Can you give us an example of the API query that doesn't work?

@dhiogoacioli said:

in the movie detail api, if I pass the imdb id in the id parameter, it gives me correct information. but if i do the same with the tv api, it says it didn't find anything.

This is only working for movies. /movie/{movie_id} is working with the IMDB Id (but is undocumented), but /tv/{tv_id} is not.

You need to use /find/{external_id} to always get a result.

@talestalker said:

Can you give us an example of the API query that doesn't work?

it works: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/tt3554046?api_key=xxx&language=en-US

it doesnt: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/tt9140554?api_key=xxx&language=en-US

@superboy97 said:

@dhiogoacioli said:

in the movie detail api, if I pass the imdb id in the id parameter, it gives me correct information. but if i do the same with the tv api, it says it didn't find anything.

This is only working for movies. /movie/{movie_id} is working with the IMDB Id (but is undocumented), but /tv/{tv_id} is not.

You need to use /find/{external_id} to always get a result.

yeah, i know about this. but wouldn't it be better if I just make one api call instead of two?

As indicated in my previous answer, this is normal.

as the structure of the two apis are very similar, I believe it would be a simple improvement to be made.

There is a big difference:

• For movies, there is only one type of external Id : the IMDB Id, that can be easily differentiate from a TMDB Id.

• For TV shows, there are multiple external Id types: IMDB Id, TVDB Id, ... and so on... Some of them can't be differentiate from a TMDB Id.

well, I don't know the other types, but does the imdb id always start with tt?

@dhiogoacioli said:

well, I don't know the other types, but does the imdb id always start with tt?

Yes, but we can't give a privilege to one type of external Id against the others, especially for an undocumented feature, which can be removed at any time.

well, it could have different parameters for different ids. I'm just thinking on the server side, the fewer calls you have, the better.

The correct usage of the API is by using find for the external Ids.