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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: FrameThrower Films API
version: 1.0.0
summary: Cinematography reference search over 5,489 films.
description: Search a film stills library indexed frame by frame on lighting, lens character, shot size, camera angle, colour palette and mood — in plain language, by reference image, or by colour.
contact:
name: FrameThrower
url: https://framethrower.ai/developers
email: contact@framethrower.ai
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://framethrower.ai/legal/tos
termsOfService: https://framethrower.ai/legal/tos
servers:
- url: https://framethrower.ai/api/v1
description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Films
description: The film catalogue
paths:
/films:
get:
tags:
- Films
operationId: listFilms
summary: Film catalogue
description: 'Paginated catalogue with poster art. Every entry carries `slug`, `frameCount` and a ready-made `framesUrl`.
**Cost: 2 credits.** $1 = 1,000 credits. Returns 402 when the balance is short.'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
parameters:
- name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
minimum: 1
- name: per_page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 50
maximum: 100
- name: q
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Filter by film title, director or cinematographer
- name: sort
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- title
- frames
- year
default: title
description: frames = best-covered films first
- name: min_frames
in: query
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: Films
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'402':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientCredits'
/films/{slug}:
get:
tags:
- Films
operationId: getFilm
summary: Film detail
description: 'Plot, runtime, rating, dominant colours and sample frames.
**Cost: 2 credits.** $1 = 1,000 credits. Returns 402 when the balance is short.'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
examples:
blade:
value: blade-runner-2049-2017
responses:
'200':
description: The film
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'402':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientCredits'
'404':
description: No such film
/films/frames:
get:
tags:
- Films
operationId: listFilmFrames
summary: One film's frames
description: 'Every frame held for one film, paginated. `meta.total` is the film''s full frame count, so page 1 tells you the whole size.
**Cost: 2 credits.** $1 = 1,000 credits. Returns 402 when the balance is short.'
security:
- bearerAuth: []
parameters:
- name: slug
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
- name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
- name: per_page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
default: 100
maximum: 200
responses:
'200':
description: Frames
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Frame'
meta:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'402':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InsufficientCredits'
components:
schemas:
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
docs:
type: string
api_reference:
type: string
Frame:
type: object
description: A single film frame. Thumbnails and deep links only — never raw image bytes.
properties:
id:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
description: Deep link to this frame on FrameThrower
thumbnail:
type: string
format: uri
depthUrl:
type: string
format: uri
nullable: true
description: Precomputed depth map (Depth-Anything V2), WebP, same pixel dimensions as the frame — feed straight to a depth ControlNet. null when the frame has no map; a stale URL 404s, in which case compute depth locally. Never falls back to the colour image.
score:
type: number
description: Relevance, when the call was a search
film:
type: object
properties:
title:
type: string
year:
type: integer
slug:
type: string
frameCount:
type: integer
director:
type: string
cinematographer:
type: string
shot_type:
type: string
lens_character:
type: string
camera_angle:
type: string
setting:
type: string
time_of_day:
type: string
visual_style:
type: string
colorPalette:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Dominant colours as hex
colorDescription:
type: string
prompt:
type: string
description: Stored descriptive prompt for the frame
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Missing, malformed, revoked or unknown token
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
InsufficientCredits:
description: Not enough credits. The body carries everything needed to recover without reading docs.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
code:
type: string
const: insufficient_credits
cost:
type: integer
balance:
type: integer
buy_credits:
type: string
format: uri
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
description: Personal access token, prefix `ft_`. Create one at https://framethrower.ai/settings?tab=api — free accounts included, no plan required.
externalDocs:
url: https://framethrower.ai/developers
description: Developer documentation