Gracenote

Gracenote, a Nielsen company, provides entertainment metadata, content recognition technology, and developer APIs for TV, video, music, sports, and automotive industries. Gracenote enables content discovery, search, and personalization across linear and streaming services worldwide.

Gracenote publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Celebrities API, Lineups API, Movies API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Automotive, Content Metadata, Entertainment, Music, and Nielsen.

Gracenote’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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31.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

AutomotiveContent MetadataEntertainment MusicNielsenSports Streaming Television Video

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 31.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20

Access Clarity 3.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 5.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Gracenote OnConnect API

The Gracenote OnConnect API delivers TV and video data including schedules, programs, celebrities, sports, images, and station lineups. Designed for mobile apps, connected TVs, ...

Gracenote OnConnect Data API

The Gracenote OnConnect Data API provides extended metadata for TV, movies, celebrities, and sports. It is designed for connected experiences and mobile applications that need r...

Gracenote Celebrities API

The Celebrities API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for celebrities.

Gracenote Lineups API

The Lineups API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for lineups.

Gracenote Movies API

The Movies API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for movies.

Gracenote Programs API

The Programs API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for programs.

Gracenote Series API

The Series API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for series.

Gracenote Sports API

The Sports API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for sports.

Gracenote Stations API

The Stations API from Gracenote — 3 operation(s) for stations.

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Open Collections 9

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Lineups API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Movies API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Programs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Series API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Sports API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS Celebrities Stations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Gracenote OnConnect TMS API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Gracenote Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Gracenote Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Gracenote Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Gracenote Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Gracenote Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Gracenote Agentic Access

17 operations

17 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

Developer

Products

Parent

Source (apis.yml)

aid: gracenote
name: Gracenote
description: Gracenote, a Nielsen company, provides entertainment metadata, content recognition technology, and developer
  APIs for TV, video, music, sports, and automotive industries. Gracenote enables content discovery, search, and personalization
  across linear and streaming services worldwide.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gracenote.png
tags:
- Automotive
- Content Metadata
- Entertainment
- Music
- Nielsen
- Sports
- Streaming
- Television
- Video
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gracenote/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: gracenote:onconnect-api
  name: Gracenote OnConnect API
  description: The Gracenote OnConnect API delivers TV and video data including schedules, programs, celebrities, sports,
    images, and station lineups. Designed for mobile apps, connected TVs, EPGs, and streaming experiences, OnConnect provides
    reliable access to entertainment metadata used to power discovery, search, and recommendation features.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Content Discovery
  - Electronic Program Guide
  - Schedules
  - Sports
  - Television
  - Video Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
- aid: gracenote:onconnect-data-api
  name: Gracenote OnConnect Data API
  description: The Gracenote OnConnect Data API provides extended metadata for TV, movies, celebrities, and sports. It is
    designed for connected experiences and mobile applications that need rich entertainment data, including images, descriptions,
    ratings, and relationships between titles, talent, and events.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Celebrities
  - Movies
  - Sports
  - Television
  - Video Metadata
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-celebrities-api
  name: Gracenote Celebrities API
  description: The Celebrities API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for celebrities.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Celebrities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-celebrities-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-lineups-api
  name: Gracenote Lineups API
  description: The Lineups API from Gracenote — 4 operation(s) for lineups.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Lineups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-lineups-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-movies-api
  name: Gracenote Movies API
  description: The Movies API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for movies.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Movies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-movies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-programs-api
  name: Gracenote Programs API
  description: The Programs API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for programs.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Programs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-programs-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-series-api
  name: Gracenote Series API
  description: The Series API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for series.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Series
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-series-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-sports-api
  name: Gracenote Sports API
  description: The Sports API from Gracenote — 2 operation(s) for sports.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Sports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-sports-api-openapi.yml
- aid: gracenote:gracenote-stations-api
  name: Gracenote Stations API
  description: The Stations API from Gracenote — 3 operation(s) for stations.
  humanURL: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
  tags:
  - Stations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/gracenote-stations-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/gracenote-capability-edges.yml
  name: Gracenote Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/gracenote-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/gracenote-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/gracenote-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gracenote
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gracenote
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/
- type: Developer
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/docs
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.tmsapi.com/Getting_Started
- type: Support
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/support/
- type: Products
  url: https://www.gracenote.com/products/
- type: Parent
  url: https://www.nielsen.com/
- url: https://gracenote.com/insights/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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