vocabulary: name: OMDb Vocabulary description: > Domain terms and concepts used across the OMDb API for movie, series, and episode metadata, ratings, and search. version: '1.0' source: https://www.omdbapi.com/ terms: - term: imdbID label: IMDb ID definition: > The unique identifier assigned by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) to every title. Always starts with 'tt' followed by 7-8 digits (e.g. tt1375666). example: tt1375666 - term: Title label: Title definition: > The official release title of the movie, TV series, or episode as listed on IMDb. example: Inception - term: Year label: Year definition: > The year of first release. For ongoing or completed series, this may be a range (e.g. '2013–2020'). example: '2010' - term: Rated label: Content Rating definition: > The MPAA content rating for theatrical releases (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) or the TV content rating (TV-Y, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA) for series. example: PG-13 - term: Released label: Release Date definition: > The theatrical or streaming release date formatted as 'DD Mon YYYY'. example: 16 Jul 2010 - term: Runtime label: Runtime definition: > The total running time of the title expressed as 'NNN min'. example: 148 min - term: Genre label: Genre definition: > One or more genre categories assigned to the title, comma-separated. Common values include Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. example: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - term: Director label: Director definition: > The name(s) of the director(s), comma-separated. example: Christopher Nolan - term: Writer label: Writer definition: > The name(s) of the screenwriter(s) or story writers, comma-separated. example: Christopher Nolan - term: Actors label: Cast definition: > Top-billed cast members, comma-separated. example: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page - term: Plot label: Plot definition: > A short or full synopsis of the title. Controlled by the 'plot' query parameter — 'short' (default) or 'full'. example: > A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea. - term: Language label: Language definition: > Languages spoken in the title, comma-separated. example: English, Japanese, French - term: Country label: Country definition: > Country or countries of origin for the production, comma-separated. example: United States, United Kingdom - term: Awards label: Awards definition: > A summary of the title's award history including Oscar wins/nominations and total wins/nominations counts. example: Won 4 Oscars. 157 wins & 220 nominations total - term: Poster label: Poster URL definition: > A URL pointing to the poster image hosted on Amazon's CDN. May return 'N/A' if no poster is available. High-resolution posters (up to 2000×3000 px) are available via the OMDb Poster API for patrons. example: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/... - term: Ratings label: Ratings definition: > An array of rating objects from third-party aggregators. Each object contains a Source (e.g. 'Internet Movie Database', 'Rotten Tomatoes', 'Metacritic') and a Value in that source's native format. - term: Metascore label: Metascore definition: > The Metacritic weighted average review score, on a scale of 0-100. Returns 'N/A' if unavailable. example: '74' - term: imdbRating label: IMDb Rating definition: > The IMDb weighted-average user rating on a scale of 0.0-10.0. Returns 'N/A' if fewer than five votes have been cast. example: '8.8' - term: imdbVotes label: IMDb Vote Count definition: > The number of user votes contributing to the imdbRating, formatted with comma-thousands separators. Returns 'N/A' if unavailable. example: '2,300,000' - term: Type label: Content Type definition: > The category of the title. One of 'movie', 'series', or 'episode'. values: - movie - series - episode - term: Response label: Response Status definition: > A boolean string indicating whether the API call returned a result. 'True' on success, 'False' when no match is found or an error occurs. values: - 'True' - 'False' - term: Error label: Error Message definition: > A human-readable error description returned alongside Response 'False'. Common values include 'Movie not found!', 'Incorrect IMDb ID.', and 'No API key provided.' - term: totalResults label: Total Results definition: > The total number of search results across all pages for a ?s= query. Each page returns up to 10 results. - term: page label: Page Number definition: > The 1-based page index for paginated ?s= search results. Valid range is 1-100. Defaults to 1 if omitted. - term: BoxOffice label: Box Office definition: > The total US theatrical gross revenue for a movie, formatted as a dollar-denominated string (e.g. '$292,576,195'). Returns 'N/A' if unavailable. - term: DVD label: DVD Release Date definition: > The home-video (DVD/Blu-ray) release date formatted as 'DD Mon YYYY', or 'N/A' if unavailable. - term: apikey label: API Key definition: > A personal access key required for all requests to the OMDb API. Free keys support up to 1,000 daily requests. Patron keys (via Patreon) have higher limits and access to the Poster API.