Show HN: The TV API - Free Comprehensive TV API and Episode Guide

http://www.thetvapi.com/

by jeremyriney • 13 years ago

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jeremyriney3• 13 years ago

BTW, if anyone here wants an API key, use this invite code: hn2013

macleanjr• 13 years ago

What benefits does this service have over the API provided by TheTVDB, which is your stated data source? I haven't interacted with theirs extensively, but it appears to offer the same functionality.

jeremyriney3• 13 years ago

It is mashed up with Guidebox to provide information on where an episode can be watched online. In addition, it has a better selection of TV artwork and episode thumbnails.

I envisioned this as "in addition to" TheTVDB to help round out their selection and provide additional API calls.

pravka2• 13 years ago

Nice work, really like this. Question, though -- any particular reason you're not serving the list of actors in an array?

jeremyriney3• 13 years ago

Hadn't put much thought into the Actor field. Is there a big need for this? Do people care much about finding (for example) all shows for a particular actor?

I find this interesting for movies, but not much for TV. Thoughts?

pravka2• 13 years ago

Separating functionality between the two doesn't really make sense to me -- consider it akin to an actor's filmography on IMDb, which lists pretty much everything that they've had a role in.

I, for one, would find it fairly useful.

Show HN: The TV API - Free Comprehensive TV API and Episode Guide

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