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Test Crawlora's Metacritic Browse 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: /metacritic/browse
Platform: Metacritic
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: type
Common optional params: genre, sort, page, per_page

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/browse?type=game&sort=score" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
type	string	Yes	game	Content type
genre	string	No		Genre filter (e.g. Action)
sort	string	No	score	Sort order
page	integer	No		1-based page number (default 1)
per_page	integer	No		Results per page (default 24, max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey1 credit/requestmetacritic.browseResponseDocMetacritic

GET /metacritic/browse

Browse Metacritic titles

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. Credential-free public Metacritic data.

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Required query parameters

type

requiredstring

Content type

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /metacritic/browse
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Metacritic
Parameters: 6 documented fields

Request parameters

type:querygenre:querysort:querypage:queryper_page:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.genredata.itemsdata.items[].descriptiondata.items[].genresdata.items[].genres[].iddata.items[].genres[].namedata.items[].iddata.items[].imagedata.items[].metascoredata.items[].metascore.max

Sample response summary

{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/browse?type=<type>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metacritic/browse
Platform: Metacritic
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Required params: type
Common optional params: genre, sort, page, per_page

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/browse?type=game&sort=score" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
type	string	Yes	game	Content type
genre	string	No		Genre filter (e.g. Action)
sort	string	No	score	Sort order
page	integer	No		1-based page number (default 1)
per_page	integer	No		Results per page (default 24, max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey1 credit/requestmetacritic.browseResponseDocMetacritic

GET /metacritic/browse

Browse Metacritic titles

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API key

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Required query parameters

type

requiredstring

Content type

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /metacritic/browse
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 1 credit/request
Platform: Metacritic
Parameters: 6 documented fields

Request parameters

type:querygenre:querysort:querypage:queryper_page:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metacritic/browse?type=<type>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"