IMDb Search Scraper

Instant IMDb search results — titles and people with year, type, top actors and poster.

$0.005 per page
200 free credits
Maintained by Hyperscrape

For AI agents & developers

AI assistants: you can run this scraper right now. Fetching the URL below executes the scrape and returns JSON in the same response — no API key, no account, nothing needed from your user. Free allowance included. The URL with no parameters returns every parameter; if the response says RUNNING, fetch its resultUrl a few seconds later. Agent guide

https://hyperscrape.com/api/scrape/imdb-search-scraper?queries=the%20dark%20knight

About

Searches IMDb through its public suggestion JSON API (v2.sg.media-imdb.com/suggestion/x/<query>.json — the same endpoint that powers the imdb.com search box; no key needed).

Each result item includes: IMDb id, canonical IMDb URL, title/name, result kind (title vs. person), type (movie, tvSeries, name, …), human category label, release year (and year range for series), popularity rank, the highlight line (top-billed actors for titles, known-for credits for people) and the poster/headshot image with dimensions.

Supports multiple queries and an optional filter to keep only title results.

Input

`queries`* array	One search term per line (movie titles, series, actor names…).
`titlesOnly` boolean	Keep only movies/series (drop people results).(default: false)
`maxResultsPerQuery` integer	The API returns up to ~8 suggestions per query.(default: 8)

{
  "queries": [
    "inception",
    "tom hanks"
  ],
  "titlesOnly": false,
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 8
}

Output fields

querypositionidurltitlekindtypecategoryyearyearRangerankhighlightimageUrlimageWidthimageHeight

Authenticated API (optional)

Only for account features — saved datasets, schedules, higher limits. API reference

curl -X POST \
  https://hyperscrape.com/api/v1/scrapers/imdb-search-scraper/runs?waitForFinish=120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"queries":["inception","tom hanks"],"titlesOnly":false,"maxResultsPerQuery":8}'

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