IMDB API

by Stavros Korokithakis

Well hello. I see you want to access IMDB. Well, this is your chance. This service is updated every day from the IMDB data files and you can access it with the ?name= URL parameter. For example, this is the episode list (in JSON) for How I Met Your Mother.

Instructions:
  1. Use the "name" GET parameter followed by the urlencoded show name. If there are multiple shows with the same name, you can pass the "year" parameter as well to select a year. The script can now return JSONP, you can pass the "callback" parameter to get the data wrapped in a javascript function whose name is the value of the callback parameter (example).
  2. The URL /js/ returns data as text/html and /json/ returns data as application/json. Both use exactly the same parameters.
  3. You can use wildcards by using the percent sign, for example "how i met % mother" will work.
  4. If there are multiple show names, you will get a list of the 15 first that match your string (example).
  5. If the show was not found, you will get "null".

Have fun!

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