/request api [TMDB] Failed to fetch movie details

[sqrlmstr5000]

I'm trying to submit a request using the API. I'm working on a little POC to query Gemini for similar movies and submit requests to Jellyseer. I'm not exactly sure what the mediaId refers to?

Gemini response:
*The imdb_id is correct

{
    "title": "1917",
    "description": "Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will save 1,600 men from certain death.",
    "mediaType": "movie",
    "imdb_id": "tt8579674",
    "tvdb_id": "548906"
  }

/request payload
*The mediaId has to be an int so I'm stripping off the 'tt'.

{
  "mediaType": "movie",
  "mediaId": 8579674
}

Response

2025-05-12 07:47:00,098 [INFO] service - {
  "success": false,
  "error": "Jellyseerr request failed: 500 Server Error: Internal Server Error for url: http://x.x.x.x:5055/api/v1/request",
  "jellyseerr_error": {
    "message": "[TMDB] Failed to fetch movie details: 404 Not Found: {\"success\":false,\"status_code\":34,\"status_message\":\"The resource you requested could not be found.\"}"
  }
}

[fallenbagel]

MediaID is not imdbid. Its the id of the media from the media table from db.

You first need to get the id of it

[sqrlmstr5000]

Ahh, I was thinking that might be the case. I guess a FR would be needed to request an unknown media. I was thinking it would lookup the tmdbid and create the request

[sqrlmstr5000]

@fallenbagel I'm trying to add a Jellyseerr provider for https://github.com/sqrlmstr5000/discovarr.

I'm doing a /search based on the title, retrieving the first value from the results, getting the 'id". Then making a /request. It works but the request is showing up as a different movie. If I go to the request in Jellyseer the requested id matches my request. What am I missing here? How do I get the mediaId properly?

2025-06-14 09:43:53.470 | 2025-06-14 15:43:53,469 [DEBUG] providers.jellyseerr: Making POST request to http://jellyseerr:5055/api/v1/request with params=None, data is_present=True |  
-- | -- | --
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | } |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "profileId": 4 |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "serverId": 0, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "userId": 1, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "is4k": false, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "mediaId": 31393, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "mediaType": "movie", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | 2025-06-14 15:43:53,469 [INFO] providers.jellyseerr: Jellyseerr request payload: { |  

  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | } |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "posterPath": "/my3wzNVRGTCpaApDXJXcLDsgbE3.jpg" |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "backdropPath": "/cI9yD0IEMNyeAgPSxwJ1gAYVJQx.jpg", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "voteCount": 17, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "voteAverage": 5.3, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "popularity": 7.2401, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "overview": "Gravity is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jill Franklyn and Eric Schaeffer. The series \"follows the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic exploits of a group from an eccentric out-patient program of suicide survivors\".  It premiered on April 23, 2010 on Starz in the United States. On June 30, 2010, Starz reported that Gravity had been canceled.", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "originalName": "Gravity", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "originalLanguage": "en", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | ], |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "US" |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "originCountry": [ |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "name": "Gravity", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "mediaType": "tv", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | ], |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | 18 |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | 35, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "genreIds": [ |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "firstAirDate": "2010-04-23", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | "id": 31393, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 09:43:53.469 | 2025-06-14 15:43:53,469 [DEBUG] providers.jellyseerr: Using first lookup item: {

[gauthier-th]

Best way to understand how requests are made is to inspect the network traffic while making a request on the web UI.

Instead of doing a search with the title, wouldn't it be more accurate to use the ID of a metadata provider? We use TMDB on Jellyseerr. Using the title only will very likely result in a lot of issue

[sqrlmstr5000]

So what would the /search?query= look like for searching by TMDB ID? Is there a special query syntax to support this? That's what I would prefer to do, yes

[sqrlmstr5000]

Looks like you can have the same id for tv and movie. The first result was tv but I was assuming movie.

Can I use /search and filter by tv or movie specifically?

[sqrlmstr5000]

Got a movie request working, getting {'message': "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')"} on any TV show. No error logs in Jellyseerr.

2025-06-14 14:17:48.504 | 2025-06-14 20:17:48,503 [ERROR] providers.jellyseerr: Failed to request media via Jellyseerr {'mediaType': 'tv', 'title': 'Entourage'}: API HTTP Error for POST http://jellyseerr:5055/api/v1/request - {'message': "Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')"} |  
-- | -- | --
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.503 | 2025-06-14 20:17:48,503 [ERROR] providers.jellyseerr: API HTTP Error for POST http://jellyseerr:5055/api/v1/request. Status: 500. Body: {"message":"Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'filter')"} |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | 2025-06-14 20:17:48,479 [DEBUG] providers.jellyseerr: Making POST request to http://jellyseerr:5055/api/v1/request with params=None, data is_present=True |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | } |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "profileId": 4 |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "serverId": 0, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "userId": 1, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "is4k": false, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "mediaId": 1940, |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | "mediaType": "tv", |  
  |   | 2025-06-14 14:17:48.479 | 2025-06-14 20:17:48,479 [INFO] providers.jellyseerr: Jellyseerr request payload: {

[sqrlmstr5000]

@gauthier-th this is the one I'm stuck on at the moment. Does something need set differently in the request body to add tv?

[gauthier-th]

To retrieve the information of a series with its TMDB ID:
GET /api/v1/tv/83867 --> { ..., "mediaInfo": { "tmdbId": 83867, "tvdbId": 393189, ... }, ... }

Then you can use request the series like this:
POST /api/v1/request with this payload: { "mediaId": 83867, "tvdbId": 393189, "mediaType": "tv", "is4k": false, "seasons": [1, 2] }

Once again, you can see all this by looking in the browser console at the network requests being made while you're doing the request on the web UI.

[sqrlmstr5000]

The problem is all I have is the TMDB ID or the media title from an external application and I need to make a request using the Jellyseerr Media ID. I need a way to lookup (/search) based on the TMDB ID.

[sqrlmstr5000]

Nevermind, I see. Thanks!