Trakt People API

Person metadata, filmography, lists.

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OpenAPI Specification

trakt-people-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Trakt Calendars People 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: People
  description: Person metadata, filmography, lists.
paths:
  /people/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - People
      operationId: getPerson
      summary: Get A Single Person
      description: Returns a single person's details.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Extended'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person details.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
  /people/{id}/movies:
    get:
      tags:
      - People
      operationId: getPersonMovies
      summary: Get Movies For A Person
      description: Returns all movies where this person is in the cast or crew.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person filmography for movies.
  /people/{id}/shows:
    get:
      tags:
      - People
      operationId: getPersonShows
      summary: Get Shows For A Person
      description: Returns all shows where this person is in the cast or crew.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person filmography for shows.
components:
  schemas:
    Ids:
      type: object
      properties:
        trakt:
          type: integer
        slug:
          type: string
        imdb:
          type: string
        tmdb:
          type: integer
        tvdb:
          type: integer
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        biography:
          type: string
        birthday:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        death:
          type: string
          format: date
          nullable: true
        birthplace:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        homepage:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
  parameters:
    Extended:
      name: extended
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - full
        - metadata
        - noseasons
        - images
        - episodes
        - guest_stars
        - vip
      description: Request extra fields in the response.
  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).