> 1. If you want to grab the nm ids, you will have to do it before you > canonicalize any names that IMDb did not in the flat files, OR save > the original name when you canonicalize a name.
Maybe just add another BOOL field to the db to indicate if the import script canonicalized the name or not. Then later, if it was canonicalized, normalize it before trying to send off the url. On 4/8/11, Michael Grier <mr.michael.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4/6/11, Davide Alberani <davide.alber...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 06:13, Michael Grier <mr.michael.gr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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/ >> >> Right; I'll look into integrating this solution instead of the current >> search >> done to convert from titles/names to imdbID, thanks! > > > Some notes: > 1. If you want to grab the nm ids, you will have to do it before you > canonicalize any names that IMDb did not in the flat files, OR save > the original name when you canonicalize a name. > > 2. You do not incur a "too many requests" type of penalty (I forget > what the actual message is, but you probably know what I'm talking > about) when you use the method I mentioned earlier to get the id from > the Location header, but I would be wary of doing it too much (like > during flat files import). Your ip could get banned. It also would > cause import to take much longer. > > 3. It won't find: > A: Anything with a + (plus symbol) in the name or title. > B: Titles/names that have changed since the last update. > In the 200,000 titles I tested on, these conditions occurred about 300 > times total. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Imdbpy-help mailing list Imdbpy-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/imdbpy-help
