# TheTVDB

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/tvdb/  
**Website:** https://thetvdb.com  
**APIs profiled:** 29

TheTVDB is a community-driven television and movie metadata database founded in 2006. It supplies structured metadata about hundreds of thousands of TV series, movies, people, artwork, awards, and related entities to media center applications, streaming guides, and entertainment apps worldwide. TheTVDB v4 API uses JWT bearer authentication and exposes REST endpoints for series, movies, people, artwork, awards, episodes, genres, languages, countries, companies, content ratings, search, seasons, and updates. Commercial usage requires either a subscriber-supported API key (each end user must maintain a $12/year TheTVDB subscription) or a negotiated commercial license based on company revenue tier.

## Kin Score — 48.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 63.5 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 33.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 63.2 |
| Access Clarity | 63.2 |

## Agent readiness — 24.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| 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 | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (29)

- **TheTVDB Artwork API** — The Artwork API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for artwork.
- **TheTVDB Artwork Statuses API** — The Artwork Statuses API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for artwork statuses.
- **TheTVDB Artwork Types API** — The Artwork Types API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for artwork types.
- **TheTVDB Award Categories API** — The Award Categories API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for award categories.
- **TheTVDB Awards API** — The Awards API from TheTVDB — 3 operation(s) for awards.
- **TheTVDB Characters API** — The Characters API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for characters.
- **TheTVDB Companies API** — The Companies API from TheTVDB — 3 operation(s) for companies.
- **TheTVDB Content Ratings API** — The Content Ratings API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for content ratings.
- **TheTVDB Countries API** — The Countries API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for countries.
- **TheTVDB Entity Types API** — The Entity Types API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for entity types.
- **TheTVDB Episodes API** — The Episodes API from TheTVDB — 4 operation(s) for episodes.
- **TheTVDB Favorites API** — The Favorites API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for favorites.
- **TheTVDB Genders API** — The Genders API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for genders.
- **TheTVDB Genres API** — The Genres API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for genres.
- **TheTVDB InspirationTypes API** — The InspirationTypes API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for inspirationtypes.
- **TheTVDB Languages API** — The Languages API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for languages.
- **TheTVDB Lists API** — The Lists API from TheTVDB — 5 operation(s) for lists.
- **TheTVDB Login API** — The Login API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for login.
- **TheTVDB Movie Statuses API** — The Movie Statuses API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for movie statuses.
- **TheTVDB Movies API** — The Movies API from TheTVDB — 6 operation(s) for movies.
- **TheTVDB People API** — The People API from TheTVDB — 4 operation(s) for people.
- **TheTVDB People Types API** — The People Types API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for people types.
- **TheTVDB Search API** — The Search API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for search.
- **TheTVDB Seasons API** — The Seasons API from TheTVDB — 5 operation(s) for seasons.
- **TheTVDB Series API** — The Series API from TheTVDB — 10 operation(s) for series.
- **TheTVDB Series Statuses API** — The Series Statuses API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for series statuses.
- **TheTVDB Source Types API** — The Source Types API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for source types.
- **TheTVDB Updates API** — The Updates API from TheTVDB — 1 operation(s) for updates.
- **TheTVDB User info API** — The User info API from TheTVDB — 2 operation(s) for user info.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Tvdb Agentic Access** — 67 operations · 2 acting

## Security (2)

- **Tvdb Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Tvdb Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Tvdb Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Entertainment, Movies, Television, Media Metadata, Public APIs, Video

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