tmdbv3api

A lightweight Python wrapper for The Movie Database (TMDb) API. This library allows users to easily interact with the TMDb API and retrieve data on movies, TV shows and actors.

Register an account: https://www.themoviedb.org/account/signup

Check out the API documentation: https://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io

Install

tmdbv3api is available on the Python Package Index (PyPI) at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tmdbv3api

You can install tmdbv3api using pip.

$ pip install tmdbv3api

Usage

The first step is to initialize a TMDb object and set your API Key.

from tmdbv3api import TMDb
tmdb = TMDb()
tmdb.api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

Alternatively, you can export your API key as an environment variable.

$ export api_key='YOUR_API_KEY'

Then to communicate with TMDb, create an instance of one of the objects and call that instances methods. For example, to retrieve movie recommendations for a given movie id:

from tmdbv3api import Movie

movie = Movie()

recommendations = movie.recommendations(movie_id=111)

for recommendation in recommendations:
    print(recommendation.title)
    print(recommendation.overview)

The objects currently implemented are Movie, TV, Person, Collection and Discover.

Examples

Get the list of popular movies on The Movie Database. This list refreshes every day.

movie = Movie()
popular = movie.popular()

for p in popular:
    print(p.id)
    print(p.title)
    print(p.overview)
    print(p.poster_path)

Get the primary information about a movie.

m = movie.details(343611)

print(m.title)
print(m.overview)
print(m.popularity)

Search for movies by title.

search = movie.search('Mad Max')

for res in search:
    print(res.id)
    print(res.title)
    print(res.overview)
    print(res.poster_path)
    print(res.vote_average)

Get the similar movies for a specific movie id.

similar = movie.similar(777)

for result in similar:
    print(result.title)
    print(result.overview)

Search for TV shows by title.

tv = TV()
show = tv.search('Breaking Bad')

for result in show:
    print(result.name)
    print(result.overview)

Get the similar TV shows for a specific tv id.

similar = tv.similar(1396)

for show in similar:
    print(show.name)
    print(show.overview)

Get the general person information for a specific id.

person = Person()
p = person.details(12)

print(p.name)
print(p.biography)

Discover movies by different types of data like average rating, number of votes, genres and certifications.

# What movies are in theatres?

discover = Discover()
movie = discover.discover_movies({
    'primary_release_date.gte': '2017-01-20',
    'primary_release_date.lte': '2017-01-25'
})

# What are the most popular movies?

movie = discover.discover_movies({
    'sort_by': 'popularity.desc'
})

# What are the most popular kids movies?

movie = discover.discover_movies({
    'certification_country': 'US',
    'certification.lte': 'G',
    'sort_by': 'popularity.desc'
})

Discover TV shows by different types of data like average rating, number of votes, genres, the network they aired on and air dates.

# What are the most popular TV shows?

show = discover.discover_tv_shows({
    'sort_by': 'popularity.desc'
})

# What are the best dramas?

show = discover.discover_tv_shows({
    'with_genres': 18,
    'sort_by': 'vote_average.desc',
    'vote_count.gte': 10
})

Running Tests

You can run the tests via the command line. You must export your TMDb API key as an environment variable. From the command line run:

$ export api_key='YOUR_API_KEY'

Then run:

$ python -m unittest discover tests/

Supported Methods

Movies

• /movie/latest
• /movie/now_playing
• /movie/top_rated
• /movie/upcoming
• /movie/id
• /movie/id/similar
• /movie/id/recommendations
• /movie/id/videos
• /movie/id/reviews
• /movie/id/lists

TV

• /tv/id
• /tv/latest
• /tv/id/similar
• /tv/top_rated
• /tv/popular

People

• /person/id

Search

• /search/movie
• /search/tv
• /search/person

Discover

• /discover/movie
• /discover/tv

Collection

• /collection/id/details
• /collection/id/images