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TheTVDB Series API

The Series API from TheTVDB — 10 operation(s) for series.

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

Tagged areas include Series. 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 10 operations across 10 paths, and defines 25 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.

10 operations 10 paths 25 schemas 10 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 Series API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 10

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 10 operations — 10 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Series 10
GET
/series
TheTVDB Get All Series
getAllSeries 1 param → 200401
GET
/series/{id}
TheTVDB Get Series Base
getSeriesBase 1 param → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/artworks
TheTVDB Get Series Artworks
getSeriesArtworks 3 params → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/nextAired
TheTVDB Get Series Next Aired
getSeriesNextAired 1 param → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/extended
TheTVDB Get Series Extended
getSeriesExtended 3 params → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/episodes/{season-type}
TheTVDB Get Series Episodes
getSeriesEpisodes 6 params → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/episodes/{season-type}/{lang}
TheTVDB Get Series Season Episodes Translated
getSeriesSeasonEpisodesTranslated 4 params → 200400401404
GET
/series/filter
TheTVDB Get Series Filter
getSeriesFilter 9 params → 200400401
GET
/series/slug/{slug}
TheTVDB Get Series Base by Slug
getSeriesBaseBySlug 1 param → 200400401404
GET
/series/{id}/translations/{language}
TheTVDB Get Series Translation
getSeriesTranslation 2 params → 200400401404

Schemas 25

The contract defines 25 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SeriesExtendedRecord (39 properties), EpisodeBaseRecord (23 properties), ArtworkExtendedRecord (21 properties), SeriesBaseRecord (21 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Translation
object
translation record
7 properties
GenreBaseRecord
object
base genre record
3 properties
Alias
object
An alias model, which can be associated with a series, season, movie, person, or list.
2 properties
CompanyRelationShip
object
A company relationship
2 properties
SeasonType
object
season type record
4 properties
Links
object
Links for next, previous and current record
5 properties
SeasonBaseRecord
object
season genre record
12 properties
Status
object
status record
4 properties
Trailer
object
trailer record
5 properties
ContentRating
object
content rating record
7 properties
EpisodeBaseRecord
object
base episode record
23 properties
TagOption
object
tag option record
5 properties
Company
object
A company record
12 properties
ArtworkExtendedRecord
object
extended artwork record
21 properties
RecordInfo
object
base record info
3 properties
Companies
object
Companies by type record
5 properties
RemoteID
object
remote id record
3 properties
Character
object
character record
21 properties
TranslationExtended
object
translation extended record
3 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
SeriesAirsDays
object
A series airs day record
7 properties
ArtworkStatus
object
artwork status record
2 properties
SeriesExtendedRecord
object
The extended 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…
39 properties
ListBaseRecord
object
base list record
13 properties
ParentCompany
object
A parent company record
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvdb-series-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