Aniwatch API

A free restful API serving anime information from hianime.to

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Important

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com is only meant to demo the API and has rate-limiting enabled to minimise bandwidth consumption. It is recommended to deploy your own instance for personal use by customizing the api as you need it to be.
This API is just an unofficial api for hianime.to and is in no other way officially related to the same.
The content that this api provides is not mine, nor is it hosted by me. These belong to their respective owners. This api just demonstrates how to build an api that scrapes websites and uses their content.

💻 Installation

Local

Clone the repository and move into the directory.

git clone https://github.com/ghoshRitesh12/aniwatch-api.git
cd aniwatch-api

Install all the dependencies.
```
npm i #or yarn install or pnpm i
```
Start the server!
```
npm start #or yarn start or pnpm start
```
Now the server should be running on http://localhost:4000

Docker

Docker image is available at GitHub Container Registry.

Run the following commands to pull and run the docker image.

docker pull ghcr.io/ghoshritesh12/aniwatch
docker run -p 4000:4000 ghcr.io/ghoshritesh12/aniwatch

The above command will start the server on port 4000. You can access the server at http://localhost:4000 and you can also change the port by changing the -p option to -p <port>:4000.

You can also add the -d flag to run the container in detached mode.

⛅ Host your instance

Caution

For personal deployments, refrain from having an env named ANIWATCH_API_HOSTNAME. You may face rate limitting and other issues if you do.

Vercel

Deploy your own instance of Aniwatch API on Vercel.

Note

When deploying to vercel, set an env named IS_VERCEL_DEPLOYMENT to true or anything, but this env should be present.

Render

Deploy your own instance of Aniwatch API on Render.

📚 Documentation

The endpoints exposed by the api are listed below with examples that uses the Fetch API, but you can use any http library.

`GET` Anime Home Page

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/home

Request sample

const resp = await fetch("https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/home");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
  latestEpisodeAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  spotlightAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      jname: string,
      poster: string,
      description: string,
      rank: number,
      otherInfo: string[],
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      },
    },
    {...},
  ],
  top10Animes: {
    today: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        rank: number
      },
      {...},
    ],
    month: [...],
    week: [...]
  },
  topAiringAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      jname: string,
      poster: string,
    },
    {...},
  ],
  topUpcomingAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  trendingAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      rank: number,
    },
    {...},
  ],
  mostPopularAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  mostFavoriteAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  latestCompletedAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
}

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`GET` Anime About Info

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/info?id={anime-id}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`id`	string	The unique anime id (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/info?id=attack-on-titan-112"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  anime: [
    info: {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      description: string,
      stats: {
        rating: string,
        quality: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number
        },
        type: string,
        duration: string
      },
      promotionalVideos: [
        {
          title: string | undefined,
          source: string | undefined,
          thumbnail: string | undefined
        },
        {...},
      ],
      characterVoiceActor: [
        {
          character: {
            id: string,
            poster: string,
            name: string,
            cast: string
          },
          voiceActor: {
            id: string,
            poster: string,
            name: string,
            cast: string
          }
        },
        {...},
      ]
    }
    moreInfo: {
      aired: string,
      genres: ["Action", "Mystery", ...],
      status: string,
      studios: string,
      duration: string
      ...
    }
  ],
  mostPopularAnimes: [
    {
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      },
      id: string,
      jname: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string
    },
    {...},
  ],
  recommendedAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  relatedAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  seasons: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      title: string,
      poster: string,
      isCurrent: boolean
    },
    {...}
  ]
}

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`GET` Search Results

Endpoint

# basic example
https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search?q={query}&page={page}

# advanced example
https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search?q={query}&genres={genres}&type={type}&sort={sort}&season={season}&language={sub_or_dub}&status={status}&rated={rating}&start_date={yyyy-mm-dd}&end_date={yyyy-mm-dd}&score={score}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`q`	string	The search query, i.e. the title of the item you are looking for.	Yes	--
`page`	number	The page number of the result.	No	`1`
`type`	string	Type of the anime. eg: `movie`	No	--
`status`	string	Status of the anime. eg: `finished-airing`	No	--
`rated`	string	Rating of the anime. eg: `r+` or `pg-13`	No	--
`score`	string	Score of the anime. eg: `good` or `very-good`	No	--
`season`	string	Season of the aired anime. eg: `spring`	No	--
`language`	string	Language category of the anime. eg: `sub` or `sub-&-dub`	No	--
`start_date`	string	Start date of the anime(yyyy-mm-dd). eg: `2014-10-2`	No	--
`end_date`	string	End date of the anime(yyyy-mm-dd). eg: `2010-12-4`	No	--
`sort`	string	Order of sorting the anime result. eg: `recently-added`	No	--
`genres`	string	Genre of the anime, separated by commas. eg: `isekai,shounen`	No	--

[!TIP] For both start_date and end_date, year must be mentioned. If you wanna omit date or month specify 0 instead. Eg: omitting date -> 2014-10-0, omitting month -> 2014-0-12, omitting both -> 2014-0-0

Request sample

// basic example
const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search?q=titan&page=1"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

// advanced example
const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search?q=girls&genres=action,adventure&type=movie&sort=score&season=spring&language=dub&status=finished-airing&rated=pg-13&start_date=2014-0-0&score=good"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  animes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  mostPopularAnimes: [
    {
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      },
      id: string,
      jname: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string
    },
    {...},
  ],
  currentPage: 1,
  totalPages: 1,
  hasNextPage: false,
  searchQuery: string,
  searchFilters: {
    [filter_name]: [filter_value]
    ...
  }
}

