# OMDb

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/omdb/  
**Website:** https://www.omdbapi.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Open Movie Database REST API providing movie and TV show metadata, ratings, poster images, and episode data from a community-maintained database. Supports lookup by IMDb ID or title, full-text search, and a dedicated Poster API for high-resolution cover art available to patrons.

## Kin Score — 49.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 49.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 70.6 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 52.6 |
| Access Clarity | 52.6 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **OMDb Poster API** — Dedicated image endpoint returning high-resolution movie and TV show poster art (up to 2000×3000 px) for over 280,000 titles, updated daily. Access is restricted to Patreon patr...
- **OMDb ID Parameter API** — The ID Parameter API from OMDb — 1 operation(s) for id parameter.
- **OMDb Search Parameter API** — The Search Parameter API from OMDb — 1 operation(s) for search parameter.
- **OMDb Title Parameter API** — The Title Parameter API from OMDb — 1 operation(s) for title parameter.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Omdb Agentic Access** — 3 operations

## Security (2)

- **Omdb Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Omdb Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Omdb Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Movies, Television, Entertainment, Metadata, Ratings, Posters, IMDb, Open Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/omdb/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.