IMDB
Unfortunately, IMDB doesn’t seem to have any real API. You can, however, download a bunch of the data in a flat file format. The problem is, the files contain a notice saying:
Specifically the files may NOT be used to construct any kind of on-line database (except for individual personal use).
I was hoping to make a little web app where you list a few TV shows and/or movies, and it build a graph of the actors they have in common. There are certainly other interesting network analysis things to do (some of which have to do with Kevin Bacon).
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Someone pointed out that they had that license back in like 1994. That’s pretty prescient non-compete licensing, if you ask me! It does suck for doing anything cool that you could actually share with other people, though.
Yeah, it’s a shame. It’d be cool if amazon added IMDB info to their API…
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