Tools
Name/Factsheets
Returns fact sheets about a person in paragraph or bullet format with web-ready, HTML encoding.
This request may return a large amount of data. To speed data transmission, do the following:
- Request one page of data at a time, requesting only what you want to immediately display.
- Request a compressed response by including Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate in the HTTP header.
Syntax
| name/factsheets? | name=name nameid=nameid cosmoid=cosmoid amgpopid=amgpopid amgmovieid=amgmovieid amgclassicalid=amgclassicalid |
&apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&format=format] [&offset=offset] [&count=count] [&country=country] [&language=language] |
Request Example 1
- Request fact sheets about John Lennon.
Request Example 2
- Request fact sheets about Ben Affleck.
Request Example 3
- Request just the first fact sheet about John Lennon.
Request Example 4
- Request just the second fact sheet about John Lennon.
Request Parameters
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| Parameter | Required | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apikey | Yes | Access code that authorizes your request for data from Rovi. | ||
| sig | Yes | A calculated, 32-hex-digit authorization code. To perform the calculation, execute the MD5 function on the concatenation of the following three ASCII strings:
Express the alpha hex digits as lower case. Perform the calculation at the time of each request to be sure it's within a five-minute window of the server time. If you're testing the call in a browser, use our online signature generator to perform the calculation. | ||
| amgclassicalid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music artist, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with Q and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. For example: Q 9065. When using an AMG Classical ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols, like this: Q+++++9065. AMG is a legacy database of entertainment information. Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| amgmovieid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a person who works in movies, consisting of a seven-character string that starts with P and is followed by 6 digits with leading spaces. For example: P 30474. When using an AMG Movie ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols, like this: P+30474. Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| amgpopid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a popular music artist, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with P and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. For example: P 84363. When using an AMG Pop ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols, like this: P++++84363. Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| cosmoid | Conditional | Cosmo database ID for a person, group, or organization. You can get Cosmo IDs with Search requests. Cosmo is a database of television data.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| name | Conditional | Name of the person or group. This returns the top search result for that name. Replace any spaces with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| nameid | Conditional | Rovi Music ID for a person, group, or organization, consisting of the prefix MN followed by a ten-digit number. For example: MN0000114342. Your application can grab name IDs from responses to Search and from Info, Credits, Tracks, and Recommendations requests. For a complete list of requests that return name IDs, click here.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| ||
| count | No | Number of items to be returned. The default is zero, which returns all items after the offset. | ||
| country | No | Country the language parameter applies to. The current release of the API supports only US. | ||
| format | No | Format of the returned data: json or xml. The default is JSON. | ||
| language | No | Language of the response data. This request supports only en (English). | ||
| offset | No | Number of items at the start of the available data to skip. The default is zero.
Use count and offset to paginate the data that is available to be returned. |
Response
Response Header
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| build | string | The software release level of the API. |
| code | integer | HTTP status code. See the status field for the text part of the code. |
| duration | integer | Server processing time in milliseconds. The difference between startTime and endTime. |
| endTime | string | When the server sent the response (UTC time). |
| messages | Message [ ] | Elements of a multiple HTTP response status message. |
| parameters | parameters | The parameters that were included in the request. |
| parentIds | parentIds | All of the IDs for the requested name that are recognized by the Name API. |
| serverName | string | Name of the server that processed the request. |
| startTime | string | When the server received the request (UTC time). |
| status | string | Text part of the HTTP status code, which is shown in the code field. |
| view | view | Summary of items returned in a list of items. |
Response for Name/Factsheets
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| factsheets | NameFactsheet [ ] | Fact sheet about the person specified in the request. |
JSON Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 2, which asks for fact sheets about Ben Affleck. The response is formatted with extra spaces and carriage returns to make it easy to read.
- Requested with http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/name/factsheets?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
amgmovieid=P+++426.
