How to automatically create href to imdb person knowing only "name" eg "Tom Hanks"

Hi Norman,

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IMDb prefers that you link to names in IMDb using name ID:

https://www.imdb.com/name/{Name-ID}/

where {Name-ID} is of the form: nm1234578

For example:
The Name ID for Tom Hanks is nm0000158. The link for Tom Hanks is https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000158/

Alternately, you can use IMDb's format for Name searches:

https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q={Name}#nm

where {Name} is the name of the person with plus signs ("+") for spaces:

For example:
This is the name search for Tom Hanks:
https://www.imdb.com/find?ref_=nv_sr_fn&q=Tom+Hanks#nm

The down side to using IMDb Name searches is that you are not guaranteed a result and may receive multiple results.

Hi, Norman. That is not something that can be easily automated without some risk of false positives. The IMDb Help article "Can I use IMDb data in my software?" should be of interest to you, as far as getting started with the most comprehensive methods of gathering information. The IMDb dataset "name.basics.tsv.gz" includes "Known For" data, which helps disambiguate separate people who have the same name. Unfortunately, in order sort information according to IMDb's proprietary popularity metric, the Advanced Name Search (ANS) would have to be used, and evaluating the actual ranking figures requires an active IMDbPro subscription.