Trakt Search API

Text and ID lookup across movies, shows, episodes, people, lists.

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OpenAPI Specification

trakt-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Trakt Calendars Search 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: Search
  description: Text and ID lookup across movies, shows, episodes, people, lists.
paths:
  /search/{type}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      operationId: searchText
      summary: Get Text Query Results
      description: Search all text fields that a media object contains. Accepts movie, show, episode, person, list (one or more, comma separated).
      parameters:
      - name: type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - movie
          - show
          - episode
          - person
          - list
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
  /search/{id_type}/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Search
      operationId: searchById
      summary: Get ID Lookup Results
      description: Lookup items by their Trakt, IMDB, TMDB, or TVDB ID.
      parameters:
      - name: id_type
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - trakt
          - imdb
          - tmdb
          - tvdb
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Lookup results.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResult'
components:
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 10
      description: Items per page.
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number for pagination.
  schemas:
    SearchResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - movie
          - show
          - episode
          - person
          - list
        score:
          type: number
        movie:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Movie'
        show:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Show'
        episode:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Episode'
        person:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
    Episode:
      type: object
      properties:
        season:
          type: integer
        number:
          type: integer
        title:
          type: string
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        number_abs:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        overview:
          type: string
        first_aired:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
        runtime:
          type: integer
        episode_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - standard
          - series_premiere
          - season_premiere
          - mid_season_finale
          - mid_season_premiere
          - season_finale
          - series_finale
    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
    Ids:
      type: object
      properties:
        trakt:
          type: integer
        slug:
          type: string
        imdb:
          type: string
        tmdb:
          type: integer
        tvdb:
          type: integer
    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
    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
  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).