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# IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/interfaces/

## IMDb Datasets
Subsets of IMDb data are available for access to customers for personal and non-commercial use. You can hold local copies of this data, and it is subject to our terms and conditions. Please refer to the Non-Commercial Licensing and copyright/license and verify compliance.

## Data Location

The dataset files can be accessed and downloaded from https://datasets.imdbws.com/. The data is refreshed daily.

## IMDb Dataset Details

Each dataset is contained in a gzipped, tab-separated-values (TSV) formatted file in the UTF-8 character set. The first line in each file contains headers that describe what is in each column. A ‘\N’ is used to denote that a particular field is missing or null for that title/name. The available datasets are as follows:

**title.akas.tsv.gz** - Contains the following information for titles:

* titleId (string) - a tconst, an alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
* ordering (integer) – a number to uniquely identify rows for a given titleId
* title (string) – the localized title
* region (string) - the region for this version of the title
* language (string) - the language of the title
* types (array) - Enumerated set of attributes for this alternative title. One or more of the following: "alternative", "dvd", "festival", "tv", "video", "working", "original", "imdbDisplay". New values may be added in the future without warning
* attributes (array) - Additional terms to describe this alternative title, not enumerated
* isOriginalTitle (boolean) – 0: not original title; 1: original title

**title.basics.tsv.gz** - Contains the following information for titles:

* tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
* titleType (string) – the type/format of the title (e.g. movie, short, tvseries, tvepisode, video, etc)
* primaryTitle (string) – the more popular title / the title used by the filmmakers on promotional materials at the point of release
* originalTitle (string) - original title, in the original language
* isAdult (boolean) - 0: non-adult title; 1: adult title
* startYear (YYYY) – represents the release year of a title. In the case of TV Series, it is the series start year
* endYear (YYYY) – TV Series end year. ‘\N’ for all other title types
* runtimeMinutes – primary runtime of the title, in minutes
* genres (string array) – includes up to three genres associated with the title

**title.crew.tsv.gz** – Contains the director and writer information for all the titles in IMDb. Fields include:

* tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
* directors (array of nconsts) - director(s) of the given title
* writers (array of nconsts) – writer(s) of the given title

**title.episode.tsv.gz** – Contains the tv episode information. Fields include:

* tconst (string) - alphanumeric identifier of episode
* parentTconst (string) - alphanumeric identifier of the parent TV Series
* seasonNumber (integer) – season number the episode belongs to
* episodeNumber (integer) – episode number of the tconst in the TV series

**title.principals.tsv.gz** – Contains the principal cast/crew for titles

* tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
* ordering (integer) – a number to uniquely identify rows for a given titleId
* nconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the name/person
* category (string) - the category of job that person was in
* job (string) - the specific job title if applicable, else '\N'
* characters (string) - the name of the character played if applicable, else '\N'

**title.ratings.tsv.gz** – Contains the IMDb rating and votes information for titles

* tconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the title
* averageRating – weighted average of all the individual user ratings
* numVotes - number of votes the title has received

**name.basics.tsv.gz** – Contains the following information for names:

* nconst (string) - alphanumeric unique identifier of the name/person
* primaryName (string)– name by which the person is most often credited
* birthYear – in YYYY format
* deathYear – in YYYY format if applicable, else '\N'
* primaryProfession (array of strings)– the top-3 professions of the person
* knownForTitles (array of tconsts) – titles the person is known for