Kavita Series API

The Series API from Kavita — 31 operation(s) for series.

Operations 33

POST /api/Series/v2 Gets series with the applied Filter #
GET /api/Series/{seriesId} Fetches a Series for a given Id #
DELETE /api/Series/{seriesId} Deletes a series from Kavita #
POST /api/Series/delete-multiple Deletes multiple series from Kavita at once #
GET /api/Series/volumes Returns All volumes for a series with progress information and Chapters #
GET /api/Series/volume Returns a single Volume with progress information and Chapters #
GET /api/Series/chapter Returns a single Chapter with progress information #
POST /api/Series/update Updates the Series #
POST /api/Series/recently-added-v2 Gets all recently added series #
POST /api/Series/recently-updated-series Returns series that were recently updated, like adding or removing a chapter #
POST /api/Series/all-v2 Returns all series for the library #
POST /api/Series/on-deck Fetches series that are on deck aka have progress on them #
POST /api/Series/remove-from-on-deck Removes a series from displaying on deck until the next read event on that… #
GET /api/Series/currently-reading Get series a user is currently reading, requires the user to share their profile #
POST /api/Series/refresh-metadata Runs a Cover Image Generation task #
POST /api/Series/scan Scan a series and force each file to be updated. #
POST /api/Series/analyze Run a file analysis on the series #
GET /api/Series/metadata Returns metadata for a given series #
POST /api/Series/metadata Update series metadata #
GET /api/Series/series-by-collection Returns all Series grouped by the passed Collection Id with Pagination #
POST /api/Series/series-by-ids Fetches Series for a set of Ids. #
GET /api/Series/age-rating Get the age rating for the Kavita.Models.Entities.Enums.AgeRating enum value #
GET /api/Series/series-detail Get a special DTO for Series Detail page #
GET /api/Series/related Fetches the related series for a given series #
GET /api/Series/all-related Returns all related series against the passed series Id #
POST /api/Series/update-related Update the relations attached to the Series. #
GET /api/Series/external-series-detail Returns external series metadata around a Given External Series #
GET /api/Series/next-expected Based on the delta times between when chapters are added, for series that are… #
POST /api/Series/match Sends a request to Kavita+ API for all potential matches, sorted by relevance #
POST /api/Series/update-match This will perform the fix match #
POST /api/Series/dont-match When true, will not perform a match and will prevent Kavita from attempting to… #
GET /api/Series/match-info Returns extra information around an existing match (and series) to display on… #
GET /api/Series/series-with-annotations Returns all Series that a user has access to #

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OpenAPI Specification

kavita-series-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Kavita Series API
  description: Kavita provides a set of APIs authenticated via an Auth Key passed in the `x-api-key` header. Generate an Auth Key under User Settings → Manage Auth Keys, paste it into the Authorize panel, and all Try It requests will include it. Assume all fields of a payload are required unless marked optional. Built against v0.9.1.15
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/blob/develop/LICENSE
  version: 0.9.1.15
servers:
- url: '{protocol}://{hostpath}'
  variables:
    protocol:
      default: http
      enum:
      - http
      - https
    hostpath:
      default: localhost:5000
security:
- AuthKey: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/kavita/openapi/kavita-series-api-openapi.yml