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TheTVDB Search API

The Search API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for search.

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

Tagged areas include Search. 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 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 18 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.

2 operations 2 paths 18 schemas 2 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 Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 2
GET
/search
TheTVDB Get Search Results
getSearchResults 13 params → 200401400
GET
/search/remoteid/{remoteId}
TheTVDB Get Search Results by Remote Id
getSearchResultsByRemoteId 1 param → 200401

Schemas 18

The contract defines 18 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchResult (32 properties), EpisodeBaseRecord (23 properties), SeriesBaseRecord (21 properties), MovieBaseRecord (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TagOption
object
tag option record
5 properties
ParentCompany
object
A parent company record
3 properties
SeasonBaseRecord
object
season genre record
12 properties
Company
object
A company record
12 properties
SearchByRemoteIdResult
object
search by remote reuslt is a base record for a movie, series, people, season or company search result
5 properties
SearchResult
object
search result
32 properties
Alias
object
An alias model, which can be associated with a series, season, movie, person, or list.
2 properties
MovieBaseRecord
object
base movie record
12 properties
Status
object
status record
4 properties
CompanyRelationShip
object
A company relationship
2 properties
SeasonType
object
season type record
4 properties
EpisodeBaseRecord
object
base episode record
23 properties
SeriesBaseRecord
object
The base record for a series. All series airs time like firstAired, lastAired, nextAired, etc. are in US EST for US series, and for all non-US series, the time…
21 properties
PeopleBaseRecord
object
base people record
8 properties
TranslationSimple
object
translation simple record
Companies
object
Companies by type record
5 properties
RemoteID
object
remote id record
3 properties
Links
object
Links for next, previous and current record
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvdb-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TheTVDB publishes across the network.

TheTVDB Artwork API
TheTVDB Artwork Statuses API
TheTVDB Artwork Types API
TheTVDB Award Categories API
TheTVDB Awards API
TheTVDB Characters API
TheTVDB Companies API
TheTVDB Content Ratings API
TheTVDB Countries API
TheTVDB Entity Types API
TheTVDB Episodes API
TheTVDB Favorites API