Trakt

Trakt Search API

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

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Operations 2

GET /search/{type} Get Text Query Results #
GET /search/{id_type}/{id} Get ID Lookup Results #

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Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/openapi/trakt-search-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/trakt-movie-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/trakt-show-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/trakt-episode-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/trakt-user-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-schema/trakt-scrobble-schema.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-structure/trakt-movie-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-structure/trakt-show-structure.json
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JSONStructure
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/json-structure/trakt-history-structure.json

Other Resources

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-getTrendingMovies-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-getMovie-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-generateDeviceCode-example.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-pollDeviceToken-example.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-scrobbleStart-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-addToHistory-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-searchText-example.json
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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/trakt/refs/heads/main/examples/trakt-getShowWatchedProgress-example.json

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OpenAPI Specification

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

    features into applications.'
  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:
  schemas:
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        ids:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Ids'
        biography:
          type: string
        birthday:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date
        death:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date
        birthplace:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        homepage:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
    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
          - '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
    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
          - '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
    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
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        homepage:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        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
  parameters:
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number for pagination.
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 10
      description: Items per page.
  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).