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Discrepancy between cast on themoviedb site and in API
posted by theduvernaytest.org on March 3, 2018 at 10:39 PM
For some reason there are some discrepancies between the site and the API, for instance cast for Star Trek: Discovery (2017) doesn't have Sonequa Martin-Green in API on first position but she is on first position on the page https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/67198-star-trek-discovery. Is it because of delay in data update or just because cast sorting in API isn't exactly the same as on the site?
Reply by ticao2 š§š· pt-BR
on March 4, 2018 at 8:58 AM
The order is the same in API and Site.
I suppose it's a delay.
I think this update is done 4 times a day.
Therefore it can take up to 6 hours.
A moderator can confirm.
Reply by theduvernaytest.org
on March 4, 2018 at 8:10 PM
Well, I'm monitoring it for at least 2-3 days and the order is different. And this isn't the only show, I think the same situation with https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/61056-how-to-get-away-with-murder and may be a few more.
Reply by Elizabeth Jennings
on March 4, 2018 at 10:08 PM
Notice that for a call to the /tv/{tv_id}/credits method, the returned cast objects won't necessarily be in the correct order in the array, but instead have a zero based order property that you can use to sort and obtain the correct order. I've just checked and the API is currently returning the same order as shown on the website.
Reply by theduvernaytest.org
on March 5, 2018 at 6:35 PM
Ah I see! I didn't notice it. Thank you for your help Elizabeth and sorry for confusion.