Trakt Recommendations API

Personalized recommendations for movies and shows.

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OpenAPI Specification

trakt-recommendations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Trakt Calendars Recommendations 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: Recommendations
  description: Personalized recommendations for movies and shows.
paths:
  /recommendations/movies:
    get:
      tags:
      - Recommendations
      operationId: getMovieRecommendations
      summary: Get Movie Recommendations
      description: Personalized movie recommendations for a user.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recommended movies.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Movie'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Recommendations
      operationId: hideMovieRecommendation
      summary: Hide A Movie Recommendation
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Hidden.
  /recommendations/shows:
    get:
      tags:
      - Recommendations
      operationId: getShowRecommendations
      summary: Get Show Recommendations
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recommended shows.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Show'
components:
  schemas:
    Ids:
      type: object
      properties:
        trakt:
          type: integer
        slug:
          type: string
        imdb:
          type: string
        tmdb:
          type: integer
        tvdb:
          type: integer
    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
          format: uri
          nullable: true
        homepage:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
        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
    Show:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        year:
          type: integer
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        overview:
          type: string
        first_aired:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        runtime:
          type: integer
        certification:
          type: string
        network:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
        trailer:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
        homepage:
          type: string
          format: uri
          nullable: true
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - returning series
          - continuing
          - in production
          - planned
          - upcoming
          - pilot
          - canceled
          - ended
        rating:
          type: number
        votes:
          type: integer
        comment_count:
          type: integer
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        language:
          type: string
        genres:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        aired_episodes:
          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).