IMDb-API

IMDb-API Name API

People (actors, directors, writers) information and awards.

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Operations 2

GET /{lang}/API/Name/{apiKey}/{id} Get Person #

GET /{lang}/API/NameAwards/{apiKey}/{id} Get Person Awards #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IMDb-API (TV-API) External Name API
  description: 'Community web service (operated under the IMDb-API / TV-API brand) for receiving

    movie, TV series and cast information in JSON. Aggregates data from IMDb,

    TheMovieDb, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, TheTVDB, FilmAffinity and

    YouTube. Originally hosted at imdb-api.com and migrated to tv-api.com. Not an

    official IMDb / Amazon product.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: IMDb-API
    url: https://tv-api.com/
  license:
    name: Commercial / Free Tier
    url: https://tv-api.com/pricing
servers:
- url: https://tv-api.com
  description: Production (current)
- url: https://imdb-api.com
  description: Legacy host (redirects to tv-api.com)
security:
- ApiKeyInPath: []
tags:
- name: Name
  description: People (actors, directors, writers) information and awards.
paths:
  /{lang}/API/Name/{apiKey}/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Name
      operationId: getName
      summary: Get Person
      description: Retrieve actor, director or writer information by IMDb name id (nm-format).
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^nm\\d+$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Name data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameData'
  /{lang}/API/NameAwards/{apiKey}/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Name
      operationId: getNameAwards
      summary: Get Person Awards
      description: Retrieve awards for a person by IMDb name id.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Lang'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKey'
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          pattern: ^nm\\d+$
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Name award data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameAwardData'
components:
  schemas:
    NameAwardData:
      type: object
      properties:
        imDbId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              eventName:
                type: string
              eventYear:
                type: string
              awards:
                type: array
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    NameData:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        role:
          type: string
        image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        summary:
          type: string
        birthDate:
          type: string
        deathDate:
          type: string
        awards:
          type: string
        height:
          type: string
        knownFor:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/SimilarShort'
        castMovies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        errorMessage:
          type: string
    SimilarShort:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        imDbRating:
          type: string
  parameters:
    ApiKey:
      name: apiKey
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Account API key.
      schema:
        type: string
    Lang:
      name: lang
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Two-letter language code (e.g. en, fr, de, es, ru). Use 'en' for default.
      schema:
        type: string
        default: en
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyInPath:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apiKey
      description: API key issued at https://tv-api.com after sign-up. Embedded directly in the request path for most endpoints.

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