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Try the Letterboxd Search API

Test Crawlora's Letterboxd Search API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /letterboxd/search
Platform: Letterboxd
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: q
Common optional params: type, limit

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/letterboxd/search?q=<q>&type=film" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes		Search query
type	string	No	film	Optional result type filter
limit	integer	No		Max results, default 10, max 50

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestletterboxd.searchResponseDocLetterboxd

GET /letterboxd/search

Search Letterboxd

Searches Letterboxd films, people, lists, and tags. Credential-free public Letterboxd data.

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Required query parameters

requiredstring

Search query

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Searches Letterboxd films, people, lists, and tags. Credential-free public Letterboxd data.

Method: GET
Path: /letterboxd/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Letterboxd
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querytype:querylimit:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.querydata.resultsdata.results[].ownerdata.results[].roledata.results[].slugdata.results[].titledata.results[].typedata.results[].uridata.results[].yeardata.source_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/letterboxd/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Letterboxd Search API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /letterboxd/search
Platform: Letterboxd
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: q
Common optional params: type, limit

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/letterboxd/search?q=<q>&type=film" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes		Search query
type	string	No	film	Optional result type filter
limit	integer	No		Max results, default 10, max 50

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestletterboxd.searchResponseDocLetterboxd

GET /letterboxd/search

Search Letterboxd

Searches Letterboxd films, people, lists, and tags. Credential-free public Letterboxd data.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

requiredstring

Search query

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Searches Letterboxd films, people, lists, and tags. Credential-free public Letterboxd data.

Method: GET
Path: /letterboxd/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Letterboxd
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querytype:querylimit:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.querydata.resultsdata.results[].ownerdata.results[].roledata.results[].slugdata.results[].titledata.results[].typedata.results[].uridata.results[].yeardata.source_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "bong joon ho",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "person",
        "title": "Bong Joon Ho",
        "slug": "bong-joon-ho",
        "role": "director",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/director/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "list",
        "title": "Bong Joon-ho",
        "owner": "SilentDawn",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/silentdawn/list/bong-joon-ho/"
      },
      {
        "type": "film",
        "title": "Being John Malkovich",
        "slug": "being-john-malkovich",
        "year": 1999,
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/film/being-john-malkovich/"
      },
      {
        "type": "tag",
        "title": "bong-joon-ho",
        "uri": "https://letterboxd.com/tag/bong-joon-ho/"
      }
    ],
    "source_url": "https://letterboxd.com/s/search/bong%20joon%20ho/"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/letterboxd/search?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"