Genres.getList

The Genres.getList method is used to retrieve a list of valid genres within TMDb. You can also request the translated values by passing the language option.

Example URL

http://api.themoviedb.org/2.1/Genres.getList/en/xml/APIKEY

Options

Language: IETF Language Tag, e.g. en-US

Type: Type can be xml, yaml or json.

API Key: The API key we supplied you with for your account.

Example Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
  <opensearch:Query searchTerms=""/>
  <opensearch:totalResults>24</opensearch:totalResults>
  <genres>
    <translated>true</translated>
    <genre name="Action">
      <id>28</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/action</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Adventure">
      <id>12</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/adventure</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Animation">
      <id>16</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/animation</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Comedy">
      <id>35</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/comedy</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Crime">
      <id>80</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/crime</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Disaster">
      <id>105</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/disaster</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Documentary">
      <id>99</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/documentary</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Drama">
      <id>18</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/drama</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Eastern">
      <id>82</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/eastern</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Fantasy">
      <id>14</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/fantasy</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="History">
      <id>36</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/history</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Holiday">
      <id>10595</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/holiday</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Horror">
      <id>27</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/horror</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Music">
      <id>10402</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/music</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Musical">
      <id>22</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/musical</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Mystery">
      <id>9648</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/mystery</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Road Movie">
      <id>1115</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/road-movie</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Science Fiction">
      <id>878</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/science-fiction</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Short">
      <id>10749</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/short</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Sport">
      <id>9805</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/sport</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Suspense">
      <id>10748</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/suspense</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Thriller">
      <id>53</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/thriller</url>
    </genre>
    <genre name="Western">
      <id>37</id>
      <url>http://www.themoviedb.org/genre/western</url>
    </genre>
  </genres>
</OpenSearchDescription>