Prowlarr Search API

The Search API from Prowlarr — 2 operation(s) for search.

Business capability
Self-Hosted Media Servers & Library Automation AE-170.90

Operations 3

POST /api/v1/search Create api search #
GET /api/v1/search Get api search #
POST /api/v1/search/bulk Create api search bulk #

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OpenAPI Specification

prowlarr-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Prowlarr Search API
  description: Prowlarr API docs
  license:
    name: GPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/Prowlarr/Prowlarr/blob/develop/LICENSE
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: '{protocol}://{hostpath}'
  variables:
    protocol:
      default: http
      enum:
      - http
      - https
    hostpath:
      default: localhost:9696
security:
- X-Api-Key: []
- apikey: []
tags:
- name: Search
paths:
  /api/v1/search:
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReleaseResource'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReleaseResource'
      summary: Create api search
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postApiV1Search
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: indexerIds
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
            format: int32
      - name: categories
        in: query
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
            format: int32
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReleaseResource'
      summary: Get api search
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: getApiV1Search
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /api/v1/search/bulk:
    post:
      tags:
      - Search
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReleaseResource'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReleaseResource'
      summary: Create api search bulk
      x-summary-source: derived
      operationId: postApiV1SearchBulk
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    IndexerCategory:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        description:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        subCategories:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexerCategory'
          readOnly: true
      additionalProperties: false
    DownloadProtocol:
      enum:
      - unknown
      - usenet
      - torrent
      type: string
    ReleaseResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        guid:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        age:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        ageHours:
          type: number
          format: double
        ageMinutes:
          type: number
          format: double
        size:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        files:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        grabs:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        indexerId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        indexer:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        subGroup:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        releaseHash:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        sortTitle:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        imdbId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        tmdbId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        tvdbId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        tvMazeId:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        publishDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        commentUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        downloadUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        infoUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        posterUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        indexerFlags:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            type: string
        categories:
          type:
          - array
          - 'null'
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IndexerCategory'
        magnetUrl:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        infoHash:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        seeders:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        leechers:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
        protocol:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DownloadProtocol'
        fileName:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          readOnly: true
        downloadClientId:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: int32
      additionalProperties: false
  securitySchemes:
    X-Api-Key:
      type: apiKey
      description: Apikey passed as header
      name: X-Api-Key
      in: header
    apikey:
      type: apiKey
      description: Apikey passed as query parameter
      name: apikey
      in: query