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Movies outside of release_date.gte and release_date.lte in response
posted by RegularRobinSTAFFMOD on November 25, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Hey there, I've been using the TMDB movie api for a bit now and I think I've found a bug Whenever I do this request: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=myKey&release_date.gte=2004-01-01&release_date.lte=2004-12-31&sort_by=popularity.desc It shows movies way outside this range, is this a mistake on my end?
Reply by superboy97
on November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Can you give us an example of such a movie ?
Don't forget that it will take in account all the release dates listed for a movie. As long as one of them match your criteria, the movie will be returned.
Reply by RegularRobin
on November 25, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Ah I see, I forgot about that. I got confused because it has some movies like Alien and Toy Story but in the case of Alien it's the directors cut. I didn't realise I could use the release types, sorry!
Reply by superboy97
on November 25, 2024 at 1:42 PM
You also have the possibility to check the primary release date.
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
with_release_typeandregionare your friends if you want to userelease_date.xxx. Otherwise, switch toprimary_release_date.xxx.Reply by RegularRobin
on November 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Thanks for the tips guys! Much appreciated