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TVmaze Search API

Free-text search and lookup endpoints for shows and people.

TVmaze Search 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 Search. 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 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 10 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.

4 operations 4 paths 10 schemas 4 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 Search API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (usertoken). 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.

Search 4

Free-text search and lookup endpoints for shows and people.

GET
/search/shows
Search Shows
searchShows 1 param → 200
GET
/singlesearch/shows
Single Search Shows
singleSearchShows 2 params → 200404
GET
/lookup/shows
Lookup Shows By External ID
lookupShows 3 params → 200404
GET
/search/people
Search People
searchPeople 1 param → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Show (23 properties), Person (10 properties), Network (4 properties), Country (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Show
object
23 properties
Country
object
3 properties
WebChannel
Links
object
Schedule
object
2 properties
Image
object
2 properties
Rating
object
1 property
Network
object
4 properties
Person
object
10 properties
Externals
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

tvmaze-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs TVmaze publishes across the network.

TVmaze auth API
TVmaze Episodes 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 Seasons API
TVmaze Shows API