# Streaming Availability Scraper - Where to Watch (`goat255/streaming-availability-scraper`) Actor Find every way to watch a movie or show in any of 13 countries. Each row lists the services streaming it, where it is free, and rent and buy prices, plus IMDb score, genres, runtime and age rating. Availability changes constantly, so schedule it. - **URL**: https://apify.com/goat255/streaming-availability-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Goutam Soni](https://apify.com/goat255) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Business - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.20 / 1,000 title scrapeds 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows. 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. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Streaming Availability Scraper Find every way to watch a movie or show, in the country you care about. Each title comes back with the services streaming it, where it is free, and the current rent and buy prices, alongside IMDb score, genres, runtime and age rating. No login and no API key. ### What it does - **Where to watch** - the full list of services offering each title, split into streaming, free, rent and buy. - **Live prices** - the cheapest rent and buy price, plus the price of every individual option. - **13 countries** - availability and pricing differ sharply by country, so you can compare the same title across regions. - **Smart matching** - titles resolve to the right result, so a remake does not get confused with the original. Every row carries its IMDb ID and year. - **Direct links** - each option includes a link straight to that service. Availability changes constantly as licensing deals turn over, so schedule this to track a catalog over time. Common uses: catalog and licensing research, price comparison, building a "where to watch" feature, and tracking when titles arrive on or leave a service. ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `titles` | array | Movie or TV show names to look up. | | `country` | string | `US`, `GB`, `CA`, `AU`, `IN`, `DE`, `FR`, `ES`, `IT`, `BR`, `MX`, `JP`, `SG`. | | `language` | string | Two-letter language code. Default `en`. | | `maxMatchesPerTitle` | integer | Matches per input. Default 1 for exact lookups. | | `onlyAvailable` | boolean | Skip titles with no watch options. Default false. | | `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional. Runs fine without a proxy. | #### Example input ```json { "titles": ["inception", "breaking bad"], "country": "US", "maxMatchesPerTitle": 1 } ```` ### Output Each item is one title. ```json { "title": "An Example Film", "year": 2010, "type": "MOVIE", "country": "US", "imdbId": "tt0000001", "imdbScore": 8.8, "imdbVotes": 2700000, "tomatoMeter": 87, "offerCount": 27, "isStreaming": true, "isFree": false, "streamingOn": ["Example Plus"], "freeOn": [], "rentFrom": ["Example Store", "Another Store"], "buyFrom": ["Example Store"], "cheapestRent": 3.99, "cheapestBuy": 8.99, "offers": [ { "service": "Example Plus", "type": "FLATRATE", "quality": "HD", "price": null, "currency": "USD", "url": "https://example.com/watch/an-example-film" } ], "runtimeMinutes": 148, "ageRating": "PG-13", "genres": ["act", "scf"], "description": "A short synopsis of the title." } ``` Subscription options have no `price` because they are included with the service. Titles with no availability in the chosen country return an empty offer list, so the shape is always the same. ### Notes - No login and no API key. List your titles, pick a country, and run. - Set `maxMatchesPerTitle` above 1 when a name is ambiguous and you want to see every match with its year and IMDb ID. - Use `onlyAvailable` to keep only titles that can actually be watched in that country. - Schedule the run to build a history of when titles arrive on or leave each service. ### Privacy To improve our actors we collect anonymized usage telemetry (run stats and input patterns). No personal account data is collected. # Actor input Schema ## `titles` (type: `array`): Movie or TV show names to look up. Each is matched to the best result, so remakes resolve to the right year. ## `country` (type: `string`): Two-letter country code. Availability, services and pricing differ per country. ## `language` (type: `string`): Two-letter language code for titles and descriptions. ## `maxMatchesPerTitle` (type: `integer`): How many matching results to return per input. Keep at 1 for an exact lookup, raise it to see remakes and related titles. ## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`): Skip titles that are not available to watch in the chosen country. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional. This Actor runs fine without a proxy; enable it to spread requests across IPs on large runs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "titles": [ "breaking bad", "parasite" ], "country": "US", "language": "en", "maxMatchesPerTitle": 1, "onlyAvailable": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `titles` (type: `string`): No description # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "titles": [ "inception" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("goat255/streaming-availability-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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "titles": ["inception"], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False }, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("goat255/streaming-availability-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "titles": [ "inception" ], "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": false } }' | apify call goat255/streaming-availability-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=goat255/streaming-availability-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Streaming Availability Scraper - Where to Watch", "description": "Find every way to watch a movie or show in any of 13 countries. Each row lists the services streaming it, where it is free, and rent and buy prices, plus IMDb score, genres, runtime and age rating. Availability changes constantly, so schedule it.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "e4d1SgV6gzw12eBIL" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/goat255~streaming-availability-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-goat255-streaming-availability-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/goat255~streaming-availability-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-goat255-streaming-availability-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/goat255~streaming-availability-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-goat255-streaming-availability-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "titles": { "title": "Titles", "type": "array", "description": "Movie or TV show names to look up. Each is matched to the best result, so remakes resolve to the right year.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country": { "title": "Country", "enum": [ "US", "GB", "CA", "AU", "IN", "DE", "FR", "ES", "IT", "BR", "MX", "JP", "SG" ], "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter country code. Availability, services and pricing differ per country.", "default": "US" }, "language": { "title": "Language", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter language code for titles and descriptions.", "default": "en" }, "maxMatchesPerTitle": { "title": "Max matches per title", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "How many matching results to return per input. Keep at 1 for an exact lookup, raise it to see remakes and related titles.", "default": 1 }, "onlyAvailable": { "title": "Only titles with watch options", "type": "boolean", "description": "Skip titles that are not available to watch in the chosen country.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional. This Actor runs fine without a proxy; enable it to spread requests across IPs on large runs." } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```