{
"status": "ok",
"code": 200,
"messages": null,
"build": "1.6.1.8",
"parameters": {
"apiKey": "4p1k3y",
"id": "P 426"
},
"view": {"total": 3},
"serverName": "tul1cstw4",
"startTime": "2011-06-23T01:59:31.1044320Z",
"endTime": "2011-06-23T01:59:31.1356824Z",
"duration": 31,
"parentIds": {
"amgClassicalId": "Q 1248447",
"amgMovieId": "P 426",
"amgPopId": "P 357290",
"cosmoId": "100535",
"nameId": "MN0001364610"
},
"factsheets": [
{
"type": "Biography",
"details": "\nAffleck is a talented actor, Oscar-winning screenwriter and promising director who shot to stardom in his twenties after a childhood acting career. In the '80s, the athletic actor appeared in a number of TV movies before making it to the big screen, notably as an anti-Semitic jock in the 1992 teen drama <I>School Ties<\/I>, costarring his future collaborator, Matt Damon. In 1995, he appeared in <I>Mallrats<\/I>, his first of many Kevin Smith comedies, but 1997 was Affleck's breakthrough year. First, he won raves as a comic-book artist in love with a lesbian in Smith's <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>. Then he and Damon cowrote and costarred in the drama <I>Good Will Hunting<\/I>, which earned the duo an Oscar for best original screenplay. He also began filming the Academy Award-winning <I>Shakespeare in Love<\/I> with Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he had a much-publicized off-screen relationship. Over the next several years, Affleck took on leading roles in films of all genres---action (<I>Armageddon<\/I>), romantic comedy (<I>Forces of Nature<\/I>) and drama (<I>Pearl Harbor<\/I>)---but it was another tabloid-grabbing romance, this time with Jennifer Lopez, that gained the most notice. Dubbed \"Bennifer,\" the couple were stalked by the paparazzi until 2004, when they finally called it quits after starring together in two poorly received movies (<I>Gigli<\/I> and Smith's <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>). However, Affleck was able to recycle the \"Bennifer\" moniker when he began dating his <I>Daredevil<\/I> (2003) costar, Jennifer Garner, that same year. The two married in 2005 and have two children. Affleck successfully branched out into directing with the critically acclaimed <I>Gone Baby Gone<\/I> (2007), which starred his younger brother, Casey. Then, after taking a couple years off from acting, Affleck returned full-force in 2009, starring in the romantic comedies <I>He's Just Not That Into You<\/I> and<I> Extract<\/I> and the political thriller <I>State of Play<\/I>."
},
{
"type": "Factsheet",
"details": "\n\n<UL>\n<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi<\/I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special<\/I> titled \"Wanted: The Perfect Guy.\" \n<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats<\/I>, <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back<\/I> and <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>. \n<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. \n<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease. \n<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown<\/I>. \n<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live<\/I> four times between 2000 and 2008.<\/LI><\/UL>"
},
{
"type": "FactSheetOnline",
"details": "\n\n<UL>\n<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi<\/I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special<\/I> titled \"Wanted: The Perfect Guy.\" \n<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats<\/I>, <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back<\/I> and <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>. \n<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. \n<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease. \n<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown<\/I>. \n<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live<\/I> four times between 2000 and 2008.<\/LI><\/UL>"
}
]
}
"status": "ok",
"code": 200,
"messages": null,
"build": "1.6.1.8",
"parameters": {
"apiKey": "4p1k3y",
"id": "P 426"
},
"view": {"total": 3},
"serverName": "tul1cstw4",
"startTime": "2011-06-23T01:59:31.1044320Z",
"endTime": "2011-06-23T01:59:31.1356824Z",
"duration": 31,
"parentIds": {
"amgClassicalId": "Q 1248447",
"amgMovieId": "P 426",
"amgPopId": "P 357290",
"cosmoId": "100535",
"nameId": "MN0001364610"
},
"factsheets": [
{
"type": "Biography",
"details": "\nAffleck is a talented actor, Oscar-winning screenwriter and promising director who shot to stardom in his twenties after a childhood acting career. In the '80s, the athletic actor appeared in a number of TV movies before making it to the big screen, notably as an anti-Semitic jock in the 1992 teen drama <I>School Ties<\/I>, costarring his future collaborator, Matt Damon. In 1995, he appeared in <I>Mallrats<\/I>, his first of many Kevin Smith comedies, but 1997 was Affleck's breakthrough year. First, he won raves as a comic-book artist in love with a lesbian in Smith's <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>. Then he and Damon cowrote and costarred in the drama <I>Good Will Hunting<\/I>, which earned the duo an Oscar for best original screenplay. He also began filming the Academy Award-winning <I>Shakespeare in Love<\/I> with Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he had a much-publicized off-screen relationship. Over the next several years, Affleck took on leading roles in films of all genres---action (<I>Armageddon<\/I>), romantic comedy (<I>Forces of Nature<\/I>) and drama (<I>Pearl Harbor<\/I>)---but it was another tabloid-grabbing romance, this time with Jennifer Lopez, that gained the most notice. Dubbed \"Bennifer,\" the couple were stalked by the paparazzi until 2004, when they finally called it quits after starring together in two poorly received movies (<I>Gigli<\/I> and Smith's <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>). However, Affleck was able to recycle the \"Bennifer\" moniker when he began dating his <I>Daredevil<\/I> (2003) costar, Jennifer Garner, that same year. The two married in 2005 and have two children. Affleck successfully branched out into directing with the critically acclaimed <I>Gone Baby Gone<\/I> (2007), which starred his younger brother, Casey. Then, after taking a couple years off from acting, Affleck returned full-force in 2009, starring in the romantic comedies <I>He's Just Not That Into You<\/I> and<I> Extract<\/I> and the political thriller <I>State of Play<\/I>."
