# Rotten Tomatoes Scraper — Movie & TV Scores (`hipersoft/rottentomatoes-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Rotten Tomatoes movie and TV data: Tomatometer critics score, audience score, sentiment, title, year, genres, content rating, director, cast, description and poster. Just pass titles or URLs. One row per title as JSON, CSV or Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hipersoft/rottentomatoes-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [hiper soft](https://apify.com/hipersoft) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.001 / title scraped

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Rotten Tomatoes Scraper — Movie & TV Scores

Pull **Rotten Tomatoes movie and TV data** with the **Rotten Tomatoes Scraper**. Pass a list of titles or URLs and export each one's **Tomatometer critics score, audience score, sentiment, title, year, genres, content rating, director, cast, description and poster** — one clean row per title as **JSON, CSV or Excel**.

Built for **entertainment apps, recommendation engines, media research, dashboards and data enrichment**, it turns a list of movies and shows into a structured ratings dataset.

### What it does

- 🍅 **Tomatometer & audience scores** — the critics score, audience score and overall sentiment.
- 🎬 **Movies *and* TV** — works for both film and television titles.
- 🎭 **Full detail** — title, year, genres, content rating, director(s), producer(s) and top cast.
- 📝 **Synopsis & poster** — description and poster image.
- 🔗 **Flexible input** — plain titles (`inception`), slugs (`/tv/the_last_of_us`) or full URLs.
- 📤 **Export anywhere** — JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight into an app, sheet or dashboard.

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "Inception",
  "year": "2010",
  "type": "Movie",
  "criticsScore": 86,
  "audienceScore": 91,
  "sentiment": "POSITIVE",
  "genres": ["Sci-Fi", "Mystery & Thriller", "Action"],
  "directors": ["Christopher Nolan"],
  "cast": ["Leonardo DiCaprio", "Joseph Gordon-Levitt", "Elliot Page"],
  "url": "https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inception"
}
```

### How to use it

1. Add a list of **movies / TV shows** — titles, slugs or URLs.
2. Set **Max titles** if you want a cap.
3. Run, and download the results as **JSON, CSV or Excel**.

### Input fields

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **Movies / TV shows** | Titles, slugs or Rotten Tomatoes URLs. A bare title is treated as a movie. |
| **Max titles** | Maximum titles to process (0 = no limit). |

### Output fields

`path`, `found`, `title`, `type`, `year`, `criticsScore`, `audienceScore`, `sentiment`, `aggregateRating`, `contentRating`, `genres`, `directors`, `producers`, `cast`, `description`, `image`, `url`.

### Popular use cases

- **Entertainment apps** — show critics and audience scores next to titles.
- **Recommendation engines** — enrich a catalog with ratings and genres.
- **Media research** — compare scores across films, shows and genres.
- **Dashboards** — track how titles are rated over time.
- **Data enrichment** — add ratings and cast to an existing movie/TV list.

### FAQ

**Do I need an account or key?**
No. Add titles or URLs and run.

**Does it cover both movies and TV?**
Yes — use `/m/<slug>` for movies and `/tv/<slug>` for TV, or paste full URLs. A bare title defaults to a movie.

**What scores are included?**
The Tomatometer critics score, the audience score, and the overall sentiment, plus the structured aggregate rating.

**Can I export to Excel or Google Sheets?**
Yes — results download as JSON, CSV or Excel and integrate with Sheets, apps and dashboards.

***

Structured **Rotten Tomatoes ratings** — critics and audience scores, genres, cast and more — clean and export-ready for entertainment apps and research.

# Actor input Schema

## `titles` (type: `array`):

Movie or TV titles, slugs or Rotten Tomatoes URLs — e.g. 'inception', '/tv/the\_last\_of\_us', or 'https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/parasite\_2019'. A bare title is treated as a movie slug.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of titles to process (0 = no limit).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "titles": [
    "inception",
    "/tv/the_last_of_us"
  ],
  "maxItems": 0
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

The results as dataset items.

# 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 = {
    "titles": [
        "inception",
        "/tv/the_last_of_us"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hipersoft/rottentomatoes-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 = { "titles": [
        "inception",
        "/tv/the_last_of_us",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hipersoft/rottentomatoes-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 '{
  "titles": [
    "inception",
    "/tv/the_last_of_us"
  ]
}' |
apify call hipersoft/rottentomatoes-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hipersoft/rottentomatoes-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/ecGZkZbXGdsRoFkPw/builds/S7V1QAmhbBjftGFof/openapi.json