[2.0] getting imdb movie info...

hello everyone,

i am just wondering, does anyone know of a way, other than to parse the html of a returned html page....to get imdb info..

im looking for preferably an xml file or webservice type thing...so that i can easily get the data...and to search on titles would be great..

Thanks, Justin

IMDB data is available for download http://www.imdb.com/interfaces if you want to put it in your own database.

Otherwise there are a few 3rd party web services that you can use like an API such as this one

This link from the IMDB website might answer your question:

http://www.imdb.com/Licensing/

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Originally Posted by Fishcake

IMDB data is available for download http://www.imdb.com/interfaces if you want to put it in your own database.

Otherwise there are a few 3rd party web services that you can use like an API such as this one

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those interfaces are way to big to try and incorporate and keep uptodate...not an option...

i actually found that webservice after this post, however am not sure whether i want to use it...

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Originally Posted by tr333

IMDB data is available for download This link from the IMDB website might answer your question:

[url="http://www.imdb.com/Licensing/"]http://www.imdb.com/Licensing/[url]

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i am not looking at buying or partnering...

and what is with this...

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Q: Do you license the entire IMDb?
A: We will not license the entire database, though hundreds of thousands of titles is over-kill for most uses.

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if i was buying the db, i would want it all...

ok, so its either the webservice, or just read the html code from an outputted page...

Thanks, Justin