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What are the API parameters used to fulfill movie searches on the TMDB home page?
posted by larkeSTAFFMOD on მარტი 18, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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:
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
Reply by larke
on მარტი 23, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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
Reply by Travis Bell
on მარტი 27, 2024 at 11:50 AM
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.
Reply by larke
on მარტი 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Hi @travisbell , Thank you for the response and for creating the ticket. -- Larke