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Combined Credits API Error? - Department and Job equal
posted by Ava Assistant - Movies & ShowsSTAFFMOD on October 19, 2017 at 2:09 PM
Hey guys,
I think there is currently an error in the "Combined Credits" API request. https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/people/get-person-combined-credits
In the "crew" part of the response, the "department" field is always equal to the "job".
Example: Peter Jackson https://api.themoviedb.org/3/person/108/combined_credits?api_key=[insert_api_key]
... "id": 120, "department": "Director", "original_language": "en", "original_title": "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", "job": "Director", ...
If you look at the job list, the department should be "Directing". This does not only apply to the "Directing" department. The other departments are affected as well.
Did I miss something or is this an error in the API?
Best regards
Reply by Travis Bell
on October 19, 2017 at 3:54 PM
Good catch, it was a typo. I just deployed the fix for this, you'll see the correct values in ~5 minutes.
Reply by Ava Assistant - Movies & Shows
on October 20, 2017 at 12:26 AM
Hey Travis, thanks a lot!