How to get DVD release dates of movies programatically? [closed]

Question

This site is a great example of what I want to achieve, they have dvd release dates for all the movies

Is there an API available for getting the dvd-bluray release dates of movies?

If there isn't an API how would you implement it?

Answer 1

Rotten Tomatoes has a pretty good API with lots of DVD info - http://developer.rottentomatoes.com

Answer 2

TMDb — The open movie database

www.themoviedb.org/

http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/

Answer 3

You neglected to mention if your project is corporate or personal. That site is a retailer so they will be getting the data directly from their wholesaler (probably in CSV format) along with genre, format, rrp and other information. The information is expensive to compile (a typical DVD / CD catalogue could have up to 100,000 titles) so it's going to be considered both commercially sensitive and valuable - you're unlikely to find any free sources of that data.

Your only realistic option is going to be becoming a retailer yourself. Obviously that's no good if this is a personal project or fansite. You may still be able to buy the information though.

If it's a personal project then I guess scraping wikipedia or other free-to-reproduce source is probably the only viable and legal alternative you have.