The Movie Database Support
Support → API Support
Search by multiple genres
posted by jswissSTAFFMOD on September 18, 2015 at 6:40 AM
Hi there:
Is it possible to search for films that include multiple genres? For example, an action animation, or a comedy mystery? I played around a bit with the URI but couldn't get it working...
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 18, 2015 at 10:57 AM
Hi jswiss,
Are you trying to use the website or API to do this?
Reply by jswiss
on September 18, 2015 at 4:09 PM
Hey Travis:
I will be using the API. For testing purposes, I was playing around with the URI.
Reply by Travis Bell
on September 18, 2015 at 4:42 PM
Hi jswiss,
Ok, with the API you can use /discover/movie to do this. An example query to search for films that are both a animation AND action, you would do this:
You can turn that into an OR query by switching the comma into a pipe:
You can combine these filters with any others listed in the docs, including all of the many sort options.
Cheers.
Reply by jswiss
on September 19, 2015 at 8:36 AM
Amazing! Thanks Travis, and sorry for all the beginner questions!