The Movie Database Support

I am creating a website to display movies and TV shows. I am using a fetch to https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/multi.

This returns both movies and TV shows. I have created a detail page to view more information about the movie or TV show, which uses its ID. The problem is, I don't know whether it's a movie or a TV show to differentiate it.

Example: The TV show 'Gen V' has an ID: 205715.

But there is also a movie called 'To Die For'. Is there any information I can use within the fetch to distinguish whether it's a movie or a TV show?

Thank you, and please excuse my ignorance.

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@BartHxC said:
Difference between Movie ID and TV Show ID
I am creating a website to display movies and TV shows. I am using a fetch to https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/multi.
This returns both movies and TV shows.
I have created a detail page to view more information about the movie or TV show, which uses its ID.
The problem is, I don't know whether it's a movie or a TV show to differentiate it.
Example: The TV show 'Gen V' has an ID: 205715.
But there is also a movie called 'To Die For'.
Is there any information I can use within the fetch to distinguish whether it's a movie or a TV show?
Thank you, and please excuse my ignorance.

In the data for each item in the response you will find information about the type of each item.

"media_type": "movie",
"media_type": "tv",
"media_type": "person",

Thank you very much! It now works correctly! One question, are the movies and series that contain "adult" XXX movies? I would like to check that information so that no one can consume data from those types of applications on my website.

@BartHxC said:

Thank you very much! It now works correctly!
One question, are the movies and series that contain "adult" XXX movies?
I would like to check that information so that no one can consume data from those types of applications on my website.

Yes. Adults are porn films.

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