The New York Times Company Movies API

The Movies API from The New York Times Company — 3 operation(s) for movies.

Operations 3

GET /critics/{reviewer}.json Get movie critics name, bio and image #
GET /reviews/{type}.json Get movie reviews #
GET /reviews/search.json Search for movie reviews #

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OpenAPI Specification

new-york-times-company-movies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.0
  title: Movie Reviews Movies API
  description: 'Search New York Times movie reviews by keyword and filter by Critics'' Picks.


    Get movie critic names:


    ```

    /critics/all.json

    ```


    Get movie reviews that are critic''s pick:


    ```

    /reviews/picks.json

    ```


    Get movie reviews with "lebowski" in the title::


    ```

    /reviews/search.json?query=lebowski

    ```


    ## Example Call

    ```

    https://api.nytimes.com/svc/movies/v2/reviews/search.json?query=godfather&api-key=yourkey

    ```'
servers:
- url: https://api.nytimes.com/svc/movies/v2
security:
- apikey: []
tags:
- name: Movies
paths:
  /critics/{reviewer}.json:
    get:
      summary: Get movie critics name, bio and image
      description: Get movie critics. You can either specify the reviewer name or use "all", "full-time", or "part-time".
      tags:
      - Movies
      parameters:
      - name: reviewer
        in: path
        description: Reviewer name or "all" for all reviewers, "full-time" for full-time reviewers, or "part-time" for part-time reviewers.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of movie critics.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Critic'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
      operationId: getCritics{reviewer}Json
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /reviews/{type}.json:
    get:
      summary: Get movie reviews
      description: 'Get movie reviews. Can filter to only return Critics'' Picks.

        Supports ordering results by-title, by-publication-date, or by-opening-date.

        Use offset to paginate thru results, 20 at a time.'
      tags:
      - Movies
      parameters:
      - name: type
        description: Filter by critics' pick or not.
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - all
          - picks
      - name: offset
        in: query
        description: Sets the starting point of the result set.  Needs to be multiple of 20.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: order
        in: query
        description: How to order the results.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - by-opening-date
          - by-publication-date
          - by-title
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of movie reviews.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  has_more:
                    type: boolean
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
      operationId: getReviews{type}Json
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /reviews/search.json:
    get:
      summary: Search for movie reviews
      description: Search for movie reviews. Supports filtering by Critics' Pick.
      tags:
      - Movies
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of movie reviews.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: string
                  copyright:
                    type: string
                  has_more:
                    type: boolean
                  num_results:
                    type: integer
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Review'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized request.  Make sure api-key is set.
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.  You reached your per minute or per day rate limit.
      operationId: getReviewsSearchJson
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    Link:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
        suggested_link_text:
          type: string
    Review:
      type: object
      properties:
        display_title:
          type: string
        mpaa_rating:
          type: string
        critics_pick:
          type: integer
        byline:
          type: string
        headline:
          type: string
        summary_short:
          type: string
        publication_date:
          type: string
        opening_date:
          type: string
        date_updated:
          type: string
        link:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Link'
        multimedia:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MultiMedia'
    Critic:
      type: object
      properties:
        display_name:
          type: string
        sort_name:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        bio:
          type: string
        seo-nmae:
          type: string
        multimedia:
          type: object
          properties:
            resource:
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  type: string
                src:
                  type: string
                height:
                  type: integer
                width:
                  type: integer
                credit:
                  type: string
    MultiMedia:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        src:
          type: string
        width:
          type: integer
        height:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    apikey:
      type: apiKey
      name: api-key
      in: query