Custom Query (41 matches)

In very many cases this API function works incorrectly -- does not find anything or provides a completely inadequate set of results. Example queries which fail: "Pulp Fiction", "Terminator", "Final Fantasy". When the same text is entered in the search field on the web site, everything works OK.

Incorrect results:

Searching for "Terminator"... {seconds=1.831, status=200 OK, data=[{title=terminator}]}

Searching for "Pulp Fiction"... {seconds=0.301, status=200 OK, data=[{title=pulp fiction}]}

Searching for "Final Fantasy"... {seconds=0.436, status=200 OK, data=[{title=final fantasy}, {id=1869619562, title=National Geographic: Hubble´s Final Frontier (2009)}]}

At the same time, if the movie title is formulated differently, correct results are found:

Searching for "The Terminator"... {seconds=0.801, status=200 OK, data=[{id=0088247, title=The Terminator (1984) aka "Terminator" - Japan (English title)}, {id=0438488, title=Terminator Salvation (2009) aka "T4: Salvation" - USA (promotional abbreviation) aka "Terminator 4" - Japan (English title) aka "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins" - USA (working title)}, {id=0181852, title=Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) aka "T3" - USA (promotional abbreviation)}, {id=0851851, title="Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008) (TV series)}, {id=0301928, title=The Terminator (1991) (VG)}, {id=0364056, title=Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) (VG) aka "Terminator 3: War of the Machines" - USA (PC version)}, {id=0096839, title=Assault of the Party Nerds (1989) (V) aka "The Nerd Terminator" - Philippines (English title)}, {id=0068566, title=I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti (1972) aka "Crime Boss" - USA aka "The Mafia Terminator" - Australia (video title)}, {id=0271049, title=The Making of 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' (1991) (TV)}, {id=0091166, title=Vendetta dal futuro (1986) aka "Return of the Terminator" - Malaysia (English title)}, {id=0268583, title=RoboCop? vs. the Terminator (1993) (VG)}, {id=1446633, title="Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series" (2009) (TV series)}, {id=0077614, title=The Glove (1979) aka "The Glove: Lethal Terminator"}, {id=0267719, title=The Making of 'Terminator' (1984) (TV)}, {id=0391240, title=Inside 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines' (2003) (TV)}, {id=0420017, title=No Fate But What We Make: 'Terminator 2' and the Rise of Digital Effects (2003) (V)}, {id=0365601, title=Other Voices: Creating 'The Terminator' (2001) (V)}, {id=0301927, title=Terminator 2: The Arcade Game (1993) (VG) aka "T2: The Arcade Game" - USA (short title)}, {id=0368004, title=The Making of 'Terminator 2: 3-D' (2000) (TV)}, {id=0365473, title=The Making of 'The Terminator': A Retrospective (1992) (V)}, {id=0320595, title=The Terminator: Dawn of Fate (2002) (VG)}, {id=1562419, title=RoboCop? vs Terminator (2006) (V) aka "RoboCop? vs. the Terminator" - USA (alternative title)}, {id=1564062, title=Terminator Salvation, Behind the Scenes: Reforging the Future (2009) (V)}, {id=1555852, title=Terminator Salvation, Behind the Scenes: The Moto-Terminator (2009) (V)}, {id=1536447, title=Terminator: The Last Battle (2006) (V)}, {id=1227793, title=The Terminator: Anatoly Onoprienko (2007) (TV)}]}

Searching for "The Spirits Within"... {seconds=0.576, status=200 OK, data=[{id=0173840, title=Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)}, {id=1634340, title=The Making of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' (2001) (V)}, {id=0191165, title=Great Spirit Within the Hole (1982) (TV)}, {id=0224157, title=The Spirit Within (1990)}, {id=1528289, title=Dancing with the Spirits (2009)}, {id=0332829, title=With the Spirit's Help (1916)}, {id=0358770, title=Within the Skins of Saints (2002)}, {id=0997493, title=Secrets Within: Inside Look at 'Curse of the Golden Flower' (2007) (V)}, {id=0245471, title=Spirits in the Kitchen (1899)}, {id=0210385, title=When the Spirits Come (1992)}, {id=0332828, title=When the Spirits Fell (1916)}, {id=0215361, title=When the Spirits Moved (1915)}, {id=0062298, title=The Spirit Is Willing (1967)}, {id=0379218, title=A Collaboration of Spirits: Casting and Acting 'The Color Purple' (2003) (V)}, {id=1608113, title=Behind the Spirits: The Making of 'Spirits of the Fall' (2009) (V)}, {id=0202429, title=Kapone no shatei, yamato damashi (1971) aka "A Boss with the Samurai Spirit" - USA}, {id=0017399, title=Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927) aka "With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre"}, {id=0493247, title=Gin-iro no kami no Agito (2006) aka "Origin: Spirits of the Past" - USA (DVD title)}, {id=0071687, title=Jak utopit doktora Mrácka aneb Konec vodniku v Cechách (1974) aka "How to Drown Dr. M. or the End of Water Spirits in Bohemia" - International (English title) (literal title) aka "How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer" - USA}, {id=0290408, title=All Riot on the Western Front (1930) aka "The Cockney Spirit in the War No. 1: All Riot on the Western Front" - UK (series title)}]}

Please note that this problem makes the SearchMoviesOnIMDB API call practically unusable!!!

To quote the API description; "XMLRPC should always return status code."

SearchSubtitles? response has keys: ['seconds', 'data']

thanks!

Hello, in order to speed up my subtitle downloader i decided to rewrite it to query the server in batches of files at once, as I saw the api allowed it.

However, after some attempts it seems this is broken?

I did serveral tests, but server always return no repsonse.

If i limit the query to just one file, then server return results correctly.

Here's a sample failing XML query (searching for 11 subtitles at once):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><methodCall><methodName>SearchSubtitles?</methodName><params><param><value><string>see07n5jplpg29bb6d807od3h2</string></value></param><param><value><array><data><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>0ecc21909e99e0fe</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576677888</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>767672f308ec04fc</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576581632</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>67e77afb1327c17e</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576415744</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>7a772c7b922c5741</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576382976</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>b31e03aeb89ba534</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576403456</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>51b7f211cbf04851</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576352256</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>aca239b1e5b46406</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576391168</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>2536e9b42a18e8e7</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576458752</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>2012a08d61a0aeb4</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576417792</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>541695b4ddb3bc5f</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576407552</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>f32fe588bf4fe2d2</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576448512</int></value></member></struct></value><value><struct><member><name>sublanguageid</name><value><string>eng</string></value></member><member><name>moviehash</name><value><string>4951bb9cca976615</string></value></member><member><name>moviebytesize</name><value><int>576184320</int></value></member></struct></value></data></array></value></param></params></methodCall>