imdb_list: Login to IMDB does no work any longer

Expected behaviour:

Using the imdb_list plugin, retrieve movies on the watch list and the like.

Actual behaviour:

Login to IMDB does not work, plugin returns “Login to IMDB failed. Check your credentials.” despite credentials being correct, i.e., I am able to login with the credentials printed in the log output. I tried both variants for the username, i.e., for email [e-mail] I tried the whole address as well as just “foo”, neither worked.

Steps to reproduce:

Setup a config file with the below snippet and run flexget --debug --test execute

Config:

tasks:
  populate_list:
    imdb_lookup: true
    accept_all: true
    imdb_list:
      list: watchlist
      login: <login email>
      password: <password>
    list_add:
      - movie_list: my_movies

Log:

2016-09-25 10:37 DEBUG    utils.requests populate_list   Fetching https://www.imdb.com/ap/signin?openid.return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fap-signin-handler&openid.identity=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.assoc_handle=imdb_mobile_us&openid.mode=checkid_setup&openid.claimed_id=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0%2Fidentifier_select&openid.ns=http%3A%2F%2Fspecs.openid.net%2Fauth%2F2.0
2016-09-25 10:37 DEBUG    imdb_list     populate_list   email=<login email>, password=<password>
2016-09-25 10:37 VERBOSE  utils.requests populate_list   Waiting 4.24 seconds until next request to imdb.com
2016-09-25 10:37 DEBUG    utils.requests populate_list   Fetching https://www.imdb.com/ap/signin/167-5712825-0663537?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=14YRHC25X2GR80X7EFC6&pf_rd_m=A2A1PIL045UJ9G&pf_rd_t=6301&pf_rd_i=imdb_mobile_us&pf_rd_p=2187562082&pf_rd_s=mobile-signin-slot
2016-09-25 10:37 VERBOSE  utils.requests populate_list   Waiting 4.79 seconds until next request to imdb.com
2016-09-25 10:37 DEBUG    utils.requests populate_list   Fetching http://www.imdb.com/profile
2016-09-25 10:37 CRITICAL plugin        populate_list   Login to IMDB failed. Check your credentials.
2016-09-25 10:37 WARNING  task          populate_list   Aborting task (plugin: imdb_list)
2016-09-25 10:37 DEBUG    task_queue                    task populate_list aborted: TaskAbort(reason=Login to IMDB failed. Check your credentials., silent=False)

Additional information:

• Flexget Version: 2.3.31
• Python Version: 2.7.12
• Installation method: pip
• OS and version: Ubuntu 14.04
• Link to crash log:

[firasdib]

I updated flexget by misstake which is why I have this issue now. My friend still runs an older version which works 100% of the time… Why can’t we just use that code instead?

[liiight]

Imdb list is basically a hack. Anyone using it should not expect 100% durability.