OMDb

omdbapi · Media

Media No Auth Free & Open media open_data

The Open Movie Database. The OMDb API is a free web service to obtain movie information, all content and images on the site are contributed and maintained by our users.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET OMDb Search

Find a movie, series or episode from the OMDb by title, IMDb-id or by free-text search

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1?i=example&r=json&s=example&t=example&v=1&y=1&page=1&plot=short&type=movie&callback=example&tomatoes=false

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/?i=example&r=json&s=example&t=example&v=1&y=1&page=1&plot=short&type=movie&callback=example&tomatoes=false"

import requests
params = {
    "i": "example",
    "r": "json",
    "s": "example",
    "t": "example",
    "v": "1",
    "y": "1",
    "page": "1",
    "plot": "short",
    "type": "movie",
    "callback": "example",
    "tomatoes": "false"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/');
url.searchParams.set('i', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('r', 'json');
url.searchParams.set('s', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('t', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('v', '1');
url.searchParams.set('y', '1');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('plot', 'short');
url.searchParams.set('type', 'movie');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('tomatoes', 'false');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("i", "example")
	q.Set("r", "json")
	q.Set("s", "example")
	q.Set("t", "example")
	q.Set("v", "1")
	q.Set("y", "1")
	q.Set("page", "1")
	q.Set("plot", "short")
	q.Set("type", "movie")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("tomatoes", "false")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "i" => "example",
  "r" => "json",
  "s" => "example",
  "t" => "example",
  "v" => "1",
  "y" => "1",
  "page" => "1",
  "plot" => "short",
  "type" => "movie",
  "callback" => "example",
  "tomatoes" => "false"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/omdbapi.com/1/?" . http_build_query([
    "i" => "example",
    "r" => "json",
    "s" => "example",
    "t" => "example",
    "v" => "1",
    "y" => "1",
    "page" => "1",
    "plot" => "short",
    "type" => "movie",
    "callback" => "example",
    "tomatoes" => "false"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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What can you build with OMDb?

OMDb is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. OMDb is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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