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Recommended
posted by aradeonasSTAFFMOD on April 15, 2015 at 7:55 AM
Why the recommended section of movie's page is different from API? for example interstellar web page show many movies but API call similar just show two movie. I know API call result is real similar but I want to ask to make sure.
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 16, 2015 at 10:26 AM
Hi aradeonas,
We haven't pushed the new "recommendation" system to the API yet. Similar movies are different than recommendations. Both are still available on the website while only similar is currently available on the API.
I've created a new ticket about bringing the new recommendation system to the API here.
Cheers.
Reply by aradeonas
on April 18, 2015 at 1:29 AM
Thank you very much.
Reply by dsromashov
on October 4, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Ha, I tried to get recommended movies via 'similar' for Interstellar too )) I wait 'recommendations' on the API very much.
Reply by backini
on October 8, 2015 at 12:47 AM
Hello Travis,
I'm also down for it, following that ticket for a few months now. Hope you'll bring that nice feature in a near future.
Love.
Reply by mauricedb
on October 14, 2015 at 6:06 AM
I would really appreciate if this feature will be added soon to the API.
Is it perhaps possible to give us a 'releasedate' Travis? Does it have priority?
Thanks!
Reply by lililala
on October 21, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Is there a documentation somewhere that explains how similar and recommended movies are computed ? (From the interface I see that similar movies are computed based on tags, can someone confirm) Thanks
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 21, 2015 at 12:19 PM
Hi lililala,
Similar items are indeed calculated with plot keywords with a slight bump for similar genres. Recommended items look at ratings and favourites to build the graph. Very different approaches which yield very different results.
Cheers.
Reply by lililala
on October 21, 2015 at 12:21 PM
thanks for your answer, it would be great to have the recommended functionality in the API
Reply by mauricedb
on January 23, 2016 at 6:27 PM
Hi Travis,
Can you give us an update about this request? Thanks!
https://tmdb.lighthouseapp.com/projects/83077-api/tickets/473-bring-the-new-recommended-system-to-the-api#ticket-473-2
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 29, 2016 at 6:37 PM
Hey guys, this is now live for both movies and TV shows.
Docs are located here and here.
Cheers.