On Mar 31, 2011, at 6:23 AM, Michael Grier wrote: > Oh, and IMDb doesn't allow HEAD requests... you get a "405 Method not > allowed" or something like that.
Right you are... no HEAD at IMDb... In any case, a search will properly redirect to an unique hit...the secret to happiness is to search for the original name, not necessarily the displayed one... Contrast: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=nm&q=Harrison+Ford+%28I%29 vs. http://www.imdb.com/find?s=nm&q=Ford%2c+Harrison+%28I%29 The first query returns a result set. The second query should redirect to an unique hit, Harrison Ford (I): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000148/ Ditto for company: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=co&q=Ladd+Company%2c+The Which should redirect to Ladd Company, The: http://www.imdb.com/company/co0042559/ Ditto for movie: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Blade+Runner+%281982%29 Should redirect to Blade Runner (1982): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ FWIW, here is an implementation which leverages this behavior: http://dev.alt.textdrive.com/browser/IMDB/Find.lua Usage example: print( Find( 'movie', 'Blade Runner (1982)' ) ) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
