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API and Front-End data not aligning
posted by TheOneWhoKnocksSTAFFMOD on November 29, 2023 at 5:48 AM
When requesting https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/tv?page=1&query=doctor+who&include_adult=false&api_key=<KEY>&language=en-US I get back a result that has "first_air_date": "", for series "id": 239770,. When I look at https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/239770-doctor-who/season/0/episode/1 it says that it aired November 25, 2023.
So if the series has had an episode that's aired 3 days ago, shouldn't it reflect that? Is there a sync issue with the API?
Reply by TheOneWhoKnocks
on November 30, 2023 at 11:51 PM
It'll solve the problem of not having to rescrape/update files once the season airs, as I've already stated. Apps generally don't care about the year past the stage where a user picks the series (in cases where there are multiple matches), but then stuff gets indexed with that incorrect data, and if people have locally named files they'll then have to update all of those.
Reply by superboy97
on November 30, 2023 at 11:57 PM
No. As indicated, most applications don't expect to have the year in the title and will not find it correctly. The first thing they do is splitting the folder name to separate the year from the title itself.
Reply by TheOneWhoKnocks
on December 1, 2023 at 12:28 AM
Seems to be a breakdown in communication here. If there are no exact matches, apps give an option to pick from a list of fuzzy matches. There are plenty of series that have a year in the title.
That's beside the point though. TMDB has stated they'll add the year once the season airs, I'm asking/requesting "why not just do it now?" since the official site has already stated the starting year in the title.
Reply by superboy97
on December 1, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Some of the applications, but not all of them.
Feel free to report them on their corresponding page.
As already indicated, the year is automatically derived from the release date of the 1st episode of the 1st regular season (the "first_air_date" field). The release date of that episode is not yet known. It is not a part of the title. We can't add it manually.