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The Open Movie Database Search API

Search for movies and series by title.

The Open Movie Database Search API is one of 2 APIs that The Open Movie Database publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://www.omdbapi.com, https://img.omdbapi.com.

1 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.omdbapi.com
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

The Open Movie Database Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as apikey (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 1

Search for movies and series by title.

GET
/search
Search Movies By Title
searchMovies 7 params → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchResult (5 properties), SearchResponse (3 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SearchResult
object
A search result item (abbreviated movie/series data).
5 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response when the request fails.
2 properties
SearchResponse
object
Paginated search results.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

the-open-movie-database-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs The Open Movie Database publishes across the network.

The Open Movie Database Movies API