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Determine movie vs collection based on TMDb ID?
posted by <><STAFFMOD on March 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Hey,
Since the v3 api has a different endpoint for movie vs collection, is it possible to figure out if an ID is for a movie vs a collection? Do movie id's overlap with collection ids or will that never be the case?
Also, would it be possible to automatically redirect and return json results for a collection instead of movie based on the ID we pass you (assuming the ids do not overlap for movies and collection).
The above would be for both info and images...b/c right now the only way to tell the difference would be to hit the movie api with the id and if I get a 404 hit the collection api and see if I get a result.
Take Care
Reply by Travis Bell
on March 9, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Only by detecting a 404 on movie and then trying a collection.
They currently share the same numeric space so they would never overlap.
It's unlikely we would do this. If you request a movie ID that doesn't exist, it should always 404.