Please add an import list feature.

I think that it is safe to say that, they will never allow normal contributors (i.e. non-employees) to bulk upload anything to any part of the DB. That's far too risky to the integrity of the database - and I mean that both in terms of the information being verifiable and in terms of the database being corrupted by some inconsistent data field tags.

I had to run mass database import updates every year, for a professional org I used to freelance with, and it was a amazingly easy to "break" something, even when I did everything correctly. 

I realize Lists are a little less risky, but I would be that any kind of bulk-upload request is going to be a hard no.

@EpigrammaticKat​ it's just text or movie's name.

@Sabeti1993​ Yes, but you have to consider that actually creating the mechanism to do it, would still involve allowing amateurs to run mass-uploads to their databases.

Even if most people's lists wouldn't be longer than 10-20 names...

Even if most people would know how to use an upload Excel template, and/or match field names correctly...

Even if it's only a list of titles, actors, etc.... and the necessary database field to link those names directly to their IMDB id tags (i.e. TT numbers) so that the list operates properly once uploaded to the website, regardless of there being several dozen films titled "Jumper" and there being enough people named John Williams in the database to go up to at least CCLXXXII (I didn't keep scanning for a higher number than that)...

Like I said, it's an amazingly easy thing to screw up, even if you know what you're doing. I certainly don't speak for the IMDB, and my prediction on this could be wrong. But considering what I know about how this works on the back end, I still doubt it's something IMDB would be entirely keen on.

@EpigrammaticKat​ ok, thanks.

I hope they will find a solution for it in the future.

Hi @ira_tozer -

We currently allow the export of Watchlists to csv format, but we don't have the option to import.

Hello @EPA, 

Please note that we do not allow for import, only export. 

For more information please visit our help pages.

I have a file stored on my computer that contains a bunch of movie names and IMDb IDs that I've watched (456 to be exact) and I want to add them to a list on IMDB. Obviously, going through my file and adding each title one by one would take forever. I think it would be a nice feature to be able to import titles from a file on your computer.

Something just like a text file containing an IMDb ID on each line, like so

tt0289043

tt0381849