The Movie Database Support

TMDB has been working for me for a long time. Scraping through Kodi. I have kodi set up on multiple computers, on multiple platforms, and they have all been working fine until today, now none of them are. Confirmed issue with TMDB and not Kodi. Any issues going on recently?

Kodi 17.6 TMDB 5.1.2

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API key for themoviedb-scrapper has been suspended, let's hope this issue will be fixed soon. "Suspended API key: Access to your account has been suspended, contact TMDb."

According to the Kodi team, the suspension is intentional on TMDB's part and it won't be fixed unless TMDB decides to change their mind about shutting Kodi out. Honestly, the only actual use of this site is for Kodi scraping; without that, there's really no point in bothering with it anymore.

wow seriously? what is the deal? what is TMDB's problem?

looks like this is the issue.

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=331716

Not quite guys. My reply to another user was the following:

Kodi's API key was suspended due to a complaint we received from the MPAA. An illegal add-on stole their key and was using it as their own. Obviously this puts Kodi in a bad position since they aren't the ones doing anything wrong. I would suggest contacting Kodi. Usually they'll push an update to their scrapers within a few days.

There's no negative feelings with either project towards the other. This is a recurring problem that we work together on every 3-4 months. Welcome to the hell we have to deal with because of the illegal add-ons. wink

thanks for clearing that up Travis, good to hear there is a positive relationship. i love tmdb scraper and don't wanna switch lol.

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