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String instead of Integer in External_IDs
Verfasst von Stephan SchückSTAFFMOD am 19. April 2016 um 11:42
Returns "tvdb_id":"5540926&" as TVDB ID. The TVDB ID should be cleared from any non-numeric value.
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 19. April 2016 um 18:11
Hi Stephan,
I'll take a look at this when I'm back to work next week.
CHeers.
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 25. April 2016 um 10:25
The fix for this was just pushed live. You can expect to start seeing the proper data in ~4-6 hours, when the cached items are purged from cache.
Cheers.
Antwort von Stephan Schück
am 25. April 2016 um 13:27
Thank you. Looks good!
What's the official/database value type off all external ID's? Looks like it's still possible to enter non-integer values for TVDB ID on the website. I'm working with LordMike's TMDbLib (https://github.com/LordMike/TMDbLib). I think it's important to use the same/official value types in his TMDBLib.
So my questions is: If all values are defined as String in your API?
Antwort von Travis Bell
am 25. April 2016 um 13:30
I do not do any validation on the external ID inputs, and yes the field is a string.
If you spot some bad data, I would encourage you to either fix it or at least head in and delete it. The data may otherwise, never get fixed.
Cheers.