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Wrong release dates in API
posted by amirhuxainSTAFFMOD on October 21, 2021 at 2:09 PM
I have tried both below APIs and these are showing wrong release dates for multiple movies (e.g: The Matrix Resurrections, Original release date is: 12-22-2021 but API is showing 12-15-2021, even the date is correct on TMDB/IMDB movie page: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/624860-the-matrix-resurrections)
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/tt10838180?api_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&language=en&external_source=imdb_id
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/624860?api_key=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX&language=en
Reply by superboy97
on October 21, 2021 at 2:53 PM
For your example, The Matrix Revolutions, the first release date listed on the release page is 12-15-2021 in Sweden. So, the date returned by the API is correct.
The date listed on the main movie page isn't the first release date, but is based on your geographic location.
Reply by amirhuxain
on October 21, 2021 at 2:56 PM
How can I get the US Theatrical release date with find API using IMDB ID?
Reply by ticao2 š§š· pt-BR
on October 21, 2021 at 6:35 PM
Using Find is not possible.
The date will always be the primary_release_date, that is, the worldwide release date.
That's not necessarily the US release date.
For example, the movie Babette's Feast (1987)
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11832-babettes-g-stebud
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/
In the USA it was on 1998/03/04
Reply by nCubed
on October 27, 2021 at 2:50 PM
Could you use the
release_dateapi endpoint? https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/movies/get-movie-release-datesExample: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/624860/release_dates
Reply by amirhuxain
on October 27, 2021 at 2:57 PM
@nCubed thanks for the sharing, but the endpoint is only for movies. So, in case I am trying to get the release dates for a series, it will respond with a 34 status code.
Reply by nCubed
on October 27, 2021 at 2:59 PM
Gotcha. I saw "The Matrix Resurrections" in the question and just assumed movies.
Reply by amirhuxain
on October 27, 2021 at 3:02 PM
That was just for a reference (My mistake I should have mentioned the TV series as well in question). For now, I am using a second endpoint to get the release dates for TV Series. https://api.themoviedb.org/3/tv/{tmdb_id}