Metacritic API endpoint
Browse Metacritic titles by content type, optionally filtered by genre and ordered by Metascore, popularity, or release date. Returns paginated title cards with Metascore and user score.
/metacritic/browseQuery parameters:
type (required). Allowed values: game, movie, tv.genre (optional) — genre filter, e.g. Action.sort (optional, default score). Allowed values: score, popularity, release_date, oldest.page (optional, default 1) — 1-based page number.per_page (optional, default 24, max 100).Response includes type, sort, genre (echoed when provided), total, page, per_page, and items[] (id, type, title, slug, url, premiere_year, release_date, rating, season_count, metascore, user_score, genres[], image).
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| id | 20 | |
| type | 20 | game in all 20 |
| title | 20 | “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)” and 19 other values |
| slug | 20 | |
| url | 20 | metacritic.com |
| premiere_year | 20 | 1,997 to 2,018, median 2,004 |
| release_date | 20 | 1997-08-25 to 2018-10-26 |
| rating | 20 | M (9), T (5), E (4) and 1 more |
| description | 20 | median 469 characters |
| metascore | 20 | |
| user_score | 20 | 5.2 to 9.1, median 8.8 |
| genres | 20 | median 1 entry |
| image | 20 | “6-1-4763-13.jpg” and 19 other values |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| type | string | Yes | Content type Allowed values: game, movie, tv. | game | |
| genre | string | No | Genre filter (e.g. Action) | ||
| sort | string | No | Sort order Allowed values: score, popularity, release_date, oldest. | ||
| page | integer | No | 1-based page number (default 1) | ||
| per_page | integer | No | Results per page (default 24, max 100) | ||
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/browse?type=game&sort=score&page=1" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"type": "game",
"sort": "score",
"total": 500,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 24,
"items": [
{
"id": 1,
"type": "game",
"title": "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)",
"slug": "the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-1998",
"url": "https://www.metacritic.com/game/the-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-1998/",
"premiere_year": 1998,
"rating": "E",
"metascore": {
"score": 99,
"max": 100,
"sentiment": "Universal acclaim"
},
"user_score": 9.1,
"genres": [
{
"name": "Adventure"
}
]
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/metacritic.browseResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | metacritic.BrowseResponse | No | ||||
| data.genre | string | No | ||||
| data.items | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].description | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].genres | array | No | ||||
| data.items[].genres[].id | integer | No | Metacritic genre id. | |||
| data.items[].genres[].name | string | No | Genre name, for example `Action RPG`. | |||
| data.items[].id | integer | No | ||||
| data.items[].image | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].metascore | metacritic.ScoreSummary | No | ||||
| data.items[].metascore.max | integer | No | 100 | Highest possible value of `score`, for example `100`. | ||
| data.items[].metascore.negative_count | integer | No | Number of negative reviews counted in the score. | |||
| data.items[].metascore.neutral_count | integer | No | Number of neutral (mixed) reviews counted in the score. | |||
| data.items[].metascore.positive_count | integer | No | Number of positive reviews counted in the score. | |||
| data.items[].metascore.review_count | integer | No | Number of reviews the score is based on. | |||
| data.items[].metascore.score | number | No | Score value on the scale given by `max`. Metascores are out of 100 and user scores out of 10. | |||
| data.items[].metascore.sentiment | string | No | Universal acclaim | Metacritic's verdict for the score, for example `Universal acclaim`. | ||
| data.items[].metascore.url | string | No | Metacritic page listing the reviews behind the score. | |||
| data.items[].premiere_year | integer | No | ||||
| data.items[].rating | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].release_date | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].season_count | integer | No | ||||
| data.items[].slug | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].type | string | No | game | |||
| data.items[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.items[].user_score | number | No | ||||
| data.page | integer | No | ||||
| data.per_page | integer | No | ||||
| data.sort | string | No | ||||
| data.total | integer | No | ||||
| data.type | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/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/metacritic/browse?type=game&sort=score&page=1" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"