query production year in Search API

[akacharos 11]

Hi,

I am writting a python script to create collections from lists. Everything is working fine, but the problem is that Emby is too loose on the search query and returns results even if the movie title is not exact. Currently the Emby query is like this:

# Find the movies from the list that are available on Emby server
print("###### Searching media availability on Emby server ######")
movies = []
for movie_title in movie_titles:
    headers = {'X-Emby-Token': api_key}
    response = requests.get(f'{url}/Search/Hints', params={'searchTerm': movie_title, 'IncludeItemTypes': 'Movie'}, headers=headers)
    if response.status_code != 200:
        raise Exception('Failed to search for movie')
    search_results = response.json()['SearchHints']
    for result in search_results:
        if result['Type'] == 'Movie':
            movies.append(result['ItemId'])

Is there a way to query the searchterm along with the movie year for better accuracy?

 

[Luke 37095]

HI, the search hints api is deprecated at this point. Instead you can just use the normal querying api along with the SearchTerm param.

Then you can use the Years filter param.