MyAnimeList

Search MyAnimeList

Search MyAnimeList anime, manga, characters and people.

GET/v1/myanimelist/search
x-api-keystringheader

API key (`sfk_...`)

Parameters
3
querystringrequiredquery

Search text. At least three characters, or one or more Chinese or Japanese characters.

max 100 chars

kindstringoptionalquery

What to search: `anime`, `manga`, `character` or `person`. Defaults to `anime`.

one of: anime, manga, character, person

cursorstringoptionalquery

Pass `page.nextCursor` from the previous response to get the next page.

min 1 chars · max 512 chars

Response fields
26

Endpoint-specific response payload.

datalookupStatus
string

`not_found` when the entity does not exist (a deleted title, an unknown id or user), not when a list is empty.

one of: found, not_found

dataquery
string

The search text.

datakind
string

What to search: `anime`, `manga`, `character` or `person`.

one of: anime, manga, character, person

Results.

dataresults[]id
integer

Result id.

dataresults[]kind
string

Result kind (`anime`, `manga`, `character`, `person`).

dataresults[]title
stringnullable

Result title; null for an exact-match redirect that carries only an id and URL.

dataresults[]url
string

Result URL.

dataresults[]imageUrl
stringnullable

Image URL.

dataresults[]snippet
stringnullable

Description snippet.

dataresults[]type
stringnullable

Format or type column.

dataresults[]episodes
integernullable

Episode count column.

dataresults[]score
numbernullable

Score column.

Related works (character and person searches).

dataresults[]works[]kind
string

`anime` or `manga`.

dataresults[]works[]id
integer

Work id.

dataresults[]works[]title
string

Work title.

dataresults[]works[]url
string

Work URL.

Pagination state for the current page.

datapagehasMore
boolean

Whether another page is available.

datapagenextCursor
stringnullable

Cursor to pass in the next request when more pages exist; null on the last page.

Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.

metarequestId
string

Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.

min 1 chars

metacreditsCharged
integer

Credits charged for this request.

≥ 0

metaversion
string

Public API version that served the response.

one of: v1

Code example

curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/myanimelist/search?query=naruto" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Responses

MyAnimeList search.