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Problem in season_number
posted by Felipe GarciaSTAFFMOD on December 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM
Creating my personal app I came across a rather anoying detail. In the "season_number" object I thought it would show the actual season number, but in some cases it shows de array position.
Example:
In Arrow they have a "season 0", so it all matches nicely. Testing with other shows like Agents of SHIELD and Doctor Who I see it starts with "season 0", like Arrow, but they don't have a "season 0". So far so good, I just add 1 to the season_number.
But when lokking at the data of American Horror Story and Scorpion, it starts with "season_number: 1", which i presume would be the right way. Haven't tested in a whole lot of shows, so I don't know what this object is suposed to be.
For now I'll just add 1 to the value and deal with the exceptions.
I'd like a response just to know what's going on, and/or a possible solution.
Thank You.
Reply by Travis Bell
on December 7, 2016 at 1:56 PM
Season 0 is a special season, it's what we use to designate the "specials" for the TV show. Some shows will have them and others won't. If you don't have any interest in the specials, you can always skip over season 0 and simply start at season 1.