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credit_id vs Credit.ID in movies
posted by angelxmorenoSTAFFMOD on August 22, 2014 at 7:36 PM
I read a few posts about this but still not sure so i will ask here.
[crew] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[credit_id] => 52fe420dc3a36847f8000437
[department] => Directing
[id] => 1
[job] => Director
[name] => George Lucas
[profile_path] => /rJ1zvSeZfge0mHtLnzJn4Mkw18S.jpg
)
[1] => Array
(
[credit_id] => 52fe420dc3a36847f800043d
[department] => Writing
[id] => 1
[job] => Author
[name] => George Lucas
[profile_path] => /rJ1zvSeZfge0mHtLnzJn4Mkw18S.jpg
)
[2] => Array
(
[credit_id] => 52fe420dc3a36847f800045b
[department] => Production
[id] => 1
[job] => Executive Producer
[name] => George Lucas
[profile_path] => /rJ1zvSeZfge0mHtLnzJn4Mkw18S.jpg
)
For movies/11/credits under credits/crew I see George Lucas show up multiple times. Each has the same object id but different credit_id for each of his different contributions. Is is safe to say that the Credit->Crew->id is unique to the person and the Credit->Crew->credit_id unique to the role that person had for that specific movie?
If the answer is yes, I would assume that all movies George Lucas directed, wrote or produced would have the same Crew->id but different Crew->crew_id. Can anyone confirm this?
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 24, 2014 at 10:11 AM
In movies, every credit will be unique and thus have a unique
credit_id. For TV however, you will see thesecredit_ids be reused for multiple seasons, since that’s how we calculate TV series credits.Yes, exactly.
Cheers.
Reply by angelxmoreno
on August 26, 2014 at 1:19 AM
Excelent. Thanks Travis. Now to to cast_ids, hope i can figure that one out as well.
Reply by Travis Bell
on August 26, 2014 at 9:28 AM
cast_idis only present on movies and is our old legacy ID. You don't need to worry about it in any way if you decide to track credits with thecredit_id.Cheers.
Reply by angelxmoreno
on August 28, 2014 at 1:28 AM
nice, thanks a ton