Tools
Video/Review
Returns a professional review of a movie or program.
Syntax
| video/review? | video=video cosmoid=cosmoid iguideid=iguideid |
&apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&format=format] [&country=country] [&language=language] |
Request Example 1
- Request the review of the movie The Time Traveler's Wife.
Request Example 2
- Request an XML response for the movie review of The Time Traveler's Wife.
Request Example 3
- Request the review of the movie Star Trek
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 authorization code. To perform the calculation, execute the MD5 function on the concatenation of the following three strings:
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. | |
| cosmoid | Conditional | Cosmo database ID for a movie or a television series, season, or program. Cosmo is a database of television information. You can grab Cosmo IDs from responses to the following requests:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| |
| iguideid | Conditional | A 24-bit program ID for a television program used by the i‑Guide™ interactive digital cable TV program guide. You can get i‑Guide IDs from i‑Guide and from responses to the following requests:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| |
| video | Conditional | Title of a movie, television program, or television series, or keywords from the title. This searches for the most popular title with that combination of words. Replace any spaces with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols. Note: This parameter currently returns only US-English results. Support for other countries and languages will be added in the future. Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
| |
| country | No | Country of the language of the response. 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). |
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 | List of the parameters included in the request. |
| parentIds | parentIds | All of the IDs for the requested movie or program that are recognized by the Video Service. |
| 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 that is shown in the code field. |
Response for Video/Review
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cuttingPositions | String | Character positions at which you can end the review to conserve space. A cutting position is the number of the last character to include, not the first character to cut. Add a period after that point if there is no ending punctuation (a period or a period followed by a single of double quotation mark). |
| language | String | Language of the review. |
| review | String | The review. |
| source | String | Source of the review. |
JSON Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 1. It is formatted with extra spaces and carriage returns to make it easy to read.
{
"status":"ok",
"code":200,
"messages":null,
"build":"1.7.0.1",
"parameters":{
"apiKey":"ap1k3y",
"id":"12226703",
"format":"json"
},
"serverName":"tul1cstw1",
"startTime":"2011-09-12T18:52:30.8518425Z",
"endTime":"2011-09-12T18:52:32.5861953Z",
"duration":449,
"review":{
"review":"As a book, The Time Traveler's Wife charmed millions with its tale of doomed love, but the fantastical premise will make the movie a challenge for some viewers to follow. Eric Bana stars as Henry, a research librarian who suffers from a genetic disorder that makes him disappear suddenly, and then reappear at some other point in time. This makes maintaining his marriage to artist Clare (Rachel McAdams) very emotionally difficult for the both of them. For example, Henry first meets Clare at a library when they are in their twenties, but Clare sees Henry initially when she is 6 and he is 38 because that's the age Harry is when he first travels to that time in the past. Although the adult couple are happy when they're together, Clare often grows despondent because she never knows when Henry will disappear, or for how long. Eventually, hints of Henry's death begin to appear, forcing the couple to appreciate every second they have together.\u000d\u000dWhile that may sound like a confounding setup, the movie has the smarts to not worry about plausibility. No, instead of encouraging you to think about what's happening, director Robert Schwentke wants you to feel -- deeply and profoundly -- every fleeting moment of happiness the doomed couple can share before their imminent demise. The problem is that there aren't enough of them. Between debating about having a child, fighting over his constant disappearances, and trying to figure out why they saw an older version of Harry naked and bleeding on the floor, we're left with so few moments of domestic bliss that it becomes hard to believe Clare isn't certifiably crazy for staying with him. But after all, who said love, or a three-hanky tearjerker, has to be sane? The Time Traveler's Wife shares something with another time-bending romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both movies offer a fatalistic viewpoint toward relationships -- they want to make it clear that because death is unavoidable, you need to love as strongly as you can and for as long as possible. But where Fincher's film explored this idea at a nearly philosophical level, Schwentke and his crew go exclusively for the gut. The result is a film so single-minded in its attempt to wring tears that it's easy to dismiss, but so effective in its execution that it's hard to deny it achieves its very simple goals.",
"source":null,
"language":"English",
"cuttingPositions":null
}
}
"status":"ok",
"code":200,
"messages":null,
"build":"1.7.0.1",
"parameters":{
"apiKey":"ap1k3y",
"id":"12226703",
"format":"json"
},
"serverName":"tul1cstw1",
"startTime":"2011-09-12T18:52:30.8518425Z",
"endTime":"2011-09-12T18:52:32.5861953Z",
"duration":449,
"review":{
"review":"As a book, The Time Traveler's Wife charmed millions with its tale of doomed love, but the fantastical premise will make the movie a challenge for some viewers to follow. Eric Bana stars as Henry, a research librarian who suffers from a genetic disorder that makes him disappear suddenly, and then reappear at some other point in time. This makes maintaining his marriage to artist Clare (Rachel McAdams) very emotionally difficult for the both of them. For example, Henry first meets Clare at a library when they are in their twenties, but Clare sees Henry initially when she is 6 and he is 38 because that's the age Harry is when he first travels to that time in the past. Although the adult couple are happy when they're together, Clare often grows despondent because she never knows when Henry will disappear, or for how long. Eventually, hints of Henry's death begin to appear, forcing the couple to appreciate every second they have together.\u000d\u000dWhile that may sound like a confounding setup, the movie has the smarts to not worry about plausibility. No, instead of encouraging you to think about what's happening, director Robert Schwentke wants you to feel -- deeply and profoundly -- every fleeting moment of happiness the doomed couple can share before their imminent demise. The problem is that there aren't enough of them. Between debating about having a child, fighting over his constant disappearances, and trying to figure out why they saw an older version of Harry naked and bleeding on the floor, we're left with so few moments of domestic bliss that it becomes hard to believe Clare isn't certifiably crazy for staying with him. But after all, who said love, or a three-hanky tearjerker, has to be sane? The Time Traveler's Wife shares something with another time-bending romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both movies offer a fatalistic viewpoint toward relationships -- they want to make it clear that because death is unavoidable, you need to love as strongly as you can and for as long as possible. But where Fincher's film explored this idea at a nearly philosophical level, Schwentke and his crew go exclusively for the gut. The result is a film so single-minded in its attempt to wring tears that it's easy to dismiss, but so effective in its execution that it's hard to deny it achieves its very simple goals.",
"source":null,
"language":"English",
"cuttingPositions":null
}
}
XML Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 2.
