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Is there a way to search by a person's name and filter by their job in the movie
posted by elionchoSTAFFMOD on April 16, 2019 at 1:24 AM
Hi guys,
Is there a way to search by a person's name and filter by their job in the movie? For example, search for "Steven Spielberg" and show only the movies where he acted as director. For instance, The SEARCH PEOPLE endpoint returns a known_for array with a list of movies, but it doesn't specify the person's involvement in them. Is there any other endpoint available that covers my requirement?
Thanks,
Elias
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 16, 2019 at 12:58 PM
Hi Elias,
No, there is not really a way to do what you're looking for. The
known_forfield is populated by looking at theknown_for_departmentthat can be found in the response of a person details method. You can see in Steven Spielberg's example, he is known for "Directing" so it's his top 3 directing credits that get populated in theknown_forresults.