TRYNT Movie IMDB Web Service (v2)

The TRYNT Movie IMDB Web Service provides programatic access to a sub-set of IMDB data. While the IMDB is a very useful data-set (you can even download your own copy!) it lacks an API. This API was developed to bridge the gap.

Version 2.0 of this web service features multiple export formats (XML, JSON and Serialized-PHP), caching and lots of new data fields including: Actors, Writers, AKA Titles, Certification, User Comments, Goofs, Trivia, Runtime and much more. We've also corrected a language parsing bug. (Thx Peter)

This web service offers two methods. A search by title method and a search by id or url method. Using the two methods provided you can easily extract the relevant movie data.

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Request URL

http://www.trynt.com/movie-imdb-api/v2/

"Search by Title" Request parameters


Parameter Value Description
t string (required) the title or portion of the title of the movie you are looking for
fo string (optional) Format ('xml', 'json' or 'php')
f integer (required) Force cache refresh

Sample Request (URL: http://www.trynt.com/movie-imdb-api/v2/):

The following is an example search for "Dazed and Confused."


"Search by ID or URL" Request parameters

Please note while both i and u are optional at least one argument is required.


Parameter Value Description
i string (optional) a valid IMDB movie id
u string (optional) a valid IMDB movie details page url (we will extract the movie id for you)
fo string (optional) Format ('xml', 'json' or 'php')
f integer (required) Force cache refresh

Sample Request (URL: http://www.trynt.com/movie-imdb-api/v2/):

The following is an examle search for "Dazed and Confused" by its IMDB ID.


Click here for the TRYNT Movie IMDB Web Service v1.