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Friday, June 28th, 2024 9:03 PM

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IMDb list export URL no longer working

Hi, for years I have been using a URL of the following format

https://www.imdb.com/list/lsxxxxxxxxx/export

and command line tools like "curl" or "wget" to automatically export my lists to local csv files. The "xxxxxxxxx" would be the unique list id number found in the URL of each list. It appears that of today this no longer works (it gives a 404 not found error).

I was wondering if this was done on purpose and why would you remove an easy way to export lists, and is there some other URL that I can access that will do the same thing. Currently all I see available is a manual multi-step process using something call "Your exports". I have 6 lists plus watchlist and ratings and this is a really inefficient way to get everything down to my computer.

Please reconsider and add back *some* way to programmatically export lists. I have spent years creating and maintaining some of my lists and ratings and I would like to be able to back them up regularly plus I use the csv data for some of the lists for other things I do on my computer that can't be done on the website.

Regards

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