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Rating Changes

🕑 Added 2017-03-13 02:02:33 +0000 UTC

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tim djouokep tchouamou

Hello, as Patreon member, how do i upgrade my apiKey?

MaFt Morley

A different set of review scores. Just like the MC and RT scores are available in OMDB.

Rohn

Out of curiosity, what does the themoviedb.org provide that OMDB does not?

MaFt Morley

I'm still seeing 'metascore' and 'imdbRating' in my results. Are they still working or do I need to be changing to the new 'Results' array? Also, I notice the new format doesn't have IMDB votes (imdbVotes) - is this something that is likely to be added? Couple of other suggestions too: 1) Would you consider adding data from The Movie Database (themoviedb.org)? 2) Would you be able to add 'links' or 'references' to the other ratings? E.g. for Rotten Tomatoes the 'reference' could be: /m/hot_tub_time_machine - i.e users of the API could use this to create a link to RT easily. Just like you can at the moment using the IMDB reference. Same for Metacritic eg /movie/hot-tub-time-machine - admittedly I could probably guess the URL but I'm sure there will be some exceptions to the rule...

Rohn

Any word on when/if the response will include the more detailed Rotten Tomatoes information like before? IE: Audience rating, critic and user ratings?

Brian Fritz

It's the same response as before, and I'm working on fixing the example code on the homepage.

David Kauffman

Hey Brian, I have no problem becoming a paid patron to get this working again. I'm having trouble finding the list of what exactly gets returned in the responses (the examples on your page don't return anything anymore). I'm mainly interested in making sure the IMDB, RT Critic, RT Audience, and Metascore are there.

Meir Piloar

I recieved it and it works like magic !!. Thanks for all of what you're doing !!!

Meir Piloar

Thanks for your quick response !!

Brian Fritz

I'll PM you your key...

Mauricio Contreras

Hi Brian..., i can't received the ApiKey on my email.., :(

Brian Fritz

Go here: <a href="http://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx</a>

Meir Piloar

where can i find my API key? :(

Brian Fritz

Don't rely on that, it's old cache that will be gone soon.

Marcel van der Veldt

Question: Is it correct that when requesting the data in xml format, the ratings are still returned in the old style, including the (now missing in the json response) additional RT info like user rating etc ? Is this something temporary or old cache ?

Union Palenshus

What about the Audience Score for RT? Really missing that one! Thanks Brian...

Josar

Thank you Brian for the quick response and fix, it works like a charm.

Brian Fritz

That was a huge oversight on my part! The Series/Episodes response has been updated to use this new structure. As far as the other ratings/vote numbers go, I have not found another external source I can relay that data from yet.

Josar

Brian, do you have an estimate when this will be added to responses for Series? even if it doesn't exists, fill it up with "n/a" or nulls? Furthermore, many of us asked whether the following will be included: -Critics rating for RottenTomatoes -Vote numbers for both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.

Arthur Bichmacher

Hi Brian! Is there any way to search movies by the actors or directors?

Mike Fox

Will you be able to include all the Rotten Tomatoes parameters that you previously offered?

Sam Vendittelli

Thank you, best of luck!

Brian Fritz

I do, but the response from the origin doesn't match the attribute format currently used. So it might be time to change the overall XML response to a more standardized element structure.

Sam Vendittelli

Do you also plan on making similar changes the XML format? Thanks for the great API!

Scott Marusak

Not to be a stinker, but I have to deal with those lawyer types in my day job too...what you propose is beautiful (an array of provider/value pairs with consistent key values across all providers), but are you able to map their values to your keys (as vanilla as these are) without problems? It is very reasonable, but ip lawyers sometimes don't think like "normal" people :-) You make it clear that you are just a conduit in your example (hence the varying unit values in the VALUE portions of each response), but I wouldn't be shocked if they wanted control over the key values too (as counterproductive as that is for their own customers). If you've already talked to them/sweet-talked them then my hat is off to you, but if not you might want to check before expending too much time/effort into this.

Marcel van der Veldt

@Brian Fritz: Will the Rotten Tomatoes ratings return to the API output or is Fandango now charging for this info ? If it's returning, any idea when ? I'm asking on behalf of a lot of users that now miss the info in their Kodi setups. Thanks for all your work!

Nicholas Horlocker

I think this structure looks great. I'll have to update some code but no biggie.

Kordian W

Regarding the proposal: I hope there is no loss of info, compared to what we get today... eg: will Number of IMDB votes be returned in the future? Will we get both critics and audience scores in RT?

Josar

I'm sorry if I missed anything, but what "loss of info" is there currently? I usually query with "tomatoes=true" which returns almost everything as "N/A" these days. The comparisson Brian did does not use this option, thou.

Kordian W

As long as there is no loss in information that we get today (so either the same or better), then it's OK .... so yes, imdb_num_of_votes and RT critics/audience + metascore need to be part of the picture, even if relayed from sources as unmodified - as long as we have a way to "derive" them somehow, all is good!