[SOLVED] Import from IMDB Not Working

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Quartzer:
I did actually try as a logged in or not IMDB user but there was no difference.

Also looked at ngrep output to see if there was something awry in the stream from IMDB but nothing stood out.

That I can import from IMDB after a restart of PVD (debug mode) *everytime* but then it fails after 1-3 further attempts seems to indicate a client side issue. To be clear, once an import fails, it continues to fail, but once PVD is restarted that same import succeeds. A further import from IMDB may succeed, sometime twice or occassionally thrice more, but once it fails it's a restart again :( Painful!

I'd also like to stress that I've only had this limited success using the debug mode. I've been unable to connect for IMDB import ever (since yesterday when I first installed it :) ) using the "out of the box" PVD.

helverdi:
Hi,
I started having the same problem just 15 min. ago. I downloaded IMDB data 2 hrs ago for a few films, and closed the application. Now when I try to download data for a new movie, all I get is the URL of the movie. The version is 0.9.9.14.
Thanks.

TnS:
It is probably because of the redesign of IMDb. Here is an example link. These redesign changes are live for me, so the regular link shows me the same page.

Hyomil:

--- Quote from: TnS on September 19, 2010, 07:05:47 pm ---It is probably because of the redesign of IMDb.

--- End quote ---

I had the problem happen a couple times even before the redesign.

rick.ca:

--- Quote from: Hyomil on September 19, 2010, 07:24:36 pm ---I had the problem happen a couple times even before the redesign.
--- End quote ---

There are a number of different issues at play here.

First, the error "503 Service Temporarily Unavailable" will always (it seems) intermittently occur. I updated 819 movies last night. In the 90 minutes that took, there were 11 of these—causing the update of 11 records to fail. A 1.3% failure rate for a Silent mode operation is fine. But if the same error is encountered when not in Silent mode, the failure will look like any other. This is why I recommend always using the -debug switch—so the log is available to determine the cause of any failure.

Second, there is an IMDb site redesign going on. From the look of it, it will require a complete re-write of the plugin. But even worse, it appears to be the sort of thing that's going to be phased in—so it may be a moving target for months. ::)

--- Quote from: TnS on September 19, 2010, 07:05:47 pm ---These redesign changes are live for me, so the regular link shows me the same page.
--- End quote ---

Please post a log. This sounds like some users (based on location?) are being redirected to the "lab" site. What happens if you change your IMDb user preferences as described here, and add your login to the plugin configuration?

--- Quote from: helverdi on September 19, 2010, 02:36:18 pm ---The version is 0.9.9.14.
--- End quote ---

Please update to the current version.

--- Quote from: Quartzer on September 19, 2010, 12:24:11 pm ---That I can import from IMDB after a restart of PVD (debug mode) *everytime* but then it fails after 1-3 further attempts seems to indicate a client side issue.
--- End quote ---

Thanks for your thoughtful troubleshooting. I agree the fact that restarting temporarily fixes the problem has to be significant. Maybe IMBb is allowing a few page hits, and then redirecting to the "lab" site—but that's only a wild guess. I would think that if a redirection were being attempted, it would show in the log. But maybe the plugin is getting "stuck" because this is happening in an unexpected way.

On the other hand, the fact that I've seen the same behaviour as you and I'm not being redirected, suggests something else is going on. Following is a composite log of my latest experiment. Rather than just update a record, this time I cleared the record and then ran the plugin. I consistently got the same behaviour you've reported...

--- Code: ---Clear record and run plugin...
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) Logging in...
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) Searching movie information for: Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:42:53 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:42:54 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:42:54 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:42:55 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
Failed. Try again...
(09/19/2010 01:45:47 PM) Logging in...
(09/19/2010 01:45:47 PM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(09/19/2010 01:45:47 PM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(09/19/2010 01:45:47 PM) Searching movie information for: Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:45:47 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
Failed. Restart...
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) PVD Version: 0.9.9.21
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) OS: Windows 7 Home Premium Edition
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: amazon.dll 0.4.3.6
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: csvimp.dll 0.1.3.1
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: imdb.dll 0.9.3.8
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: imdb_people.dll 0.2.2.6
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: impawards.dll 0.1.4.1
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: msexcel.dll 0.4.1.0
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: plainexp.dll 0.7.1.1
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: scriptint.dll 0.2.6.1
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: tvdb.dll 0.1.1.0
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Plugin loaded: valueconvert.dll 0.1.0.2
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Compiling script: allmovie.psf
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Script compiled successfully: allmovie.psf
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Executing script binary
(09/19/2010 01:46:56 PM) Script loaded: allmovie.psf 0.1.0.5
(09/19/2010 01:46:57 PM) Loading database: C:\Program Files (x86)\PVD Clean\movies.pvd
(09/19/2010 01:46:57 PM) UpdateToolbar: 1
(09/19/2010 01:46:57 PM) UpdateToolbar: 2
(09/19/2010 01:46:58 PM) UpdateToolbar: 3
(09/19/2010 01:46:58 PM) UpdateToolbar: 4
(09/19/2010 01:47:13 PM) Logging in...
(09/19/2010 01:47:13 PM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(09/19/2010 01:47:14 PM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(09/19/2010 01:47:14 PM) Searching movie information for: Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:47:14 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:47:14 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:47:15 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:47:15 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:47:15 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/fullcredits#cast
(09/19/2010 01:47:17 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:47:17 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:47:17 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:47:17 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/business
Success. Clear record and try again...
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) Logging in...
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) Searching movie information for: Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:48:08 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:48:09 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:48:10 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:48:10 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
Failure. Restart and try again...
...
(09/19/2010 01:49:46 PM) Logging in...
(09/19/2010 01:49:46 PM) POST: http://www.imdb.com/register-imdb/login?
(09/19/2010 01:49:47 PM) Redirected to: https://secure.imdb.com/register-imdb/login
(09/19/2010 01:49:47 PM) Searching movie information for: Casablanca
(09/19/2010 01:49:47 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/
(09/19/2010 01:49:47 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:49:48 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:49:48 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/keywords
(09/19/2010 01:49:48 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/fullcredits#cast
(09/19/2010 01:49:49 PM) GET: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:49:49 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/rg/parked-domains/imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:49:50 PM) Redirected to: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/awards
(09/19/2010 01:49:50 PM) GET: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/business
Success.
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...but I tried this again 20 minutes later and could not reproduce the behaviour. So my experience is the problem is intermittent, but when it happens it's consistent. :-\

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