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Search in movies and tv shows with a single ID
Alejandro SenaSTAFFMOD 发布于 2023 年 05 月 19 日 10:59上午
Hi! Is there a way to find a movie or tv show by ID without specifying if it's a movie or a TV show in the request?
Right now we can use https://api.themoviedb.org/3/**movie**/{movie_id} or https://api.themoviedb.org/3/**tv**/{series_id}, but I need to just use the ID, like this https://api.themoviedb.org/3/{movie_or_series_id}
Does something like that exist? Thanks!
robbie3999 的回复
于 2023 年 05 月 19 日 12:08下午
This doesn't exist. It wouldn't likely be possible in the way you envision because the id number space for movies and tv series (and people) is different for each one. That is, the same id number can be a movie, tv series, and person, so no way to tell what it is with just the number.
Alejandro Sena 的回复
于 2023 年 05 月 19 日 12:17下午
Oh, thanks a lot, I thought every ID was unique.
ago1978 的回复
于 2025 年 04 月 16 日 9:45上午
Thank you Alejandro for your clarification regarding IDs for movies, Tv, etc. Nevertheless it unfortunately creates an issue of misidentification within Emby server when trying to update movies or series information with same ID number
ticao2 🇧🇷 pt-BR 的回复
于 2025 年 04 月 16 日 2:15下午
Normally, scraping programs work by separating movies and series into different folders on the HD.
KODI, PLEX, MediaElch and similar programs do this.
If I remember correctly, when I used Emby many years ago, it was the same way.
To make it clear to other forum users.
Yes, the IDs are unique. There are no two Movies with the same ID.
But there may be a TV Show with the same Movie ID. Or a person.
The list of IDs are separate, different.
For example, ID 500:
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/500-reservoir-dogs
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/500-mad-about-you
https://www.themoviedb.org/person/500-tom-cruise
https://www.themoviedb.org/network/500
https://www.themoviedb.org/company/500
You can discern the difference between each media type
by looking at the
media_typefield returned with each object.