Oh, and IMDb doesn't allow HEAD requests... you get a "405 Method not allowed" or something like that.
On 3/30/11, Michael Grier <mr.michael.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:13, Michael Grier <mr.michael.grier@...> wrote: >> I found this out by using the moviedb-3.24 programs. >> >> If you url encode the entire original movie line from movies.list... >> for example, on an episode: > > Yes, it's the old search system and more or less what it used to be the > "Exact > Primary search" feature of IMDb. > Until some years ago, using a special key in the query, it was possible to > do > a strict search for a match (getting back the searched page if and only > if an exact match existed, or an error page otherwise, if I recall > correctly). > By now, that key is gone: at the time, IMDbPY used it to convert from > title/names to IDs. > > What's "wrong" with your query is that it doesn't work for titles or names > containing what we call an imdbIndex (the roman number after the > name/title, > to distinguish between homonyms). > E.g., try to search for "Gibson Mel (I)": > http://www.imdb.com/Name?Gibson+Mel+%28I%29 > > it doesn't present you the page of Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, but just > a list of people named Mel Gibson or something similar. > > Now, the message of Petite Abeille seems to contradict me somehow, > so I suppose I've to do some tests. :-) > > > --------------------------------- > > > It does work; you have to have the comma in there... (%2C) > > http://www.imdb.com/Name?Gibson%2C%20Mel%20%28I%29 > > redirects to > > http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000154/ > > > > On 3/30/11, Davide Alberani <davide.alber...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:13, Michael Grier <mr.michael.gr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> I found this out by using the moviedb-3.24 programs. >>> >>> If you url encode the entire original movie line from movies.list... >>> for example, on an episode: >> >> Yes, it's the old search system and more or less what it used to be the >> "Exact >> Primary search" feature of IMDb. >> Until some years ago, using a special key in the query, it was possible >> to >> do >> a strict search for a match (getting back the searched page if and only >> if an exact match existed, or an error page otherwise, if I recall >> correctly). >> By now, that key is gone: at the time, IMDbPY used it to convert from >> title/names to IDs. >> >> What's "wrong" with your query is that it doesn't work for titles or >> names >> containing what we call an imdbIndex (the roman number after the >> name/title, >> to distinguish between homonyms). >> E.g., try to search for "Gibson Mel (I)": >> http://www.imdb.com/Name?Gibson+Mel+%28I%29 >> >> it doesn't present you the page of Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, but just >> a list of people named Mel Gibson or something similar. >> >> Now, the message of Petite Abeille seems to contradict me somehow, >> so I suppose I've to do some tests. :-) >> >> >> Bye! >> >> -- >> Davide Alberani <davide.alber...@gmail.com> [PGP KeyID: 0x465BFD47] >> http://www.mimante.net/ >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Imdbpy-help mailing list Imdbpy-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/imdbpy-help
