# Plex API support for IMDB **URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717 **Category:** Plex Media Server **Tags:** server-linux, plex-web **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717 "2022-02-16T14:20:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 10 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![guy165101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@guy165101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/guy165101) #### Post date: [February 16, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/1 "2022-02-16T14:20:23Z")
Hello, Up until the latest release I was able to view all all my movies IMDB information via: \/library/sections/1/all Now it seems I need to query the individual metadata for each movie. My Question(s): Is there a URL param I can add to supply this URL with additional metadata? ex:) \/library/sections/1/all?metadata=true Or does the search API support searching for IMDB? ex:) \/search?imdb=tt1234567 ---
### Author: ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22) #### Post date: [February 16, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/2 "2022-02-16T19:47:28Z")
It changed with the new native agents, where the GUID is stored now, so you have to do an individual item lookup, like: `/library/metadata/KEY` If using old legacy agents, then it’s still possible, and when said, using an endpoint like: `/library/sections/1/all` does have an impact on PMS, so I recommend using paging here ---
### Author: ![guy165101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@guy165101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/guy165101) #### Post date: [February 16, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/3 "2022-02-16T21:23:44Z")
I see, thank you for the update. Using the search API \/search?query=Ghostbusters%20Afterlife === returns nothing. \/search?query=Ghostbusters:%20Afterlife === returns the movie. Is there more of a fuzzy search API… Or a way of querying the IMDB of a movie directly? ---
### Author: ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22) #### Post date: [February 16, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/4 "2022-02-16T22:04:50Z")
There’s no way I know off to query for the IMDB ID directly You need to do something like: `GET /library/sections//all?X-Plex-Container-Start=0&X-Plex-Container-Size=50` Above will return the first 50 entries Get the key value from each of them one by one, and issue a GET on that, like `/library/metadata/51998` Then get the next 50 items `GET /library/sections//all?X-Plex-Container-Start=50&X-Plex-Container-Size=50` ---
### Author: ![guy165101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@guy165101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/guy165101) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/5 "2022-02-17T01:11:49Z")
Appreciate it, and understood, that was how I was doing it now. If I want to use one of the ‘old agents’ again. (image attached) I have rescanned my library (with this configured). ![Screen Shot 2022-02-16 at 8.10.57 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/a/c/aacba85d8a5e6468d5171f4b650c2d87a96ef146.jpeg) Based on what you were saying, it should have the IMDB information listed on: /library/sections/\/all right? ---
### Author: ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/6 "2022-02-17T10:37:11Z")
> [@guy165101](#): > > right? Correct, it’s in the guid field. But STRONGLY recommend not to, since there’s a reason they are named legacy! Also STRONGLY recommend using paging! ---
### Author: ![SwiftPanda16](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/swiftpanda16/32/81839_2.png) [@SwiftPanda16](https://forums.plex.tv/u/SwiftPanda16) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/7 "2022-02-17T17:25:45Z")
@dane22 Just a reminder that `includeGuids=1` was implemented for this exact reason. > [@\[implemented\] Add includeGuids URL parameter to return external Guids](https://forums.plex.tv/t/implemented-add-includeguids-url-parameter-to-return-external-guids/735620): > > External metadata guids were implemented for the new Plex Movie and Plex TV Series agent in this previous feature request. Example: \ \ \ However, these external guids are only available when retrieving the metadata XML for a single item (i.e. /library/metadata/\). They are not available when retrieving the contents of a library (i.e. /library/sections/\/all). Many 3rd party applications d… ---
### Author: ![dane22](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dane22/32/4389_2.png) [@dane22](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dane22) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/8 "2022-02-17T18:26:39Z")
> [@SwiftPanda16](#): > > includeGuids=1 Stupid me, since I was among the people that wanted that 😉 ---
### Author: ![guy165101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@guy165101](https://forums.plex.tv/u/guy165101) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/9 "2022-02-17T20:31:02Z")
> [@SwiftPanda16](#): > > includeGuids=1 Amazing! exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much ---
### Author: ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system) #### Post date: [May 18, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-api-support-for-imdb/776717/10 "2022-05-18T20:31:11Z")
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