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Use the IVA OData API 1.0 to get Images for titles




If you do not know how our IVA OData API works yet please make sure to start out with the documentation on that here.  We also recommend checking out OData's website as well to get a background on how to use the service.


Below are some examples and the Images that come back from this service. 

Types of Images available:

 Category Name Description Category ID
Parent ID  
 Packaged  Images depicting the covers of any packaged goods.  1  0
 DVD Cover  DVD Cover  2  1
 Blu-Ray  Blu-Ray Cover  3  2
 Poster  Poster Art  4  0
 Theatrical Poster  Theatrical Poster art  5  1
 Publicity All Photos supplied for Promotion   6  0
 Press  Press photos  7  0
 Production Images taken on set during production   8  1
 Non-Production  Images taken off set and not during production  9  2
 Screen Capture Images taken from video footage   10  0
 In Game Images from game footage of live play or introductions   11  1
 Game cover  Game Cover  12  3
 Logo Logo   13  3
 TV Poster TV poster art   14  1


Example 1: Getting Images for a PublishedID

The following returns the links to the thumbnail, medium and high images related to "The Rum Diary"

URL: http://api.internetvideoarchive.com/1.0/DataService/ImagesToTitleOrPerformerMaps()?$filter=PublishedId eq 344242&$expand=Image&developerid={yourid}

 The above example will return 3 URL's for each available image.  This is two examples image from that example.   Rum Diary 
 Johnny Depp



Example 2: Getting Theatrical Posters for a Published ID

The following will return the links to any theatrical posters (if any) for a given Published ID.

URL: http://api.internetvideoarchive.com/1.0/DataService/ImagesToTitleOrPerformerMaps()?$filter=((cast(ImageCategoryId,'Edm.Int32')) eq 5) and (PublishedId eq 817680)&$expand=Image&developerid={yourid}

Carnage Movie Poster