},
{
"type": "Factsheet",
"details": "\n\n<UL>\n<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi<\/I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special<\/I> titled \"Wanted: The Perfect Guy.\" \n<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats<\/I>, <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back<\/I> and <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>. \n<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. \n<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease. \n<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown<\/I>. \n<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live<\/I> four times between 2000 and 2008.<\/LI><\/UL>"
},
{
"type": "FactSheetOnline",
"details": "\n\n<UL>\n<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi<\/I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special<\/I> titled \"Wanted: The Perfect Guy.\" \n<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats<\/I>, <I>Chasing Amy<\/I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back<\/I> and <I>Jersey Girl<\/I>. \n<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. \n<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease. \n<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown<\/I>. \n<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live<\/I> four times between 2000 and 2008.<\/LI><\/UL>"
}
]
}
XML Response Example
- Here's an XML response to Request Example 2, which asks for fact sheets about Ben Affleck.
- Requested with http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/name/factsheets?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
amgmovieid=P+++426&format=xml.
<NameFactsheets xmlns="com.rovicorp.metadataservice" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.6.1.8</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>4p1k3y</apiKey>
<id>MN0001364610</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<view>
<total>3</total>
</view>
<serverName>tul1cstw2</serverName>
<startTime>2011-06-23T02:14:08.1009925Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-06-23T02:14:08.1478660Z</endTime>
<duration>46</duration>
<parentIds>
<amgClassicalId>Q 1248447</amgClassicalId>
<amgMovieId>P 426</amgMovieId>
<amgPopId>P 357290</amgPopId>
<cosmoId>100535</cosmoId>
<nameId>MN0001364610</nameId>
</parentIds>
<factsheets>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>Biography</type>
<details><![CDATA[Affleck is a talented actor, Oscar-winning screenwriter and promising director who shot to stardom in his twenties after a childhood acting career. In the '80s, the athletic actor appeared in a number of TV movies before making it to the big screen, notably as an anti-Semitic jock in the 1992 teen drama <I>School Ties</I>, costarring his future collaborator, Matt Damon. In 1995, he appeared in <I>Mallrats</I>, his first of many Kevin Smith comedies, but 1997 was Affleck's breakthrough year. First, he won raves as a comic-book artist in love with a lesbian in Smith's <I>Chasing Amy</I>. Then he and Damon cowrote and costarred in the drama <I>Good Will Hunting</I>, which earned the duo an Oscar for best original screenplay. He also began filming the Academy Award-winning <I>Shakespeare in Love</I> with Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he had a much-publicized off-screen relationship. Over the next several years, Affleck took on leading roles in films of all genres---action (<I>Armageddon</I>), romantic comedy (<I>Forces of Nature</I>) and drama (<I>Pearl Harbor</I>)---but it was another tabloid-grabbing romance, this time with Jennifer Lopez, that gained the most notice. Dubbed "Bennifer," the couple were stalked by the paparazzi until 2004, when they finally called it quits after starring together in two poorly received movies (<I>Gigli</I> and Smith's <I>Jersey Girl</I>). However, Affleck was able to recycle the "Bennifer" moniker when he began dating his <I>Daredevil</I> (2003) costar, Jennifer Garner, that same year. The two married in 2005 and have two children. Affleck successfully branched out into directing with the critically acclaimed <I>Gone Baby Gone</I> (2007), which starred his younger brother, Casey. Then, after taking a couple years off from acting, Affleck returned full-force in 2009, starring in the romantic comedies <I>He's Just Not That Into You</I> and<I> Extract</I> and the political thriller <I>State of Play</I>.]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>Factsheet</type>
<details><![CDATA[<UL>
<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi</I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special</I> titled "Wanted: The Perfect Guy."
