IMDb API endpoint
Returns image metadata from a title's media index, including the original image URL, dimensions, caption and credited people. Filter by image type with `type`, which accepts a single value or a comma-separated list of: `behind_the_scenes`, `event`, `poster`, `product`, `production_art`, `publicity`, `still_frame`, `unknown`. Omit `type` to return every type. Limit defaults to 50 and clamps to 1000. Pass exactly one of `id` or `url`.
/imdb/title/imagesReturns image metadata from a title's media index, including the original image URL, dimensions, caption, attribution and the people IMDb credits in each image.
Query parameters:
id: IMDb title ID, for example tt0089753.url: absolute IMDb title URL, for example
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089753/.type: image type filter. Accepts a single value or a comma-separated list
of behind_the_scenes, event, poster, product, production_art,
publicity, still_frame, unknown. Omit it to return every type.
Call /api/v1/imdb/image-types for the same list with display labels.limit: rows to return. Defaults to 50; maximum 1000.Notable response behavior:
images[].url is the original m.media-amazon.com asset. The endpoint
returns metadata only and never proxies or re-hosts the image bytes; those
URLs are fetchable directly.images[].position is the 1-based rank of the row within the filtered
result, matching the order IMDb's own gallery uses.images[].names lists the people IMDb credits in the image, each with an
IMDb name ID and profile URL when available.images[].width and images[].height are the dimensions of the original
asset, so a still can be selected by resolution before downloading.images[].created_on is the date IMDb added the image.images[].countries and images[].languages tag region-specific artwork
(each with an ISO-style code and a display name). Posters commonly carry
them; still frames usually do not.images[].titles lists the productions the image belongs to. For a
title this is normally just that title, but an image can be attached to
more than one.data.total is the number of images matching the filter, and
data.has_more is true when the response returns fewer than that.data.type_counts is a per-type breakdown of the whole media index. It is
returned only when no type filter is applied, because IMDb's own counts
honour the active filter.type returns an invalid-parameter error rather than an
empty list.| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | Has a value | |
| title | Has a value | “The Shawshank Redemption” |
| types | Has a value | 1 entry |
| limit | Has a value | |
| url | Has a value | imdb.com |
| total | Has a value | 471 |
| has_more | Has a value | true |
| images | Has a value | 40 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | No | IMDb title id | tt0089753 | |
| url | string | No | Absolute https://www.imdb.com/title/<id>/ URL | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089753/ | |
| type | string | No | Image type filter, single value or comma-separated list Allowed values: behind_the_scenes, event, poster, product, production_art, publicity, still_frame, unknown. | still_frame | |
| limit | integer | No | Rows to return, default 50, max 1000 | 50 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/imdb/title/images?type=behind_the_scenes&limit=10" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"id": "tt0089753",
"title": "Holly - The Movie",
"types": [
"still_frame"
],
"limit": 50,
"url": "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089753/mediaindex/",
"total": 38,
"has_more": false,
"images": [
{
"id": "rm1894298369",
"url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZjczNmIzMjEtYmM4MC00ZjQxLTk4NjctMTA2MzEzOWI3NWRhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg",
"width": 4032,
"height": 3024,
"type": "still_frame",
"caption": "Elisabeth Wiedemann in Holly - The Movie (1984)",
"position": 1,
"names": [
{
"id": "nm0927264",
"name": "Elisabeth Wiedemann",
"url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927264/"
}
]
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/imdb.titleImagesResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | imdb.TitleImagesResponse | No | ||||
| data.fetched_at | string | No | 2026-09-09T14:46:16Z | |||
| data.has_more | boolean | No | false | |||
| data.id | string | No | tt0089753 | |||
| data.images | array | No | ImageItem record, 26 fields: caption, copyright, countries, created_by, created_on, height, id, languages, names, position, source, titles and 3 more. Described under IMDb name images API. | |||
| data.limit | integer | No | 50 | |||
| data.source_url | string | No | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089753/mediaindex/ | |||
| data.title | string | No | Holly - The Movie | |||
| data.total | integer | No | 38 | |||
| data.type_counts | array | No | ||||
| data.type_counts[].label | string | No | Still Frame | |||
| data.type_counts[].total | integer | No | 381 | |||
| data.type_counts[].type | string | No | still_frame | |||
| data.types | array | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089753/mediaindex/ | |||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/imdb/title/images?type=behind_the_scenes&limit=10" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"