Best Media, Film & Knowledge APIs (2026)
Best Media, Film & Knowledge APIs (2026) are ReefAPI category hubs for live JSON: media and knowledge APIs return posts, profiles, articles, metadata, ratings and reference records. ReefAPI offers 25 media, film & knowledge APIs behind one key, one credit pool and the same { ok, data, meta, error } envelope, with examples derived from the catalog and committed live snapshots.
Ranked Media, Film & Knowledge API list
Ordered by how many endpoints each API exposes, then alphabetically.
| # | Engine | What it returns | Actions | Snapshot sample | Free tier | Landing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sports Data | Live and final scores for a league — pass a date (YYYYMMDD) or range to get scores for any day;... | 50 | name: Arsenal | yes | View API |
| 2 | Movies & TV | search titles (type=multi|movie|tv|streaming) | 23 | title: Breaking Bad; rating: 9.2 | yes | View API |
| 3 | Steam | full game metadata from store appdetails (+structured languages; include_tags adds community ta... | 18 | name: Portal 2; price: USD | yes | View API |
| 4 | Wikipedia | page summary: extract, description, thumbnail, coordinates, wikibase QID, urls (lang= any of 36... | 16 | title: Quantum computing | yes | View API |
| 5 | Music Metadata | search artist/album/release/recording/track/label/work (advanced field search supported) | 14 | artists: a74b1b7f-71a5-4011-9441-d0b5e4122711; count: 29 | yes | View API |
| 6 | IMDb | Search IMDb for movies, TV shows and people by name. Uses IMDb's own type-ahead, so one query r... | 13 | id: tt0133093; kind: title | yes | View API |
| 7 | Academic Papers | search papers (source=openalex|arxiv|crossref|all; cursor pagination, year/OA/type filters, mat... | 12 | title: Clinical course and risk factors for mortality of adult inpatients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a re... | yes | View API |
| 8 | Streaming Availability | search movies/shows with current offers | 12 | title: Inception | yes | View API |
| 9 | Letterboxd | Full Letterboxd film detail by film slug or URL: title, year, directors, cast, genres, runtime,... | 11 | film: parasite-2019 | yes | View API |
| 10 | News Intelligence | Global news search across GDELT (+ optionally merged Google-News-RSS), de-duplicated into one u... | 11 | articles: OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs push for AI cooperation at UN after Trump rebuffs 'globalist scheme' to c... | yes | View API |
| 11 | YouTube | search videos/channels/playlists/shorts with filters (upload date, duration, sort order, featur... | 11 | title: lofi hip hop radio 📚 beats to relax/study to | yes | View API |
| 12 | Goodreads | Full book record from Goodreads by book ID or URL: title, author(s), average rating, total rati... | 10 | title: The Hunger Games | yes | View API |
| 13 | Hacker News | single item by id (story/comment/job/poll/pollopt) — all official fields + time_iso/kids_count/... | 9 | hits: 45751400; count: 20 | yes | View API |
| 14 | Books & Authors | merged book record by ISBN-10/13 or OLID (work OL..W / edition OL..M): title/authors/covers/sub... | 8 | title: The Hunger Games | yes | View API |
| 15 | V2EX | Full-text search across EVERY V2EX topic since 2010 (title + body + replies) — the historical a... | 8 | topics: 1244213; total_matches_upstream: 12889 | yes | View API |
| 16 | Udemy | Search Udemy courses by keyword (any topic, e.g. 'python', 'excel', 'machine learning'). Return... | 7 | title: 100 Days of Code™: The Complete Python Pro Bootcamp; rating: 4.67 | yes | View API |
| 17 | Internet Archive | Search archive.org's catalogue. Filter by mediatype (texts/audio/movies/software/image/etree…),... | 6 | title: KCHO 91.7 FM/KFPR 88.9 FM [North State Public Radio] : January 03, 2020 10:00AM-11:00AM PST | yes | View API |
| 18 | Listen Notes | Search Listen Notes for podcasts by keyword. Returns up to 10 matching podcasts with title, pub... | 6 | podcasts: xCa-DyApFwT | yes | View API |
| 19 | Coursera | Search Coursera by keyword (any topic, skill, tool or title). Returns a paginated list of resul... | 5 | name: Machine Learning; rating: 4.89 | yes | View API |
| 20 | Eventbrite | Search Eventbrite for events by keyword in a city, with optional category, date and free-only f... | 5 | events: 1990839672051 | yes | View API |
| 21 | RSS & Feed | Fetch ONE feed URL (RSS 2.0/0.9x, RSS 1.0/RDF, Atom, JSON-Feed 1.1 — auto-detected) and normali... | 5 | title: Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee' | yes | View API |
| 22 | DonanımHaber | Keyword-search every post on DonanımHaber Forum — the site's own search index, not a page scrap... | 4 | title: Rtx 2060 asus dual 6gb ekran kartı furmark testi | yes | View API |
| 23 | edX | Search the edX catalogue by keyword (any topic, skill, tool or course/program title — 'python',... | 4 | name: CS50's Introduction to Programming with Python | yes | View API |
| 24 | Meetup | Discover upcoming events near a city. Filter by event type (in-person or online) and by date wi... | 4 | events: 316283560 | yes | View API |
| 25 | News Articles | Extract a clean article from any news or blog URL: returns title, full text, author, publicatio... | 2 | article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_scraping | yes | View API |
What each Media, Film & Knowledge API covers
Sports Data includes 50 actions (scores, fixtures, standings). Scores, schedules, teams and standings. The primary catalog return is live and final scores for a league — pass a date (yyyymmdd) or range to get scores for any day;....
