD on March 30, 2018 at 8:35 AM
Hello, is it possible to set a fallback language when using the API? Sometimes movies don't have a description in some languages other than English. Is there a way to get the English description if the selected language doesn't have one?
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 31, 2018 at 11:43 AM
Hi @RealityTest,
There's no system for this right now. Unfortunately, since the API is fairly heavily cached, supporting fallbacks is just not a realistic feature to build right now.
If I ever find more time to continue moving more of the API to our newer infrastructure which is cacheless, this will become a potential.
Reply by The_Unknown
on January 24, 2019 at 9:27 AM
Sorry for reopening, but I wanted to kindly ask if there's anything new on this? Thanks in advance.
Reply by Travis Bell
on January 26, 2019 at 3:37 PM
Ho @The_Unknown,
There is nothing new, no. My response above is still accurate.
P.S. you can follow and and vote for this feature here.
Reply by bindou94
on November 25, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Hello everyone, is there any news on this issue?