TV Shows Scraper — Episodes & Cast (TVMaze)
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TV Shows Scraper — Episodes & Cast (TVMaze)
Scrape TV show data via the free TVMaze API — search or look up shows, get genre, network, rating, IMDb id, full episodes and cast. No key, no proxies.
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Get TV show data — metadata, full episode lists and cast — from the free TVMaze API. Search by name or look up by id/URL, and get genres, network, rating, IMDb id, episodes and actors. No key, no proxies.
Who it's for
- Media / streaming apps — power show catalogs, episode guides and search.
- Recommendation & data tools — enrich TV datasets with ratings and cast.
- Researchers & AI pipelines — structured show/episode data.
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
searchTerms | array | — | Show names to search, e.g. breaking bad |
shows | array | — | TVMaze show ids or URLs, e.g. 169 |
includeEpisodes | boolean | false | Also fetch the full episode list per show |
includeCast | boolean | false | Also fetch the cast per show |
maxResultsPerSearch | integer | 10 | Shows returned per search term |
Provide at least one of searchTerms or shows.
Output
One row per show:
{"id": 169,"name": "Breaking Bad","type": "Scripted","language": "English","genres": ["Drama", "Crime", "Thriller"],"status": "Ended","premiered": "2008-01-20","ended": "2013-09-29","rating": 9.2,"network": "AMC","country": "United States","imdb": "tt0903747","image": "https://…","summary": "…","url": "https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/169/breaking-bad","episodes": [{ "name": "Pilot", "season": 1, "number": 1, "airdate": "2008-01-20", "rating": 8.2 }],"cast": [{ "person": "Bryan Cranston", "character": "Walter White" }]}
episodes and cast appear only when their options are enabled.
Notes & limits
- Data from the free public TVMaze API — no key, no anti-bot.
- HTML summaries are stripped to plain text.
- Public data; you are responsible for compliant use of the output.