Community web service (operated under the IMDb-API / TV-API brand) for receiving movie, TV series and cast information in JSON. Aggregates IMDb, TheMovieDb, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, TheTVDB, FilmAffinity and YouTube into a single REST API. Originally hosted at imdb-api.com and migrated to tv-api.com.
Not an official IMDb / Amazon product. IMDb itself has no public REST API. This profile covers the community service maintained by the IMDb-API GitHub user. Adjacent community options include OMDb API, TMDB, imdbapi.dev, and the IMDb API on Apify.
APIs.yml: apis.yml
- x-type: company
- x-tier: 2 (enriched with real OpenAPI + pricing)
- source: public-apis/public-apis — category: Video
- IMDb-API — Documentation · OpenAPI
- Search — Search, SearchMovie, SearchSeries, SearchName, SearchEpisode, SearchCompany, AdvancedSearch
- Title — Title, FullCast, Posters, Images, Trailer, YouTubeTrailer, Ratings, UserRatings, SeasonEpisodes
- Name — Name, NameAwards
- Lists — Top250Movies, Top250TVs, MostPopularMovies, MostPopularTVs, InTheaters, ComingSoon, BoxOffice, BoxOfficeAllTime, IMDbList
- External — Wikipedia, ExternalSites, Reviews, MetacriticReviews, FAQ, Company, Keyword
- Tools — Usage, ResizeImage, ResizePoster
| Type | Path |
|---|---|
| OpenAPI | openapi/imdb-api-openapi.yml |
| JSON Schema | json-schema/ (Title, Rating, Name, SearchResult, Usage) |
| JSON Structure | json-structure/ (Title, Rating, Name) |
| JSON-LD context | json-ld/imdb-api-context.jsonld |
| Examples | examples/ (search, title, ratings, fullcast, top250movies, usage) |
| Spectral rules | rules/imdb-api-rules.yml |
| Vocabulary | vocabulary/imdb-api-vocabulary.yml |
| Naftiko capabilities | capabilities/ — title-enrichment, trending-discovery, person-profile + shared bundle |
| Plans & pricing | plans/imdb-api-plans-pricing.yml |
| Rate limits | rate-limits/imdb-api-rate-limits.yml |
| FinOps | finops/imdb-api-finops.yml |
| Plan | Price | Daily quota |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 req/day |
| Standard | from $11.24/mo | 5,000 req/day |
| Plus | from $22.49/mo | 10,000 req/day |
| Premium | from $44.97/mo | 30,000 – 999,999 req/day |
All paid plans use non-recurring monthly billing. 15% discount on cryptocurrency payment. Quota is observable via the /API/Usage/{apiKey} endpoint.
- IMDbApiLib — C# / NuGet wrapper: https://github.com/IMDb-API/IMDbApiLib
- IMDbApiClient — Free Windows desktop client: https://github.com/IMDb-API/IMDbApiClient
No MCP servers or Claude Code skills are published by this provider as of the last enrichment pass.
Video, Movies, TV, Entertainment, Metadata, Ratings, Public APIs
- Created: 2026-05-28
- Modified: 2026-05-30
- Kin Lane — kin@apievangelist.com