The Movie Database Support

Hi :)

I'm trying to combine keywords using the comma/pipe operators. What I need to do is find movies that ALWAYS have one keyword (in my case '163053' which is the code for 'Found Footage') but then also have a few more. e.g. Found Footage movies about Aliens - but sadly, people apply keywords a bit haphazardly so some FF movies are tagged 'Alien' (code 9951) whilst some might be tagged 'UFO' instead (code 9738).

So I've tried three ways:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=<MY-API-KEY>&with_keywords=163053,9951,9738&sort_by=release_date.asc&page=1

But that only gives me movies that are Found Footage AND Alien AND UFO - in other words, if they're not keyword tagged with all 3 of those keywords I get nothing. Then I tried:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=<MY-API-KEY>&with_keywords=163053,9951|9738&sort_by=release_date.asc&page=1

But that gives me Found Footage movies also tagged Alien and also movies tagged UFO (not necessarily Found Footage though). So then I tried;

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=<MY-API-KEY>&with_keywords=163053,9951|163053,9738&sort_by=release_date.asc&page=1

Which is better...but it still seems to be missing movies.

Am I on the right track here? Is what I'm trying even possible? Or am I missing something obvious?

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@netnegative said:
Combing keywords with Discover...
Hi :)
I'm trying to combine keywords using the comma/pipe operators.
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Am I on the right track here? Is what I'm trying even possible? Or am I missing something obvious?

I'm not sure, but I believe that it is not possible to use both resources, AND and OR, simultaneously.
There are plans to add some similar features to your order.
https://trello.com/c/mgWoRG5K/17-add-advanced-discover-filters
It might be better to add your suggestion in a comment on the Trello thread.
It would be something like: &with_keywords=163053 and (9951 or 9738 or ...)

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