Hello,
I've noticed that the request similar_movies
has an optional parameter append_to_response
, now I'd like to get the overview for a movie that is returned.
However I can't seem to get the append_to_response
parameter to work, I've tried different things like: alternative_titles,keywords,releases,trailers,overview - that I use when requesting a single movie information.
url: http://private-c72d-themoviedb.apiary.io/3/movie/550/similar_movies?api\_key=####&append_to_response=alternative_titles,keywords,releases,trailers,overview
I couldn't find any other information regarding this parameter except "Comma separated, any movie method", documented at the top of the documentation
Now I'm not sure if the result I want is even possible with the parameter but it was worth an question.
Cheers,
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Reply by Travis Bell
on March 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM
Hi rjvandoesburg,
The values you map in the
append_to_response
parameter have to match that of a actual API request. So, if you wanted the overview and similar movies in one response you would do:If you wanted similar movies, alternative titles, keywords, release dates and trailers… use this:
Hope that helps.
Reply by rjvandoesburg
on March 4, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Hi Travis,
Thanks for your reply, however that is not what I meant.
it states here:
at optional parametersappend_to_response
I would like to know how that one works and if it works. If you look at this page: it shows a summary of the movie, this isn't retrieved from thus I was wondering if by addingappend_to_response
it was possible to send the overview as well.Hope this clarified my question.
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 4, 2013 at 10:11 AM
Summary isn't a method. You can't query the "main" movie method since there's no name associated with it. What I proposed above in my first example would get you the exact same information, just the other way around.
Reply by rjvandoesburg
on March 4, 2013 at 10:14 AM
Yea figured I had to work around like that, just have to find out how I'm going to rule out having to send 20 request (if non of the movies have yet been retrieved) just because I don't have the overview yet. But I'll cross that bridge when I get there :)
But thanks for your quick reply.
Reply by intelline
on September 21, 2013 at 6:12 PM
hi read all here but i still don't understand why this does not work
http://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/52591/similar_movies?api_key=my_api_key&append_to_response=trailers
Should'n this return a list of similar movies and trailers for each similar movie ?
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 23, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Hi intelline,
Ya, that requests should work based on what I have in the documentation. I've created a new ticket for me to look into this in the future. In the meantime, you can get the data you're looking for by doing this:
Cheers.
Reply by WebTogz
on August 8, 2014 at 12:48 PM
Hi :-)
I would like to know if the problem of Travis Bell is solved please? I've the same request to do, and it doesn't work... :-/
Thanks for the reply, excuse me for my bad English.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 8, 2014 at 1:06 PM
No, it is not yet. Same solution as I posted above for now.
Reply by WebTogz
on August 8, 2014 at 1:11 PM
Thanks for the reply, but i've got a problem to have the overview of each similar movie, for an input movie.
Explanations:
I make a first request to have details about a movie. I have also the similar movies (id, title, etc... but no overview).
So, now, have i to make a number of requests (by id) which is the same as the number of similar movies, just to have the overview of each similar movie?
It seems very veracious to do that... :-/
Thank you!
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 8, 2014 at 1:30 PM
Sounds to me like you're actually after this ticket.
I don't know for sure if #394 will get done and even if I do decide to move ahead with it, when. You can subscribe to the ticket to be notified about any future progress.
Cheers.
Reply by WebTogz
on August 8, 2014 at 1:56 PM
Thank you for all, i'll do it :-)
++
Reply by Travis Bell
on May 28, 2015 at 3:38 PM
Hi WebTogz,
Ticket #394 was just rolled out to production for movie responses. You may have to wait up to 12 hours before it's available API wide but the default response objects have been expanded a bit.
Cheers.