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Inconsistent search results
posted by bibbledinkfishSTAFFMOD on November 20, 2018 at 8:10 AM
Hi, I'm searching TV for "House" in the v3 API. This generates 25 pages, 20 results at a time.
The problem I have is that the searches are inconsistent. Titles can be missing altogether or duplicated, sometimes multiple times in a single pass of 25 pages. By duplicate I mean same id with the same name. For example, "Wimzie's House" wasn't there at all in my first search, appears once in the following 2 searches and twice in my last search. There can be many duplicates per pass.
Am I missing a session ID of some sort to tie my 25 search pages together? I am using only my API key.
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 20, 2018 at 9:29 AM
Hi @bibbledinkfish,
No, I don't think you're missing anything. I have never heard of/seen this happen so I am not sure. The website here uses the API for search (it's using the same methods you are). Do you see it happen here?
https://www.themoviedb.org/search/tv?query=house
Reply by bibbledinkfish
on November 20, 2018 at 10:08 AM
It does indeed happen there.
The first time I followed that link this came up twice - https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/66808 On the bottom of page 2 and on the top of page 3.
Reply by Travis Bell
on November 20, 2018 at 10:13 AM
I have an idea of what could be causing it. I'll see if I can get some time to look at it today.
Reply by bibbledinkfish
on November 20, 2018 at 10:22 AM
Shout if you need anything from this side - it's relatively easy to see the duplicates with raw API output, but less obvious through the site.