Movies Poster Search API

Question

Imagine I have a list of movie titles, years which is constantly updating (every 24h or less) and I would like to get a Movie poster for every movie in the list.

I tried using this: http://mikefigueroa.com/blog/2011/08/get-first-google-image-search-result-with-php/

But the list is pretty big, and my IP is being masked as abusive.

Thanks

Is your question where to find such an API? – David Robinson Jan 21 '13 at 23:03 — David Robinson, Jan 21 '13 at 23:03
Yes or to make something like getting images from imdb – Karolis Mazukna Jan 21 '13 at 23:05 — Karolis Mazukna, Jan 21 '13 at 23:05

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 26 '19 at 03:54

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You can use TheMovieDatabase's movie images API: http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/methods/Movie.getImages

Update: Their new API is probably better in terms of support. http://docs.themoviedb.apiary.io/#get-%2F3%2Fmovie%2F%7Bid%7D%2Fimages

Update: There is a new api available: https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/getting-started/introduction

edited Jan 26 '19 at 03:54

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answered Jan 21 '13 at 23:11

Kartik

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I will dive into it, but I think it's what I was looking for, thanks. – Karolis Mazukna Jan 21 '13 at 23:15
Extremely difficult API to navigate. There is a lot of broken information there. I am trying to hook up an old app I built that shows movie posters, and it was too difficult to set up that site's API. I followed their steps to get an API key and it says 404. I will find one faster by Googling "free movie poster api" – agm1984 Apr 25 '18 at 17:19

Movies Poster Search API

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