---
title: "IMDb name detail"
method: GET
path: "/imdb/name"
tags: ["IMDb"]
---

# IMDb name detail

`GET /imdb/name`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/imdb/name`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns an IMDb person's profile. Pass exactly one of `id` (such as `nm0634240`) or `url`. The response has the name, biography, birth and death dates, birth place, professions, image and a known-for list of titles with year and credit category.

## Query parameters

- `id` string
- `url` string

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ImdbNameResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` ImdbNameResponse
    - `bio` string: Full biography text of the person.
    - `birth_date` string: Date of birth as `YYYY-MM-DD`, or `YYYY-MM` or `YYYY` when IMDb records only part of it.
    - `birth_place` string: Place of birth, for example `London, England, UK`.
    - `death_date` string: Date of death as `YYYY-MM-DD`, or `YYYY-MM` or `YYYY` when IMDb records only part of it.
    - `fetched_at` string: Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
    - `id` string: IMDb name ID of the person, for example `nm0634240`.
    - `image_url` string: URL of the person's main photo.
    - `known_for` ImdbNameKnownForItem[]: Titles IMDb lists the person as known for.
      - `category` string: Credit category of the person on this title, for example `Director`.
      - `id` string: IMDb title ID of the title.
      - `title` string: Name of the title.
      - `url` string: IMDb page URL of the title.
      - `year` string: Release year of the title.
    - `name` string: Name of the person as shown on IMDb.
    - `professions` string[]: Professions IMDb lists for the person.
    - `public_page_derived` boolean: Always `true`. The data comes from IMDb's public pages.
    - `source_url` string: URL the data was read from.
    - `url` string: IMDb page URL of the person.
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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