---
title: "GET /manga"
method: GET
path: "/manga"
tags: ["manga"]
---

# GET /manga

`GET /manga`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.jikan.moe/v4`
- URL: `https://api.jikan.moe/v4/manga`
- Auth: none declared

## Query parameters

- `unapproved` boolean
- `page` integer
- `limit` integer
- `q` string
- `type` 'manga' | 'novel' | 'lightnovel' | 'oneshot' | 'doujin' | 'manhwa' | 'manhua': Available Manga types
- `score` number
- `min_score` number
- `max_score` number
- `status` 'publishing' | 'complete' | 'hiatus' | 'discontinued' | 'upcoming': Available Manga statuses
- `sfw` boolean
- `genres` string
- `genres_exclude` string
- `order_by` 'mal_id' | 'title' | 'start_date' | 'end_date' | 'chapters' | 'volumes' | 'score' | 'scored_by' | 'rank' | 'popularity' | 'members' | 'favorites': Available Manga order_by properties
- `sort` 'desc' | 'asc': Search query sort direction
- `letter` string
- `magazines` string
- `start_date` string
- `end_date` string

## Response `200`

Returns search results for manga

- MangaSearch: Manga Search Resource
  - `data` Manga[]
    - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
    - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `images` MangaImages
      - `jpg` object: Available images in JPG
        - `image_url` string, nullable: Image URL JPG
        - `small_image_url` string, nullable: Small Image URL JPG
        - `large_image_url` string, nullable: Image URL JPG
      - `webp` object: Available images in WEBP
        - `image_url` string, nullable: Image URL WEBP
        - `small_image_url` string, nullable: Small Image URL WEBP
        - `large_image_url` string, nullable: Image URL WEBP
    - `approved` boolean: Whether the entry is pending approval on MAL or not
    - `titles` Title[]: All Titles
      - `type` string: Title type
      - `title` string: Title value
    - `title` string: Title
    - `title_english` string, nullable: English Title
    - `title_japanese` string, nullable: Japanese Title
    - `type` 'Manga' | 'Novel' | 'Light Novel' | 'One-shot' | 'Doujinshi' | 'Manhua' | 'Manhwa' | 'OEL', nullable: Manga Type
    - `chapters` integer, nullable: Chapter count
    - `volumes` integer, nullable: Volume count
    - `status` 'Finished' | 'Publishing' | 'On Hiatus' | 'Discontinued' | 'Not yet published': Publishing status
    - `publishing` boolean: Publishing boolean
    - `published` Daterange: Date range
      - `from` string, nullable: Date ISO8601
      - `to` string, nullable: Date ISO8601
      - `prop` object: Date Prop
        - `from` object: Date Prop From
          - `day` integer, nullable: Day
          - `month` integer, nullable: Month
          - `year` integer, nullable: Year
        - `to` object: Date Prop To
          - `day` integer, nullable: Day
          - `month` integer, nullable: Month
          - `year` integer, nullable: Year
        - `string` string, nullable: Raw parsed string
    - `score` number, float, nullable: Score
    - `scored_by` integer, nullable: Number of users
    - `rank` integer, nullable: Ranking
    - `popularity` integer, nullable: Popularity
    - `members` integer, nullable: Number of users who have added this entry to their list
    - `favorites` integer, nullable: Number of users who have favorited this entry
    - `synopsis` string, nullable: Synopsis
    - `background` string, nullable: Background
    - `authors` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `serializations` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `genres` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `explicit_genres` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `themes` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
    - `demographics` MalUrl[]
      - `mal_id` integer: MyAnimeList ID
      - `type` string: Type of resource
      - `name` string: Resource Name/Title
      - `url` string: MyAnimeList URL
  - `pagination` object
    - `last_visible_page` integer
    - `has_next_page` boolean
    - `current_page` integer
    - `items` object
      - `count` integer
      - `total` integer
      - `per_page` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Error: Bad request. When required parameters were not supplied.

## Changes

- **2025-04-17** `b0fa1e34a3f0`: 1 info
  - added the optional property `allOf[#/components/schemas/pagination_plus]/pagination/current_page` to the response with the `200` status
- **2024-03-24** `29c508b2849d`: 1 warning
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `sfw`
- **2024-03-05** `1533fd025bc3`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `sfw`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `sfw`
- **2024-03-05** `6589d822039f`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `sfw`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `sfw`
- **2024-01-29** `ed6cb61b4f21`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `query` request parameter `sfw`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `sfw`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/jikan/apis/jikan-api/changes/manga/get.md)

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