<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats</I>, <I>Chasing Amy</I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</I> and <I>Jersey Girl</I>.
<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease.
<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown</I>.
<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live</I> four times between 2000 and 2008.</LI></UL>]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>FactSheetOnline</type>
<details><![CDATA[<UL>
<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi</I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special</I> titled "Wanted: The Perfect Guy."
<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats</I>, <I>Chasing Amy</I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</I> and <I>Jersey Girl</I>.
<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease.
<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown</I>.
<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live</I> four times between 2000 and 2008.</LI></UL>]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
</factsheets>
</NameFactsheets>
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.6.1.8</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>4p1k3y</apiKey>
<id>MN0001364610</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<view>
<total>3</total>
</view>
<serverName>tul1cstw2</serverName>
<startTime>2011-06-23T02:14:08.1009925Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-06-23T02:14:08.1478660Z</endTime>
<duration>46</duration>
<parentIds>
<amgClassicalId>Q 1248447</amgClassicalId>
<amgMovieId>P 426</amgMovieId>
<amgPopId>P 357290</amgPopId>
<cosmoId>100535</cosmoId>
<nameId>MN0001364610</nameId>
</parentIds>
<factsheets>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>Biography</type>
<details><![CDATA[Affleck is a talented actor, Oscar-winning screenwriter and promising director who shot to stardom in his twenties after a childhood acting career. In the '80s, the athletic actor appeared in a number of TV movies before making it to the big screen, notably as an anti-Semitic jock in the 1992 teen drama <I>School Ties</I>, costarring his future collaborator, Matt Damon. In 1995, he appeared in <I>Mallrats</I>, his first of many Kevin Smith comedies, but 1997 was Affleck's breakthrough year. First, he won raves as a comic-book artist in love with a lesbian in Smith's <I>Chasing Amy</I>. Then he and Damon cowrote and costarred in the drama <I>Good Will Hunting</I>, which earned the duo an Oscar for best original screenplay. He also began filming the Academy Award-winning <I>Shakespeare in Love</I> with Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom he had a much-publicized off-screen relationship. Over the next several years, Affleck took on leading roles in films of all genres---action (<I>Armageddon</I>), romantic comedy (<I>Forces of Nature</I>) and drama (<I>Pearl Harbor</I>)---but it was another tabloid-grabbing romance, this time with Jennifer Lopez, that gained the most notice. Dubbed "Bennifer," the couple were stalked by the paparazzi until 2004, when they finally called it quits after starring together in two poorly received movies (<I>Gigli</I> and Smith's <I>Jersey Girl</I>). However, Affleck was able to recycle the "Bennifer" moniker when he began dating his <I>Daredevil</I> (2003) costar, Jennifer Garner, that same year. The two married in 2005 and have two children. Affleck successfully branched out into directing with the critically acclaimed <I>Gone Baby Gone</I> (2007), which starred his younger brother, Casey. Then, after taking a couple years off from acting, Affleck returned full-force in 2009, starring in the romantic comedies <I>He's Just Not That Into You</I> and<I> Extract</I> and the political thriller <I>State of Play</I>.]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>Factsheet</type>
<details><![CDATA[<UL>
<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi</I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special</I> titled "Wanted: The Perfect Guy."
<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats</I>, <I>Chasing Amy</I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</I> and <I>Jersey Girl</I>.
<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease.
<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown</I>.
<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live</I> four times between 2000 and 2008.</LI></UL>]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
<NameFactsheet>
<type>FactSheetOnline</type>
<details><![CDATA[<UL>
<LI>At 12, appeared in the PBS science series <I>The Voyage of the Mimi</I>, and later played Madeline Kahn's son in an ABC <I>Afterschool Special</I> titled "Wanted: The Perfect Guy."
<LI>Has appeared in several Kevin Smith films, including <I>Mallrats</I>, <I>Chasing Amy</I>,<I> Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back</I> and <I>Jersey Girl</I>.
<LI>Vigorously campaigned for Al Gore and John Kerry and appeared at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
<LI>Testified before Congress in support of funding medical research for Ataxia-Telangiectasia after befriending a young boy who suffers from the degenerative disease.
<LI>An avid card player who has appeared on <I>Celebrity Poker Showdown</I>.
<LI>Hosted <I>Saturday Night Live</I> four times between 2000 and 2008.</LI></UL>]]></details>
</NameFactsheet>
</factsheets>
</NameFactsheets>