What are the API parameters used to fulfill movie searches on the TMDB home page?

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posté par larke
STAFFMOD
le 18 mars 2024 à 11h17

Hi everyone,

I am finding very different (better/more relevant) results when I search for "Star Wars" on the TMDB homepage (https://www.themoviedb.org/) versus performing my own TMDB API call like this:

https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?query=\(escapedQuery)&language=en-US&page=1&include_adult=false&sort_by=popularity.desc

I've been trying to figure out how the homepage movie search results can be so much more relevant, and experimenting a bit with basic, discover and multi-search, but so far, I have not been able to duplicate that magic on the website :-)

Any ideas and/or guidance to help me bridge this gap will be very much appreciated (or even better, I would love to see the exact TMDB API call that's being made from the homepage behind the scenes).

Thanks in advance! Regards, Larke

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Réponse de larke

STAFFMOD

le 23 mars 2024 à 16h32

I am surprised this question hasn't generated any response yet (it's been a few days) Did I post this question in the wrong place and/or ask something I shouldn't have? Please advise. Thanks. Larke

Réponse de Travis Bell

STAFFMOD

le 27 mars 2024 à 11h50

Hi @larke,

The website and API do not use the same search so it is expected to be different. There are currently no plans to replicate the website search on the API at this time.

Having said that, I do think exact matching could work better on the API so I've created a new ticket for us to look at that here.

Réponse de larke

STAFFMOD

le 28 mars 2024 à 17h24

Hi @travisbell , Thank you for the response and for creating the ticket. -- Larke

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