popularity value not setting in API call?

The Movie Database Support

posted by Shadow229
STAFFMOD
on June 13, 2023 at 8:13 AM

I have the following API call in a python script:

apicall = f'https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key={tmdb_api_key}&certification_country=US&language=en-US&popularity.gte={popularity_threshold}&vote_average.gte={rating_threshold}&vote_count.gte={minimum_reviews}'

The rating and vote count seem to be working fine, but the popularity is returning everything.

My current settings are:

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rating_threshold = 7
minimum_reviews = 1000
popularity_threshold = 100

An output example:

'original_title':'Clifford the Big Red Dog'
'popularity': 85.868
'vote_average':7.2
'vote_count':1569

Can anyone see why my vote count and average score would be working but the popularity is being ignored?

Thanks!

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Reply by Travis Bell

STAFFMOD

on June 13, 2023 at 10:25 AM

Hi @Shadow229, there are no popularity.gte or popularity.lte filters. I do however have an open ticket for that here.

Reply by Shadow229

STAFFMOD

on June 13, 2023 at 10:27 AM

Thanks @travisbell - I'll keep an eye on the ticket for that one! Would be a great addition to the parameters :) Thanks for the quick response!

Hi @Shadow229, just a tip, while you can't filter by popularity yet, you can sort by it. For example, "sort_by=popularity.desc", which is the default sort anyway. So to get what you want, you can just read results until you hit your popularity threshold, then stop reading.

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