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

# IMDb title search

`GET /imdb/search`

## Request

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

Searches IMDb titles by `query`, returning up to `limit` rows (default 10, max 20). Each result has the title id, title, URL, year, title type, image and a description holding the lead cast. A query with no matches returns an empty `results` list.

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `limit` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ImdbSearchResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` ImdbSearchResponse
    - `fetched_at` string: Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
    - `limit` integer: Maximum number of results requested.
    - `query` string: Search query that was run.
    - `results` ImdbSearchItem[]: Titles matching the query.
      - `description` string: Lead cast of the title, when IMDb shows it.
      - `id` string: IMDb title ID, for example `tt1375666`.
      - `image_url` string: URL of the image IMDb shows for the title in search results.
      - `title` string: Title name as shown in search results.
      - `title_type` string: Kind of title, for example `Movie`.
      - `url` string: IMDb page URL of the title.
      - `year` string: Release year of the title.
    - `source_url` string: URL the data was read from.
  - `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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