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IMDb-API External API

Wikipedia, external sites, reviews, FAQ and other ancillary data.

IMDb-API External API is one of 6 APIs that IMDb-API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include External. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, rate-limit docs, and 8 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://tv-api.com, https://imdb-api.com.

7 operations 7 paths 8 schemas 7 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://tv-api.com/
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

IMDb-API External API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apiKey (ApiKeyInPath). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyInPath — API key issued at https://tv-api.com after sign-up. Embedded directly in the request path for most endpoints.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 7 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

External 7

Wikipedia, external sites, reviews, FAQ and other ancillary data.

GET
/{lang}/API/Wikipedia/{apiKey}/{id}
Get Wikipedia Plot
getWikipedia 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/ExternalSites/{apiKey}/{id}
Get External Sites
getExternalSites 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/Reviews/{apiKey}/{id}
Get User Reviews
getReviews 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/MetacriticReviews/{apiKey}/{id}
Get Metacritic Reviews
getMetacriticReviews 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/FAQ/{apiKey}/{id}
Get FAQ
getFAQ 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/Company/{apiKey}/{id}
Get Company
getCompany 3 params → 200
GET
/{lang}/API/Keyword/{apiKey}/{id}
Get Keyword
getKeyword 3 params → 200

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are WikipediaData (7 properties), SearchResult (5 properties), ReviewData (4 properties), ExternalSiteData (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

KeywordData
object
4 properties
SearchResult
object
5 properties
MetacriticReviewData
object
4 properties
ExternalSiteData
object
4 properties
ReviewData
object
4 properties
WikipediaData
object
7 properties
CompanyData
object
4 properties
FAQData
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

imdb-api-external-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs IMDb-API publishes across the network.

IMDb-API Lists API
IMDb-API Name API
IMDb-API Search API
IMDb-API Title API
IMDb-API Tools API