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TheTVDB Characters API

The Characters API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for characters.

TheTVDB Characters API is one of 29 APIs that TheTVDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Characters. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, and a JSON-LD context.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 4.7.10.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4.

1 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
4.7.10
Base URL
https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

TheTVDB Characters API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). 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.

Characters 1
GET
/characters/{id}
TheTVDB Get Character Base
getCharacterBase 1 param → 200400401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Character (21 properties), TagOption (5 properties), RecordInfo (3 properties), Alias (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RecordInfo
object
base record info
3 properties
TagOption
object
tag option record
5 properties
Alias
object
An alias model, which can be associated with a series, season, movie, person, or list.
2 properties
Character
object
character record
21 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvdb-characters-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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TheTVDB Companies API
TheTVDB Content Ratings API
TheTVDB Countries API
TheTVDB Entity Types API
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