[mythtv-users] tmdb.pl issues

[Yan Seiner]

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I'm trying to get tmbd.pl working. First off, I have to go through a 
> proxy server, and I can't figure out how to do that.
>
> I've tried the standard
>
> export http_proxy="http://user:password@selene.seiner.lan:3128/"
> selene:/var/lib/mythtv# 
> /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/tmdb.pl -d -D 
> The_Bucket_List# looking for movie id: 'The_Bucket_List'
> # request: 
> 'http://api.themoviedb.org/2.0/Movie.imdbLookup?imdb_id=ttThe_Bucket_List&api_key=xxx' 
>
> Unable to contact themoviedb.org while retrieving movie data, stopped 
> at /usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/tmdb.pl line 123.
>
> Second, even if I cut-and-paste the queries into my browser, 
> themoviedb.org never, ever finds the movie.
>
>
> How do I get tmdb.pl to work?
>
OK, I figured out the correct query:

/usr/local/share/mythtv/mythvideo/scripts/tmdb.pl -d -M "The Bucket List"

which results in the URL

http://api.themoviedb.org/2.0/Movie.search?title=The%2520Bucket%2520List&api_key=xxx

But I still don't know how to get that through the proxy.....

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