TVmaze API
by tvmaze.com
Video
Added on October 31st, 2026
Checked and working on November 2nd, 2026
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What it does
The TVmaze API gives information about TV shows: search shows and people, get episode lists, cast, crew, the daily TV schedule per country and show images. Shows can also be looked up by their IMDb or TheTVDB id. Responses are JSON. Free, no key needed, with a rate limit of a few dozen calls per 10 seconds; the data is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA.
At a glance
- API key
- Not needed · More APIs with no key
- Pricing
- Free, no key needed, with a rate limit of a few dozen calls per 10 seconds; the data is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA.
- From the browser
- Yes (CORS)
- Formats
- JSON
- Interface
- REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider
- tvmaze.com
- Last checked
- Working on November 2nd, 2026
More information: https://www.tvmaze.com/api
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Example request
curl
curl 'https://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=london'JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=london");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.tvmaze.com/search/shows?q=london",
timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.