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[Feature Request] Lookup show by tvmaze ID

Labrys wrote 7 years ago: 1

The api current allows looking up an external ID using the `/lookup/shows` endpoint. I would like to be able to use the `lookup/shows/` route for tvmaze shows as well as it makes lookups simpler (e.g. `/lookup/shows?tvmaze=82`).


david wrote 7 years ago: 1

If you know the TVmaze id already, you can just fetch "/shows/82" ;-)

Labrys wrote 7 years ago: 1

Obviously :)

The main reason I would be interested in this is given a source (e.g. tvmaze, imdb, etc) and it's related ID, I could hit the same endpoint.

e.g. in python (using _ for indentation):

import requests

shows = [{'tvamze': 1}, {'imdb': 'tt0944947'}]

for show in shows:

__requests.get('https://api.tvmaze.com/lookup', params=show)

instead I have to do something like the following:

import requests

shows = [{'tvamze': 1}, {'imdb': 'tt0944947'}]

for show in shows:

__try:

____requests.get('https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/{0}'.format(show['tvmaze']))

__except KeyErorr:

____requests.get('https://api.tvmaze.com/lookup', params=show)

Labrys wrote 7 years ago: 1

@gazza911 that's just two different ways of doing the same thing. Also in python exception handling is faster than if statements which is why I used try/except. The idea is calling a single endpoint is simpler than calling two separate endpoints.

Ideally I would prefer restful endpoints for external lookup. For example my app exposes endpoints such as `/{source}/{id}` so a single url can be used for any source e.g. `/tvmaze/82` or `/imdb/tt0944947`. I figured adding the local IDs to the lookup would be easier to implement than adding restful endpoints though.


david wrote 7 years ago: 1

I don't think this is going to happen, sorry. I'm not a fan of providing more than one way to reach exactly the same result in the API.

Labrys wrote 7 years ago: 1

But that's exactly my point david, right now you do have two different methods to get to exactly the same result. A restful endpoint and a lookup. I'm proposing condensing that to a single method.

mero wrote 7 years ago: 1

No, that is not true. Right now they don't use two different methods. One is a direct link/pointer to the content, while the others is a lookup method.

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