Hello all,
I am looking into this api since id like to retrieve all movies that are coming up in a date range but only coming up in cinemas not on cloud platform such as netflix or something like this.
here is my api call
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?include_adult=false&include_video=false&language=en-US&page=1&primary_release_date.gte=2024-06-01&primary_release_date.lte=2024-07-01&sort_by=popularity.desc&with_release_type=3
so if i understood well the release type 3 is for theatrical release which is i think what I am looking for.
When i do this request I have some movies still that are coming up on cloud platform.
exemple run this query and you will find this movie:
"id": 1263421,
"original_language": "ja",
"original_title": "範馬刃牙VSケンガンアシュラ",
"overview": "It's the ultimate showdown. The toughest fighters from \"Baki Hanma\" and \"Kengan Ashura\" clash in this unprecedented, hard-hitting martial arts crossover.",
"popularity": 45.585,
"poster_path": "/etbHJxil0wHvYOCmibzFLsMcl2C.jpg",
"release_date": "2024-06-05",
"title": "Baki Hanma VS Kengan Ashura",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 0,
"vote_count": 0
which is on Netflix not on cinema if I am not mistaken.
also for this movie:
"id": 519182,
"original_language": "en",
"original_title": "Despicable Me 4",
"overview": "Gru and Lucy and their girls — Margo, Edith and Agnes — welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, and the family is forced to go on the run.",
"popularity": 168.134,
"poster_path": "/7Zxzf5CkEQHJHbi2IR10D9WmKJF.jpg",
"release_date": "2024-06-27",
"title": "Despicable Me 4",
"video": false,
"vote_average": 0,
"vote_count": 0
i made quick research and the release date is wrong it should be 3rd july 2024 no ?
can you help me understand those two issue and maybe help me to fix my query so I can retrieve just what I want ?
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Respondo de Travis Bell
je Majo 15 2024 je 10:50 AM
Hi @audricB,
If you want to search by
release_type
, you'll need to switch to using andrelease_date.gte
/release_date.lte
. What you're doing, by usingprimary_release_date
is skipping anything to do with a release type.This query will search all worldwide theatrical dates. If that's not what you want, add a
region
filter.Respondo de audricB
je Majo 17 2024 je 1:57 AM
Thank you now it's working better ! Maybe you should write this into the documentation because it's not very clear that those two field cannot work together.