Film meth sources

To automate the content of the catalog of films and series in Smarty, you can use external sources of meta. At the moment, 2 sources are integrated into Smarty:

• KINOPOISK_API_UNOFFICIAL — unofficial API for obtaining meth about movies from the resource Kinopoisk. The access key is configured using the option TVMIDDLEWARE_KINOPOISK_API_UNOFFICIAL_API_KEY.
• TMDB — not available in Russia, has the ability to import meth in different languages using the parameter TVMIDDLEWARE_TMDB_IMPORT_LANGUAGE. The access key is configured using the option TVMIDDLEWARE_TMDB_API_KEYWhen creating a Video object, it is necessary to specify whether it is a film or a series (both when creating Video in the admin and through the admin) API).

Scenarios for the use of meth sources

Creation/editing of films and actors in adminka

When creating a film in the admin, you need to specify the identifier of the film in the external system in a special field and click on the button « Download data » The data will be loaded for a while, after which the empty fields will be filled with information from an external resource. For image fields, the field with the image URL is filled from which, after clicking on the button «Save» the image is downloaded to the Smarty server.

Create/Edit Movies Through Content API

To download meth for movies and TV shows when working through the API, you should transfer the parameter load_meta methodically VideoCreate/VideoModify. To load meths for actors, an indication of the parameter is required movie_db_id request ActorCreate/ActorModify.

Integration with online cinemas

Not all integrated online cinemas provide a complete set of meths for their films, for example, for Premier movies, no data on actors is provided — this information can be filled in using the option -load_actor_meta_from_mdb team premier_sync_content.

Available Meta for Films/Series

Field	KINOPOISK_API_UNOFFICIAL	TMDB
Title	eat	eat
Original	eat	eat
Age rating	eat	eat
Cinema search rating	eat	eat
IMDB rating	eat	eat
Duration of film	eat	eat
Description	eat	eat
Brief description	eat	no
Language	no	no
Countries of production	eat	eat
Year of release	eat	eat
Directors	eat	eat
Actors	eat	eat
Genres	eat	eat
Poster	eat	eat
Screenshot from the film	eat	no
Banner advertising	no	no
Seasons of the series	eat	no
Series series	eat	no
Series titles	eat	no
Descriptions of series	eat	no

Affordable Meta for Actors

Field	KINOPOISK_API_UNOFFICIAL	TMDB
Name	eat	eat
Original	eat	eat
Paul	eat	eat
Date of birth	eat	eat
Country	eat	eat
Profession	eat	eat
Biography	no	no
Photo	eat	eat
Actor shot	no	no

FAQ

How will the movie/actor data behave if you start importing meth twice?

• When reimporting a film's meta, old descriptions and images are only deleted if they are replaced by new data.
• Re-importing meta for actors fills in data only for new actors and actors without photos.