If I'm looking at the info for a show on plex and it says the TMDB id is <Guid id="tmdb://974342"/>
How can I verify on TMDB that the ID is correct. If i go here:
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/tv-season-details or https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/tv-episode-details
I can enter the series, season, episode info and get the ID, but is there a way to use the ID to get the show, season, episode info?
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Reply by superboy97
on April 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This Id value can be the Id of a movie, but not the Id of a show. There are currently no Id with a big value like that for the shows.
The links you indicate, as well as https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/tv-series-details are the documentation page for the API methods to get all the main details for a show.
By calling the methods described and giving them the Id (as well as the season and/or episode number), you will get all the infos.
For a movie, you will have to call the method described on that page : https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/movie-details
Reply by andcbii
on April 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Just making sure I understand. You cannot lookup an episode by ID. What i posted is an episode ID plex is using to match.
Reply by superboy97
on April 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Only movies and series (as well as people, companies, networks, keywords) have usable Id, not the episodes.