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TVmaze Episodes API

Individual episode details including guest cast and crew.

TVmaze Episodes API is one of 17 APIs that TVmaze publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 32 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Episodes. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, authentication docs, pricing, and 32 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.tvmaze.com/v1, http://api.tvmaze.com/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 9 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.tvmaze.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

TVmaze Episodes API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (usertoken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Episodes 3

Individual episode details including guest cast and crew.

GET
/episodes/{id}
Get Episode
getEpisode 2 params → 200
GET
/episodes/{id}/guestcast
Get Episode Guest Cast
getEpisodeGuestCast 1 param → 200
GET
/episodes/{id}/guestcrew
Get Episode Guest Crew
getEpisodeGuestCrew 1 param → 200

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Episode (14 properties), Person (10 properties), Character (5 properties), CastCredit (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CrewCredit
object
2 properties
Country
object
3 properties
Character
object
5 properties
Episode
object
14 properties
Links
object
Image
object
2 properties
CastCredit
object
4 properties
Rating
object
1 property
Person
object
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvmaze-episodes-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TVmaze publishes across the network.

TVmaze auth API
TVmaze followed networks API
TVmaze followed people API
TVmaze followed shows API
TVmaze followed webchannels API
TVmaze marked episodes API
TVmaze People API
TVmaze Schedule API
TVmaze scrobbling API
TVmaze Search API
TVmaze Seasons API
TVmaze Shows API