# TMDB TV Shows Scraper 📺 (`easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper`) Actor

Fetch trending TV shows or search for specific series from TMDB (The Movie Database). Get comprehensive show details including ratings, air dates, and poster images - perfect for content aggregation and media analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [EasyApi](https://apify.com/easyapi) (community)
- **Categories:** Videos, Integrations
- **Stats:** 16 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## TMDB TV Shows Scraper 📺

This actor fetches TV show information from TMDB (The Movie Database), one of the most comprehensive movie and TV show databases. It can either retrieve trending shows or search for specific TV series based on your query.

### 🎯 Use Cases

- Content aggregation for streaming platforms
- TV show analytics and trend analysis
- Media research and data collection
- Entertainment website content automation
- TV show recommendation systems

### ✨ Features

- 🔥 Fetch trending TV shows
- 🔍 Search for specific TV series
- 🖼️ Get show poster images
- ⭐ Detailed ratings and popularity metrics
- 📅 First air date information
- 🌍 Original language and country data
- 📊 Comprehensive show metadata

### 🔢 Output

The actor provides detailed information for each TV show, including:

- Show ID and name
- Plot overview
- Poster image URL
- Vote average and count
- First air date
- Popularity score
- Original language and country
- Content rating (adult/non-adult)
- Media type

### 💡 Tips

- Use the 'trending' mode to discover popular shows
- Search mode supports partial show names
- Results include high-quality poster images suitable for web display
- All data is sourced directly from TMDB's official API

### 📝 Input Configuration

The actor accepts two input parameters:

- `mode`: Choose between 'trending' or 'search' modes
- `searchQuery`: Enter your search term when using search mode

### 📊 Output Format

Results are stored in JSON format, making it easy to process and integrate with other systems.

#### Input Example

A full explanation of an input example in JSON.

```
{ 
 	"searchQuery": "007",
    "mode": "search",
    "maxResults": 40
}
```

#### Output sample

The results will be wrapped into a dataset which you can always find in the **Storage** tab. Here's an excerpt from the data you'd get if you apply the input parameters above:

And here is the same data but in JSON. You can choose in which format to download your data: JSON, JSONL, Excel spreadsheet, HTML table, CSV, or XML.

```
[
	{
		"id": 225385,
		"name": "Black Doves",
		"overview": "When a spy posing as a politician's wife learns her lover has been murdered, an old assassin friend joins her on a quest for truth — and vengeance.",
		"posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200/2eZNjPQ9f0TQDHpsL2Ecktsv5v6.jpg",
		"voteAverage": 7.66,
		"voteCount": 47,
		"firstAirDate": "2024-12-05",
		"popularity": 458.479,
		"originalLanguage": "en",
		"originalCountry": "GB",
		"adult": false,
		"mediaType": "tv"
	},
    ...
]
```

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Select whether to fetch trending shows or search for specific shows

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Enter the TV show name to search for (only used when mode is 'search')

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of TV shows to fetch (default: 20, max: 1000)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "trending",
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,easyapi/tmdb-tv-shows-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/cvXpbtSdFu6Nj1Bi8/builds/4dAMXfep8h9PERt5X/openapi.json