User:Alexey Vazhnov/sandbox/Open media database (OMDb)
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Type of site | Database |
|---|---|
| Available in | English, German, French, … |
| Created by | volunteers |
| Subsidiaries | TV-Browser |
| URL | omdb |
| IPv6 support | no |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | Active |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Germany (CC BY 2.0 DE)[1] + GNU Free Documentation License |
Features[edit]
- populating by community;
- allow commercial usage;
- possibility to embed movie information to another websites;
- statistics: for movies, series and people;
- has no API.[2]
History[edit]
- 2 October 2005 — the domain was registered.
- April 2007 — public start of omdb[3]. As "Open movie database"?
- 2013 — almost closed? https://lists-archive.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2013-February/014978.html
- Till 2016, it was only German version of web-interface?
Content and format[edit]
The whole content can be downloaded in archives.[4]
Derivatives[edit]
Because of opensource nature of OMDb, it may have forks?
OMDb API[edit]
The original OMDb has no API.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
omdb-postgresql[edit]
Allows to create own database, copied from original OMDb.[5]
Statistics[edit]
At 15 July 2022, the database contain 186789 records.[6]
See also[edit]
- MusicBrainz — collaborative music database;
- Freedb — database of compact disc track listings, where all the content was under the GNU GPL;
- Freebase (database) — was a large collaborative knowledge base consisting of data composed mainly by its community members;
References[edit]
External links[edit]
To do[edit]
- make a screenshot,
- Update OMDB.
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