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I get no results when using region=ES and with_release_type=5
posted by alvarotrigoSTAFFMOD on February 10, 2018 at 5:45 AM
I'm using the following query:
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/discover/movie?api_key=<<KEY HERE>>®ion=ES&release_date.gte=2018-02-01&release_date.lte=2018-02-28&with_release_type=5
Even when using a bigger date range such as a year (release_date.gte=2017-01-01&release_date.lte=2018-02-28) I get very few results.
Why is that? Is because themoviedb has not data for that country? Are other countries very limited here?
Reply by Travis Bell
on February 10, 2018 at 6:55 AM
Correct. Since you're specifying a region AND a release type, there's probably just not that many.
You can add a fallback region and release type if you want, which will filter for Spain first and then fallback the U.S. (just using it as an example):
You also fallback the release type:
But truth be told, there just isn't that much "physical" release data in the db or probably also Spain releases.
Reply by ticao2 š§š· pt-BR
on February 10, 2018 at 6:55 AM
Look here
https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/movies/get-movie-release-dates
with_release_type=5 is for Physical
I suppose there is little information, here in TMDb, of Physical release dates (DVD/Bluray).
Reply by alvarotrigo
on February 10, 2018 at 9:11 PM
Why you say so? Every DVD / Blue Ray release should be there, right? There are tends of movies released on DVD every week.
The "digital" format is not very clear to me , what does it mean? Is the release in cinemas consider "digital"? Or just things like "netflix" ?
Reply by Travis Bell
on February 10, 2018 at 10:58 PM
Not quite. Our db is 100% user generated and physical releases are not a popular piece of data. They don't get added very often.