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TheTVDB People API

The People API from TheTVDB — 4 operation(s) for people.

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

Tagged areas include People. 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 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 13 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.

4 operations 4 paths 13 schemas 4 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 People API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

People 4
GET
/people
TheTVDB Get All People
getAllPeople 1 param → 200401
GET
/people/{id}
TheTVDB Get People Base
getPeopleBase 1 param → 200400401404
GET
/people/{id}/extended
TheTVDB Get People Extended
getPeopleExtended 2 params → 200400401404
GET
/people/{id}/translations/{language}
TheTVDB Get People Translation
getPeopleTranslation 2 params → 200400401404

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Character (21 properties), PeopleExtendedRecord (20 properties), PeopleBaseRecord (8 properties), Translation (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TagOption
object
tag option record
5 properties
Translation
object
translation record
7 properties
Biography
object
biography record
2 properties
TranslationExtended
object
translation extended record
3 properties
AwardBaseRecord
object
base award record
2 properties
Alias
object
An alias model, which can be associated with a series, season, movie, person, or list.
2 properties
Links
object
Links for next, previous and current record
5 properties
PeopleBaseRecord
object
base people record
8 properties
RecordInfo
object
base record info
3 properties
PeopleExtendedRecord
object
extended people record
20 properties
RemoteID
object
remote id record
3 properties
Race
object
race record
Character
object
character record
21 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvdb-people-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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TheTVDB Award Categories API
TheTVDB Awards API
TheTVDB Characters API
TheTVDB Companies API
TheTVDB Content Ratings API
TheTVDB Countries API
TheTVDB Entity Types API
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