Trakt Checkin API

Lightweight social "now watching" check-ins.

Operations 2

POST /checkin Check Into An Item #
DELETE /checkin Delete Any Active Checkins #

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OpenAPI Specification

trakt-checkin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Trakt Calendars Checkin API
  description: 'The Trakt API is a RESTful API for integrating TV show and movie tracking

    features into applications. It exposes Trakt''s media database, user

    watch history, lists, watchlists, ratings, comments, scrobbling, and

    recommendations. Authentication is OAuth 2.0 (Authorization Code and

    Device flows).


    This OpenAPI is a representative sampling of the full Trakt API v2

    surface, covering authentication, movies, shows, episodes, seasons,

    people, search, users, sync, scrobble, checkin, lists, calendars,

    recommendations, comments, notes, and reference data. The canonical

    contract is the ts-rest router published at github.com/trakt/trakt-api.

    '
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: Trakt API Support
    url: https://forums.trakt.tv
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
servers:
- url: https://api.trakt.tv
  description: Production
- url: https://api-staging.trakt.tv
  description: Staging
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Checkin
  description: Lightweight social "now watching" check-ins.
paths:
  /checkin:
    post:
      tags:
      - Checkin
      operationId: createCheckin
      summary: Check Into An Item
      description: Check into a movie or episode. Sets the watching status; auto-expires after the runtime elapses.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CheckinRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Checkin created.
        '409':
          description: Already checked in (conflict).
    delete:
      tags:
      - Checkin
      operationId: deleteCheckin
      summary: Delete Any Active Checkins
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Active checkin cancelled.
components:
  schemas:
    Movie:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        year:
          type: integer
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        tagline:
          type: string
        overview:
          type: string
        released:
          type: string
          format: date
        runtime:
          type: integer
        country:
          type: string
        trailer:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        homepage:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        rating:
          type: number
        votes:
          type: integer
        comment_count:
          type: integer
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        language:
          type: string
        languages:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        available_translations:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        genres:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        certification:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - released
          - in production
          - post production
          - planned
          - rumored
          - canceled
    CheckinRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        movie:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Movie'
        episode:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Episode'
        sharing:
          type: object
          properties:
            twitter:
              type: boolean
            mastodon:
              type: boolean
            tumblr:
              type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        venue_id:
          type: string
        venue_name:
          type: string
        app_version:
          type: string
        app_date:
          type: string
          format: date
    Episode:
      type: object
      properties:
        season:
          type: integer
        number:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        number_abs:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        overview:
          type: string
        first_aired:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        runtime:
          type: integer
        episode_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - standard
          - series_premiere
          - season_premiere
          - mid_season_finale
          - mid_season_premiere
          - season_finale
          - series_finale
    Ids:
      type: object
      properties:
        trakt:
          type: integer
        slug:
          type: string
        imdb:
          type: string
        tmdb:
          type: integer
        tvdb:
          type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: OAuth 2.0 access token from /oauth/token or /oauth/device/token. Send via Authorization header and required headers trakt-api-version (2) and trakt-api-key (client_id).