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TVmaze Shows API

Show metadata, episodes, seasons, cast, crew, images, and aliases.

TVmaze Shows 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 Shows. 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 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 16 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.

11 operations 11 paths 16 schemas 11 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 Shows API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (usertoken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 11 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shows 11

Show metadata, episodes, seasons, cast, crew, images, and aliases.

GET
/shows
List Shows
listShows 1 param → 200404
GET
/shows/{id}
Get Show
getShow 2 params → 200404
GET
/shows/{id}/episodes
Get Show Episodes
getShowEpisodes 2 params → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/episodebynumber
Get Show Episode By Number
getShowEpisodeByNumber 3 params → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/episodesbydate
Get Show Episodes By Date
getShowEpisodesByDate 2 params → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/seasons
Get Show Seasons
getShowSeasons 1 param → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/cast
Get Show Cast
getShowCast 1 param → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/crew
Get Show Crew
getShowCrew 1 param → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/akas
Get Show Akas
getShowAkas 1 param → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/images
Get Show Images
getShowImages 1 param → 200
GET
/shows/{id}/alternatelists
Get Show Alternate Lists
getShowAlternateLists 1 param → 200

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Show (23 properties), Episode (14 properties), Season (12 properties), Person (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Season
object
12 properties
Aka
object
2 properties
CrewCredit
object
2 properties
Country
object
3 properties
Show
object
23 properties
Character
object
5 properties
Episode
object
14 properties
WebChannel
Links
object
Schedule
object
2 properties
Image
object
2 properties
CastCredit
object
4 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-shows-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 Search API
TVmaze Seasons API