Get streaming sources for a movie

Retrieve all available streaming sources and subtitles for a movie by TMDB ID.

Requirements:

• Returns an array of sources with URLs, quality, audio tracks, and provider information
• Returns an array of subtitles with URLs, labels, and formats
• Uses proxy paths for all URL fields
• Includes a unique responseId and expiration timestamp
• May include diagnostics for partial scrapes or warnings

GET /v1/movies/{id}

Get streaming sources for a movie

JavaScript

const options = {method: 'GET'};

fetch('https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}

import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.text)

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.example.com/v1/movies/{id}")
  .asString();

200

{
  "responseId": "bdfa40a7-a468-461c-8563-7a0c165f252c",
  "expiresAt": "2026-01-15T18:00:00Z",
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "/v1/proxy?data=%7B%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.example.com%2Fstream.m3u8%22%7D",
      "type": "hls",
      "quality": "1080p",
      "audioTracks": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "label": "English"
        }
      ],
      "provider": {
        "id": "prov_1",
        "name": "Provider One"
      }
    }
  ],
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "url": "/v1/proxy?data=%7B%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.example.com%2Fsub.vtt%22%7D",
      "label": "English",
      "format": "vtt"
    }
  ],
  "diagnostics": []
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_TMDB_ID",
    "message": "TMDB ID must be numeric",
    "details": {
      "parameter": "id",
      "value": "not-a-number",
      "expected": "numeric string"
    }
  },
  "traceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NO_SOURCES_AVAILABLE",
    "message": "No streaming sources found for TMDB ID 999999",
    "details": {
      "parameter": "id",
      "value": "999999",
      "providersChecked": 5,
      "allProvidersFailed": true
    }
  },
  "traceId": "f7e8d9c0-1a2b-3c4d-5e6f-7a8b9c0d1e2f"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_TMDB_ID",
    "message": "TMDB ID must be numeric",
    "details": {
      "parameter": "id",
      "value": "not-a-number",
      "expected": "numeric string"
    }
  },
  "traceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d"
}

Path Parameters

id · string · required

TMDB movie ID (numeric, max 20 characters)

Pattern: ^\d{1,20}$

Response

200

application/json

Streaming sources and subtitles found

responseId · string<uuid> · required

Unique identifier for this response (UUID v4)

Example:

"bdfa40a7-a468-461c-8563-7a0c165f252c"

expiresAt · string<date-time> · required

ISO 8601 timestamp when sources expire and cache is invalidated. Recommended default: 2 hours from response time for sources.

Example:

"2026-01-15T18:00:00Z"

sources · object[] · required

Array of available streaming sources

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subtitles · object[] · required

Array of available subtitles

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diagnostics · object[] · required

Optional diagnostics for partial scrapes, warnings, or metadata inferred from filenames. Useful for understanding why certain fields may have incomplete or inferred values.

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