<VideoReview xmlns="com.rovicorp.metadataservice" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.7.0.1</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>ap1k3y</apiKey>
<id>12226703</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<serverName>tul1cstw1</serverName>
<startTime>2011-09-12T18:57:30.2386353Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-09-12T18:57:30.7073793Z</endTime>
<duration>468</duration>
<review>
<review>As a book, The Time Traveler's Wife charmed millions with its tale of doomed love, but the fantastical premise will make the movie a challenge for some viewers to follow. Eric Bana stars as Henry, a research librarian who suffers from a genetic disorder that makes him disappear suddenly, and then reappear at some other point in time. This makes maintaining his marriage to artist Clare (Rachel McAdams) very emotionally difficult for the both of them. For example, Henry first meets Clare at a library when they are in their twenties, but Clare sees Henry initially when she is 6 and he is 38 because that's the age Harry is when he first travels to that time in the past. Although the adult couple are happy when they're together, Clare often grows despondent because she never knows when Henry will disappear, or for how long. Eventually, hints of Henry's death begin to appear, forcing the couple to appreciate every second they have together.

While that may sound like a confounding setup, the movie has the smarts to not worry about plausibility. No, instead of encouraging you to think about what's happening, director Robert Schwentke wants you to feel -- deeply and profoundly -- every fleeting moment of happiness the doomed couple can share before their imminent demise. The problem is that there aren't enough of them. Between debating about having a child, fighting over his constant disappearances, and trying to figure out why they saw an older version of Harry naked and bleeding on the floor, we're left with so few moments of domestic bliss that it becomes hard to believe Clare isn't certifiably crazy for staying with him. But after all, who said love, or a three-hanky tearjerker, has to be sane? The Time Traveler's Wife shares something with another time-bending romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both movies offer a fatalistic viewpoint toward relationships -- they want to make it clear that because death is unavoidable, you need to love as strongly as you can and for as long as possible. But where Fincher's film explored this idea at a nearly philosophical level, Schwentke and his crew go exclusively for the gut. The result is a film so single-minded in its attempt to wring tears that it's easy to dismiss, but so effective in its execution that it's hard to deny it achieves its very simple goals.</review>
<source i:nil="true"/>
<language>English</language>
<cuttingPositions i:nil="true"/>
</review>
</VideoReview>
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.7.0.1</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>ap1k3y</apiKey>
<id>12226703</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<serverName>tul1cstw1</serverName>
<startTime>2011-09-12T18:57:30.2386353Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-09-12T18:57:30.7073793Z</endTime>
<duration>468</duration>
<review>
<review>As a book, The Time Traveler's Wife charmed millions with its tale of doomed love, but the fantastical premise will make the movie a challenge for some viewers to follow. Eric Bana stars as Henry, a research librarian who suffers from a genetic disorder that makes him disappear suddenly, and then reappear at some other point in time. This makes maintaining his marriage to artist Clare (Rachel McAdams) very emotionally difficult for the both of them. For example, Henry first meets Clare at a library when they are in their twenties, but Clare sees Henry initially when she is 6 and he is 38 because that's the age Harry is when he first travels to that time in the past. Although the adult couple are happy when they're together, Clare often grows despondent because she never knows when Henry will disappear, or for how long. Eventually, hints of Henry's death begin to appear, forcing the couple to appreciate every second they have together.

While that may sound like a confounding setup, the movie has the smarts to not worry about plausibility. No, instead of encouraging you to think about what's happening, director Robert Schwentke wants you to feel -- deeply and profoundly -- every fleeting moment of happiness the doomed couple can share before their imminent demise. The problem is that there aren't enough of them. Between debating about having a child, fighting over his constant disappearances, and trying to figure out why they saw an older version of Harry naked and bleeding on the floor, we're left with so few moments of domestic bliss that it becomes hard to believe Clare isn't certifiably crazy for staying with him. But after all, who said love, or a three-hanky tearjerker, has to be sane? The Time Traveler's Wife shares something with another time-bending romance, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Both movies offer a fatalistic viewpoint toward relationships -- they want to make it clear that because death is unavoidable, you need to love as strongly as you can and for as long as possible. But where Fincher's film explored this idea at a nearly philosophical level, Schwentke and his crew go exclusively for the gut. The result is a film so single-minded in its attempt to wring tears that it's easy to dismiss, but so effective in its execution that it's hard to deny it achieves its very simple goals.</review>
<source i:nil="true"/>
<language>English</language>
<cuttingPositions i:nil="true"/>
</review>
</VideoReview>