GET
/
3
/
find
/
{external_id}
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.themoviedb.org/3/find/%7B{external_id}%7D \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "movie_results": [],
  "person_results": [],
  "tv_episode_results": [],
  "tv_results": [
    {
      "adult": false,
      "backdrop_path": "/gc8PfyTqzqltKPW3X0cIVUGmagz.jpg",
      "first_air_date": "2008-01-20",
      "genre_ids": [
        18,
        80
      ],
      "id": 1396,
      "media_type": "tv",
      "name": "Breaking Bad",
      "origin_country": [
        "US"
      ],
      "original_language": "en",
      "original_name": "Breaking Bad",
      "overview": "Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.",
      "popularity": 560.37,
      "poster_path": "/ztkUQFLlC19CCMYHW9o1zWhJRNq.jpg",
      "vote_average": 8.917,
      "vote_count": 14636
    }
  ],
  "tv_season_results": []
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
external_id
string
required

This represents the external ID. Get it here

Query Parameters

​
external_source
enum<string>

This represents the external source. Check it out here.

Available options:
imdb_id,
facebook_id,
instagram_id,
tvdb_id,
tiktok_id,
twitter_id,
wikidata_id,
youtube_id
Example:

"imdb_id"

Response

200 - application/json

Find By External ID

The response is of type object.