The Movie Database

The Movie Database Genre API

The Genre API from The Movie Database — 2 operation(s) for genre.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: tmdb-api Account Genre API
  version: '3'
servers:
- url: https://api.themoviedb.org
security:
- sec0: []
tags:
- name: Genre
paths:
  /3/genre/movie/list:
    get:
      summary: Movie List
      description: Get the list of official genres for movies.
      operationId: genre-movie-list
      parameters:
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{"genres":[{"id":28,"name":"Action"},{"id":12,"name":"Abenteuer"},{"id":16,"name":"Animation"},{"id":35,"name":"Komödie"},{"id":80,"name":"Krimi"},{"id":99,"name":"Dokumentarfilm"},{"id":18,"name":"Drama"},{"id":10751,"name":"Familie"},{"id":14,"name":"Fantasy"},{"id":36,"name":"Historie"},{"id":27,"name":"Horror"},{"id":10402,"name":"Musik"},{"id":9648,"name":"Mystery"},{"id":10749,"name":"Liebesfilm"},{"id":878,"name":"Science Fiction"},{"id":10770,"name":"TV-Film"},{"id":53,"name":"Thriller"},{"id":10752,"name":"Kriegsfilm"},{"id":37,"name":"Western"}]}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  genres:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: integer
                          example: 28
                          default: 0
                        name:
                          type: string
                          example: Action
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Genre
  /3/genre/tv/list:
    get:
      summary: TV List
      description: Get the list of official genres for TV shows.
      operationId: genre-tv-list
      parameters:
      - name: language
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: en
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: '{"genres":[{"id":10759,"name":"Action & Adventure"},{"id":16,"name":"Animation"},{"id":35,"name":"Komödie"},{"id":80,"name":"Krimi"},{"id":99,"name":"Dokumentarfilm"},{"id":18,"name":"Drama"},{"id":10751,"name":"Familie"},{"id":10762,"name":"Kids"},{"id":9648,"name":"Mystery"},{"id":10763,"name":"News"},{"id":10764,"name":"Reality"},{"id":10765,"name":"Sci-Fi & Fantasy"},{"id":10766,"name":"Soap"},{"id":10767,"name":"Talk"},{"id":10768,"name":"War & Politics"},{"id":37,"name":"Western"}]}'
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  genres:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type: integer
                          example: 10759
                          default: 0
                        name:
                          type: string
                          example: Action & Adventure
      deprecated: false
      tags:
      - Genre
components:
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      x-bearer-format: bearer
x-readme:
  headers: []
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true
x-readme-fauxas: true