Hi,
It seems that currently some string has to be added after a show/episode ID in order to make the link work, e.g. http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1/- that redirects to http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1/under-the-dome-1x01-pilot
It would be nice if that part could be skipped and links like http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1 worked as well.
That would indead be a good idea :-)
But other things are more important right now I think :-)
Linking to an URL like "http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1/-" is quite a hack and shouldn't be relied on.
Any reason you couldn't link to the proper URL? If you're using our API, it contains the proper web URL's for each show and episode.
david wrote:
Linking to an URL like "http://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/1/-" is quite a hack and shouldn't be relied on.
Any reason you couldn't link to the proper URL? If you're using our API, it contains the proper web URL's for each show and episode.
I think the main reason is for sharing the link :-)
MichaelDeBoey wrote:
I think the main reason is for sharing the link :-)
Why couldn't one share the original link that's given by our website or API?
david wrote:
Why couldn't one share the original link that's given by our website or API?
For example to share it on Twitter that would take more characters than "needed
Exactly :) Of course I could use bit.ly or another URL shortener but I don't think it's really needed as all tvmaze links are already rather short.
All right, I tweaked the routing and made this possible.
But please don't use this unless it's absolutely necessary. Linking to an "incorrect" URL (with a missing slug, or a bad slug like "-") causes a HTTP redirect when you click on it, which means a longer page-load time for the people clicking your link.
