TMDB search

GET https://api.api.sh/tmdb/v1/search
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Search The Movie Database for movies, TV series, people, collections, keywords or companies, 20 a page, with the match count of every type. Movies/TV: id, title, original title, release date, overview, adult flag, link and poster. Narrow movies or TV by release year with year. Pass next_page back as page.

Every response includes credits_used: the credits this call cost.

Parameters

nametypedescription
qrequired string Search words. Example: parasite
type movie | tv | person | collection | keyword | company What to search (default movie).
language string Page language (default en-US), e.g. de-DE, fr-FR, es-ES.
page integer Page number (default 1). Pass next_page back; null on the last page.
year integer Release year (first-air year for TV), four digits, e.g. 1989. Only with type=movie or type=tv.

Every endpoint also takes fresh, raw, fields (see lean responses and caching).

Example

curl "https://api.api.sh/tmdb/v1/search?q=parasite" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

Response

A JSON object with the fields described above, plus raw (the source's own data), cached, fetched_at and credits_used. Errors return {"success": false, "error": "…"} with the HTTP status (see errors). A lookup that ran but found nothing (404) costs the price above; refused calls and errors on our side are free (what's charged).

The fastest way to see the full response is the playground: it runs this endpoint with your account and shows the exact JSON.