thetvdb.com
TheTVDB is a community-maintained database of TV, movie, and related entertainment metadata, including series, episodes, artwork, people, awards, and translations. It offers licensed and user-supported access to that metadata through its public APIs.
TheTVDB exposes two documented REST APIs for developers: a legacy v3 HTTP API at `https://api.thetvdb.com` and a current v4 HTTP API at `https://api4.thetvdb.com/v4`; both require authentication via login-issued bearer/JWT tokens backed by TheTVDB-issued keys.
- TheTVDB API v3discovered
- TheTVDB API v4discovered
Use the v3 API POST /login endpoint with your legacy v3 API key, and for /user routes also include your username and userkey, as described in the TheTVDB API v3 spec. The response returns a JWT token. Send it on subsequent requests as Authorization: Bearer <token>. The v3 docs say the token expires after 24 hours and can be extended with GET /refresh_token.
Call the v4 API POST /login with JSON containing your v4 project API key as apikey; if the key uses the user-supported model, also include your subscriber pin. The v4 docs at TVDB API V4 and the machine-readable spec swagger.yml state the response returns a bearer token valid for one month. Use it in Authorization: Bearer <token> for subsequent API requests.
conventions · 0/8 published
- integrations.json✗
/.well-known/integrations.json - llms.txt✗
/llms.txt - API catalog✗
/.well-known/api-catalog - OpenAPI document✗
/api/schema/, /openapi.json, /swagger.json, /api/openapi.json, or /v1/openapi.json - MCP server card✗
/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json - OAuth protected resource✗
/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource - Agent card✗
/.well-known/agent-card.json - Agent skills✗
/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json
Publish these signals → /publishing