I have been using omdbapi for few months for getting IMDB and Metacritic information.But recently they have updated their API policy and I can't show IMDB and Metacritic ratings. Could anyone help me to get all ratings in one place? Thank you
Un film, une émission télévisée ou un artiste est introuvable ? Connectez-vous afin de créer une nouvelle fiche.
Vous souhaitez évaluer ou ajouter cet élément à une liste ?
Pas encore membre ?
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 23 mai 2017 à 10h18
@mitab86 IMDb and Metacritic charge a lot of money for access to their information and API's. They are a business and need the generate revenue. No one is allowed to just scrape and re-package the data, that's why OMDB had to remove it. It's why if anyone else does it, they'll be faced with the same problem. Plain and simple, it's stealing. If you want IMDb or Metacritic data, it would be best for you to pay for it.
Réponse de Movie Mentor
le 23 mai 2017 à 11h27
@travisbell for getting information from IMDB I have found http://app.imdb.com/title/maindetails?tconst=tt4630562 but don't know whether its legal to use it or not. But I couldn't find Metacritic and rotten tomato free api
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 23 mai 2017 à 11h29
Re: the IMDb link you posted, right at the top:
Re: Metacritic and RT, there is no free service. They are pay only. Anything you come across unless you're a paying customer will be against their TOS. They generate real and substantial revenue from these services, they're not going to knowingly let anyone re-package the data for free. RT used to provide some of their service for free but started locking it all up a year or two ago. The days of getting that data for free are gone.
Réponse de Movie Mentor
le 23 mai 2017 à 11h40
@travisbell It's no doubt that TMDB is a great collection of movies and series information. But is there any possibility that TMDB will be adding IMDB and Metacritic score also to its database in its near future.
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 23 mai 2017 à 11h44
I don't think I have any plans to add that data, no. We are however considering a new service that would help bridge the gap that I'm calling The Consensus. I have not moved ahead with this just yet, but the idea will likely get executed on in the next little bit. My goal is to work more closely with the critics and try to get some of our own data that way.
Réponse de Movie Mentor
le 23 mai 2017 à 11h52
The Consensus looks exciting. Good luck guys. Hope new features and services will be added in the future
Réponse de Fergtato
le 17 octobre 2017 à 16h39
So how do websites like Movieo.me have IMDb, RT and Metacritic ratings on their site? Would they be paying for that?
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 17 octobre 2017 à 17h03
Yes, paying for it or scraping it illegally. Obviously I can't say for certain (and I am not trying to say one way or the other). I don't think IMDb cares so much about showing their rating (for them it's more about the data, but do not quote me or trust me on that, they still prohibit anything but personal use) but RT and Metacritic definitely do. That's what you pay the big $$$ for.
Réponse de Fergtato
le 17 octobre 2017 à 17h20
Think they'd care if it was just for a small college project? :P
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 17 octobre 2017 à 17h22
I can't say, you'll have to ask them that
Réponse de Fergtato
le 17 octobre 2017 à 17h24
Haha makes sense, thanks man! Love the work you do
Réponse de PT 100
le 17 octobre 2017 à 18h49
Travis, FYI, in my browser (Chrome) that Consensus announcement is cut off by the "Sign Up To Become A Critic" block below it. All I see of the first part is:
"Who will be contributing to the Consensus? We're looking for people who share one thing in common—their love for movies and TV shows. Whether you're"
Réponse de Travis Bell
le 17 octobre 2017 à 19h02
Hey @pt100 I haven't officially launched that so I am not overly worried. I built that in January and then the whole February thing happened and I haven't looked at it since. Unfortunately, I do not have time to finish the marketing page nor actually build it right now. It's a feature that I am incredibly excited to see go ahead but I am limited by time and right now I have negative time.
Réponse de Moondoggie
le 18 octobre 2017 à 01h32
That might work, as long as it ends up being more like Metacritic than Rotten Tomatoes, where it seems that everyone is a critic and the huge number of no-name/mediocre ones drown out the professionals. I'm looking forward to seeing your final version.
Réponse de mcharri7
le 24 septembre 2018 à 09h38
Just stumbling onto this forum in 2018. The Consensus sounds fantastic as I'm assuming it will be public. That said, @travisbell - do you have any means that we could donate a few bucks if you are doing all of this yourself?