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In movies & tv when you &append_to_response=images it returns an images.backdrops and images.stills collection The image usually has these fields

"aspect_ratio"
"height"
"iso_639_1": null,
"file_path": 
"vote_average":
"vote_count": 
"width": 

However the image collections have no order; there are logos & text in different languages superimposed on the images.
Can we curate the image responses that it returns english images?
when I try to set language en-US in the query params, images return empty.
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/329865?api_key=<>&language=en-US&append_to_response=images.

res

...
"images": {
"backdrops": [],
"logos": [],
"posters": []
},

thanks

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@ridhwaans said:
Curate images response in movies & tv to english
In movies & tv when you &append_to_response=images it returns an images.backdrops and images.stills collection
The image usually has these fields

"aspect_ratio"
"height"
"iso_639_1": null,
"file_path": 
"vote_average":
"vote_count": 
"width": 

However the image collections have no order; there are logos & text in different languages superimposed on the images.
Can we curate the image responses that it returns english images?
when I try to set language en-US in the query params, images return empty.
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/329865?api_key=<>&language=en-US&append_to_response=images.

res

...
"images": {
"backdrops": [],
"logos": [],
"posters": []
},

thanks

You need to use Parameter &include_image_language. For example:
Images only:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/299534/images?api_key=[MY_KEY]&language=en-US&include_image_language=en,null  

OR Getting details plus images:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/329865?api_key=[MY_KEY]&language=en-US&append_to_response=images&include_image_language=en,nul 

If you do not use Parameter &include_image_language, then the &language Parameter can not contain reference to Country.
You can not use en-US, language-COUNTRY. Must only use en, language. For example:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/299534/images?api_key=[MYKEY]&language=en

@ticao2 thank you!

@ticao2 i have some additional questions if &include_image_language=en,null is set, on rare occasions, it sometimes returns an empty array of images in a tv episode response. but it depends on TV show original language or TV episode (for example tv show 61709/season/5/episode/3)
1) what does &include_image_language=null mean? if it doesnt have english images does it get nothing?
2) what does iso_639_1: null mean in movies and tv images? if a movie or tv original_language or languages is non-en, like ja, is it better not to append &include_image_language=en or append a native language?

thanks in advance

@ridhwaans said:

@ticao2 i have some additional questions if &include_image_language=en,null is set, on rare occasions, it sometimes returns an empty array of images in a tv episode response. but it depends on TV show original language or TV episode (for example tv show 61709/season/5/episode/3)
1) what does &include_image_language=null mean? if it doesnt have english images does it get nothing?
2) what does iso_639_1: null mean in movies and tv images? if a movie or tv original_language or languages is non-en, like ja, is it better not to append &include_image_language=en or append a native language?

thanks in advance

I would say that 99% of backdrops have no language.
So they are marked as no language, as null.
To receive 1% of backdrops with your language, add your language.
Or as many languages ​​as you want.
&include_image_language=null,en,ja,fr,de,pt,es,zh etc...

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