AI Prompts
Been working on an AI Prompt feature for obvious reasons, it's all the craze right now, and will single...
2023-05-27 03:48:23 +0000 UTC View Post
omdb posts
New JSON Response
Here is a first draft of the new JSON response, feedback is welcome!
- Dates changed to ISO8601
- Response returns proper boolean instead of string
- Runtime returns integer... 2019-10-15 04:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Maintenance Hell!
For the past few months I've been stuck in maintenance hell!
- Some of the services I used for gathering metadata shut down.
- The logic I created to "automate" the Poster AP... 2019-09-07 05:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Eight digit IMDb IDs
It seems that IMDb has finally reached the tt9999999 limit and has introduced eight digit IDs:
2019-04-08 02:32:57 +0000 UTC View PostPrivate Server for Patrons
I created a new subdomain for the private server: private.omdbapi.com
Which I recommend using if you are experiencing any timeout issues with the standard endpoint.
I'm curren...
2018-07-05 19:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostArgo routing is now enabled!
According to Cloudflare this will reduce the timeout issues and speed up HTTPS requests.
This little experiment will cost an extra $1000-$1500 a month, so I hope it works! If not, t...
2018-05-28 08:45:14 +0000 UTC View PostAPI Timeouts (Error 502 & 503)
I've been running tests all day from different parts of the globe tracking down DNS routing issues which are causing the timeout issues.
As you can see from the metrics above when I bypass Cloudflar...
2018-05-28 02:32:02 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Holidays!
For the rest of the year daily request limits have been removed! I wanted to thank you all for a wonderful year.
I have big plans for the API in 2018 and you can expect more frequen...
2017-12-23 07:20:44 +0000 UTC View PostWould you stay a patron?
With the free registration process coming to completion, I'm curious how many current patrons will continue to support this project? I know it will take a hit (the first week of every month I lose 50-...
2017-09-05 18:31:23 +0000 UTC View PostBring on the bugs!
Finally got GitHub setup to track issues.
2017-07-30 08:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostAny SQL experts out there?
I have an active bounty on Stackoverflow regarding the rate limiting code I'm currently working on. If any of you have experience with high volume concurrent updates/inserts and isolation/tuning locks...
2017-06-23 18:48:42 +0000 UTC View PostMy neglected bug tracking site is gone.
Looks like BetaEasy closed down, so I need a new bug/feature tracking tool.
Edit: GitHub is the clear winner!
2017-05-31 08:50:06 +0000 UTC View PostGood news!
Traffic has been cut in half and is continuing to drop daily! 99% of the remaining traffic is still unknown users getting 401 errors/invalid API key messages.
I'm working diligently on the rate limi...
2017-05-28 05:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe API is going private!
After meeting with CloudFlare on Friday we came to an agreement this was the only viable option.
To prevent any interruption of service 2017-05-09 03:30:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Meeting with CloudFlare this week...
I'm meeting with CloudFlare on Friday to discuss our options going forward using their services. Unfortunately the API is 100% dependent on their caching, even with the new server.
We are going to a...
2017-05-03 19:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostRating Changes
Here's why the Rotten Tomatoes ratings are returning "N/A":
After becoming all too familiar with Amazon (who owns IMDb) and Fandango's legal team on a regular basis, I've been looking into ...
2017-03-13 02:02:33 +0000 UTC View PostHidden Feature - Full Series Details
Here is one of those heavy queries the new server can now handle that has not been released to the public yet.
You can return the full details of a series by adding &detail=full 2017-02-23 07:29:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Response Times (New Server)
Hope you are all enjoying the new server as much as I am! I ran some tests from different parts of the world bypassing the CDN caching (CloudFlare) to get the actual server response times during peak ...
2017-02-20 20:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostNew Server!
Good news, everyone! We got a new server! With the added confidence that our bills will be paid next month (thanks to all of you), I went ahead and ordered a better server.
I tested it earlier...
2017-02-18 10:27:15 +0000 UTC View PostMore transparency
Monthly sales report of donations received in January.
2017-02-14 19:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostServer Costs
Many people have contacted me about my goals/server fees, so I wanted to break down my current expenses for you all.
Dedicated SQL Server + SQL Web Edition: $238 (2017-02-14 11:05:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Temporary Server Pool (depreciated)
Update 2/18/17 - Server issues have been resolved and this subdomain will be phased out on March 1st.
Here is a private server pool I set up for Patrons only (please do not sha...
Analytics of the attack
The API has still not fully recovered as most of the cached responses have expired causing more load on the server.
2017-02-10 01:39:47 +0000 UTC View Post