Rating Changes
Added 2017-03-13 02:02:33 +0000 UTCHere's why the Rotten Tomatoes ratings are returning "N/A":
After becoming all too familiar with Amazon (who owns IMDb) and Fandango's legal team on a regular basis, I've been looking into other options for returning movie ratings. With this proposed change, I would act merely as a conduit and relay an unmodified response from other service providers which is protected under the 512(a) "safe harbor" of the DMCA.
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Hello, as Patreon member, how do i upgrade my apiKey?
tim djouokep tchouamou
2025-09-04 20:43:14 +0000 UTCA different set of review scores. Just like the MC and RT scores are available in OMDB.
MaFt Morley
2017-06-23 20:20:02 +0000 UTCOut of curiosity, what does the themoviedb.org provide that OMDB does not?
Rohn
2017-06-23 19:53:34 +0000 UTCI'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...
MaFt Morley
2017-06-13 07:27:59 +0000 UTCAny word on when/if the response will include the more detailed Rotten Tomatoes information like before? IE: Audience rating, critic and user ratings?
Rohn
2017-06-04 18:35:40 +0000 UTCIt's the same response as before, and I'm working on fixing the example code on the homepage.
Brian Fritz
2017-05-26 16:11:49 +0000 UTCHey 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.
David Kauffman
2017-05-26 16:00:44 +0000 UTCI recieved it and it works like magic !!. Thanks for all of what you're doing !!!
Meir Piloar
2017-05-24 19:06:11 +0000 UTCThanks for your quick response !!
Meir Piloar
2017-05-24 19:05:08 +0000 UTCI'll PM you your key...
Brian Fritz
2017-05-24 19:00:56 +0000 UTCHi Brian..., i can't received the ApiKey on my email.., :(
Mauricio Contreras
2017-05-24 18:59:00 +0000 UTCGo here: <a href="http://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.omdbapi.com/apikey.aspx</a>
Brian Fritz
2017-05-24 18:21:32 +0000 UTCwhere can i find my API key? :(
Meir Piloar
2017-05-24 18:18:28 +0000 UTCDon't rely on that, it's old cache that will be gone soon.
Brian Fritz
2017-05-22 12:04:32 +0000 UTCQuestion: 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 ?
Marcel van der Veldt
2017-05-17 20:29:13 +0000 UTCWhat about the Audience Score for RT? Really missing that one! Thanks Brian...
Union Palenshus
2017-05-12 23:08:02 +0000 UTCThank you Brian for the quick response and fix, it works like a charm.
Josar
2017-05-06 16:50:57 +0000 UTCThat 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.
Brian Fritz
2017-05-06 16:47:22 +0000 UTCBrian, 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.
Josar
2017-05-06 12:36:00 +0000 UTCHi Brian! Is there any way to search movies by the actors or directors?
Arthur Bichmacher
2017-04-24 22:18:49 +0000 UTCWill you be able to include all the Rotten Tomatoes parameters that you previously offered?
Mike Fox
2017-04-15 21:16:48 +0000 UTCThank you, best of luck!
Sam Vendittelli
2017-04-15 19:08:07 +0000 UTCI 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.
Brian Fritz
2017-04-12 22:06:12 +0000 UTCDo you also plan on making similar changes the XML format? Thanks for the great API!
Sam Vendittelli
2017-04-07 23:53:47 +0000 UTCNot 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.
Scott Marusak
2017-03-27 21:05:26 +0000 UTC@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!
Marcel van der Veldt
2017-03-26 07:22:11 +0000 UTCI think this structure looks great. I'll have to update some code but no biggie.
Nicholas Horlocker
2017-03-22 20:26:50 +0000 UTCRegarding 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?
Kordian W
2017-03-17 20:30:55 +0000 UTCI'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.
Josar
2017-03-17 15:21:19 +0000 UTCAs 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!
Kordian W
2017-03-17 03:39:14 +0000 UTCA) will you still be providing Rotten Tomatoes ratings for both critics and users? B) and IMDB's number of votes?
Josar
2017-03-13 23:49:34 +0000 UTC
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