Movies & TV includes 23 actions (search, detail, episodes). Film and series details, cast and ratings. The primary catalog return is search titles (type=multi|movie|tv|streaming).
Steam includes 18 actions (app_detail, price, reviews). Game details, prices, reviews and player counts. The primary catalog return is full game metadata from store appdetails (+structured languages; include_tags adds community ta....
Wikipedia includes 16 actions (summary, page, search). Article summaries, search and structured facts. The primary catalog return is page summary: extract, description, thumbnail, coordinates, wikibase qid, urls (lang= any of 36....
Music Metadata includes 14 actions (search, artist_detail, album_detail). Artists, albums, tracks and cover art. The primary catalog return is search artist/album/release/recording/track/label/work (advanced field search supported).
IMDb includes 13 actions (search, title, person). IMDb The primary catalog return is search imdb for movies, tv shows and people by name. uses imdb's own type-ahead, so one query r....
Academic Papers includes 12 actions (search, paper_detail, citations). Search scholarly papers, authors, citations and abstracts. The primary catalog return is search papers (source=openalex|arxiv|crossref|all; cursor pagination, year/oa/type filters, mat....
Streaming Availability includes 12 actions (search, browse, trending). Streaming Availability The primary catalog return is search movies/shows with current offers.
Letterboxd includes 11 actions (film, user, user_films). Letterboxd The primary catalog return is full letterboxd film detail by film slug or url: title, year, directors, cast, genres, runtime,....
News Intelligence includes 11 actions (search, timeline, sentiment). News Intelligence The primary catalog return is global news search across gdelt (+ optionally merged google-news-rss), de-duplicated into one u....
YouTube includes 11 actions (search, video_detail, video_details). Video details, search, comments and transcripts. The primary catalog return is search videos/channels/playlists/shorts with filters (upload date, duration, sort order, featur....
Goodreads includes 10 actions (book_detail, search, author). Books, ratings, reviews and author profiles. The primary catalog return is full book record from goodreads by book id or url: title, author(s), average rating, total rati....
Hacker News includes 9 actions (item, item_tree, user). Stories, comments, users and full-text search. The primary catalog return is single item by id (story/comment/job/poll/pollopt) — all official fields + time_iso/kids_count/....
Books & Authors includes 8 actions (book_detail, search, author). Book details, search, authors and free ebooks. The primary catalog return is merged book record by isbn-10/13 or olid (work ol..w / edition ol..m): title/authors/covers/sub....
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V2EX API
V2EX includes 8 actions (search, node_topics, latest). Topics, replies, members and nodes from China's biggest developer community. The primary catalog return is full-text search across every v2ex topic since 2010 (title + body + replies) — the historical a....
Udemy includes 7 actions (search, detail, pricing). Udemy The primary catalog return is search udemy courses by keyword (any topic, e.g. 'python', 'excel', 'machine learning'). return....
Internet Archive includes 6 actions (search, item, collection). Internet Archive The primary catalog return is search archive.org's catalogue. filter by mediatype (texts/audio/movies/software/image/etree…),....
Listen Notes includes 6 actions (search, podcast, episode). Listen Notes The primary catalog return is search listen notes for podcasts by keyword. returns up to 10 matching podcasts with title, pub....
Coursera includes 5 actions (search, detail, reviews). Coursera The primary catalog return is search coursera by keyword (any topic, skill, tool or title). returns a paginated list of resul....
Eventbrite includes 5 actions (search, detail, organizer). Eventbrite The primary catalog return is search eventbrite for events by keyword in a city, with optional category, date and free-only f....
RSS & Feed includes 5 actions (fetch, discover, merge). RSS & Feed The primary catalog return is fetch one feed url (rss 2.0/0.9x, rss 1.0/rdf, atom, json-feed 1.1 — auto-detected) and normali....
DonanımHaber includes 4 actions (search, topic, section). Forum topics, posts and sections from Turkey's biggest technology forum. The primary catalog return is keyword-search every post on donanımhaber forum — the site's own search index, not a page scrap....
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edX API
edX includes 4 actions (search, detail, partners). edX The primary catalog return is search the edx catalogue by keyword (any topic, skill, tool or course/program title — 'python',....
Meetup includes 4 actions (search, event, group). Meetup The primary catalog return is discover upcoming events near a city. filter by event type (in-person or online) and by date wi....
News Articles includes 2 actions (extract, news_search). Extract clean article text from any news URL. The primary catalog return is extract a clean article from any news or blog url: returns title, full text, author, publicatio....
Questions about Media, Film & Knowledge APIs
Which Media, Film & Knowledge API is free?
Every Media, Film & Knowledge API listed here can be tried with ReefAPI's free tier: 1,000 credits on signup, no card required. The current hub includes Sports Data, Movies & TV, Steam, Wikipedia, Music Metadata, IMDb, Academic Papers, Streaming Availability, Letterboxd, News Intelligence, YouTube, Goodreads, Hacker News, Books & Authors, V2EX, Udemy, Internet Archive, Listen Notes, Coursera, Eventbrite, RSS & Feed, DonanımHaber, edX, Meetup, News Articles.
Do these Media, Film & Knowledge APIs need login?
No source-site login is needed for the listed ReefAPI responses. You call ReefAPI with an x-api-key header, and each engine returns the standard JSON envelope.
How fresh is the Media, Film & Knowledge data?
Production requests fetch live data through ReefAPI. The table's sample data point comes from the committed snapshot for each engine, and the sitemap uses catalog freshness for recrawling.
What is the best Media, Film & Knowledge API to start with?
Sports Data appears first because this hub ranks engines by action count, then alphabetically for ties. Use that as a coverage signal, then choose the API whose returned fields match your workflow.