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`GET` Search Suggestions

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search/suggest?q={query}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`q`	string	The search suggestion query.	Yes	--

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/search/suggest?q=monster"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  suggestions: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      jname: string,
      moreInfo: ["Jan 21, 2022", "Movie", "17m"]
    },
    {...},
  ],
}

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`GET` Producer Animes

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/producer/{name}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`name`	string	The name of anime producer (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`page`	number	The page number of the result.	No	`1`

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/producer/toei-animation?page=2"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  producerName: "Toei Animation Anime",
  animes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  top10Animes: {
    today: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        rank: number
      },
      {...},
    ],
    month: [...],
    week: [...]
  },
  topAiringAnimes: [
    {
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      },
      id: string,
      jname: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string
    },
    {...},
  ],
  currentPage: 2,
  totalPages: 11,
  hasNextPage: true,
}

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`GET` Genre Animes

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/genre/{name}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`name`	string	The name of anime genre (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`page`	number	The page number of the result.	No	`1`

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/genre/shounen?page=2"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  genreName: "Shounen Anime",
  animes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
  topAiringAnimes: [
    {
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      },
      id: string,
      jname: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      type: string
    },
    {...},
  ],
  currentPage: 2,
  totalPages: 38,
  hasNextPage: true
}

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`GET` Category Anime

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/{category}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`category`	string	The category of anime.	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`page`	number	The page number of the result.	No	`1`

Request sample

// categories -> "most-favorite", "most-popular", "subbed-anime", "dubbed-anime", "recently-updated", "recently-added", "top-upcoming", "top-airing", "movie", "special", "ova", "ona", "tv", "completed"

const resp = await fetch("https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/tv?page=2");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  category: "TV Series Anime",
  animes: [
    {
      id: string,
      name: string,
      poster: string,
      duration: string,
      type: string,
      rating: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number,
      }
    },
    {...},
  ],
  genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
  top10Animes: {
    today: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        rank: number
      },
      {...},
    ],
    month: [...],
    week: [...]
  },
  currentPage: 2,
  totalPages: 100,
  hasNextPage: true
}

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`GET` Estimated Schedules

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/schedule?date={date}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`date (yyyy-mm-dd)`	string	The date of the desired schedule. (months & days must have 2 digits)	Yes	--

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/schedule?date=2023-01-14"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  scheduledAnimes: [
    {
      id: string,
      time: string, // 24 hours format
      name: string,
      jname: string,
      airingTimestamp: number,
      secondsUntilAiring: number
    },
    {...}
  ]
}

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`GET` Anime Episodes

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/episodes/{animeId}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`animeId`	string	The unique anime id.	Yes	--

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/episodes/steinsgate-3"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  totalEpisodes: 24,
  episodes: [
    {
      number: 1,
      title: "Turning Point",
      episodeId: "steinsgate-3?ep=213"
      isFiller: false,
    },
    {...}
  ]
}

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`GET` Anime Episode Servers

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/servers?episodeId={id}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`episodeId`	string	The unique episode id.	Yes	--

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/servers?episodeId=steinsgate-0-92?ep=2055"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  episodeId: "steinsgate-0-92?ep=2055",
  episodeNo: 5,
  sub: [
    {
      serverId: 4,
      serverName: "vidstreaming",
    },
    {...}
  ],
  dub: [
    {
      serverId: 1,
      serverName: "megacloud",
    },
    {...}
  ],
  raw: [
    {
      serverId: 1,
      serverName: "megacloud",
    },
    {...}
  ],
}

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`GET` Anime Episode Streaming Links

Endpoint

https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/episode-srcs?id={episodeId}&server={server}&category={category}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
`id`	string	The id of the episode.	Yes	--
`server`	string	The name of the server.	No	`"hd-1"`
`category`	string	The category of the episode ('sub', 'dub' or 'raw').	No	`"sub"`

Request sample

const resp = await fetch(
  "https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com/anime/episode-srcs?id=steinsgate-3?ep=230&server=hd-1&category=dub"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  headers: {
    Referer: string,
    "User-Agent": string,
    ...
  },
  sources: [
    {
      url: string, // .m3u8 hls streaming file
      isM3U8: boolean,
      quality?: string,
    },
    {...}
  ],
  subtitles: [
    {
      lang: "English",
      url: string, // .vtt subtitle file
    },
    {...}
  ],
  anilistID: number | null,
  malID: number | null,
}

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👨‍💻 Development

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. If you encounter any bug or want to add a new feature to this api, consider creating a new issue. If you wish to contribute to this project, read the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

✨ Contributors

Thanks to the following people for keeping this project alive and relevant.

🤝 Thanks

🙌 Support

Don't forget to leave a star 🌟. You can also follow me on X (Twitter) @riteshgsh.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for more details.

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Table of Contents

💻 Installation

Local

Docker

⛅ Host your instance

Vercel

Render

📚 Documentation

GET Anime Home Page

Endpoint

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Anime About Info

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Search Results

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Search Suggestions

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Producer Animes

Endpoint

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Genre Animes

Endpoint

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Category Anime

Endpoint

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Estimated Schedules

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Anime Episodes

Endpoint

Path Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Anime Episode Servers

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

GET Anime Episode Streaming Links

Endpoint

Query Parameters

Request sample

Response Schema

👨‍💻 Development

✨ Contributors

🤝 Thanks

🙌 Support

📜 License

About

Resources

License

`GET` Anime Home Page

`GET` Anime About Info

`GET` Search Results

`GET` Search Suggestions

`GET` Producer Animes

`GET` Genre Animes

`GET` Category Anime

`GET` Estimated Schedules

`GET` Anime Episodes

`GET` Anime Episode Servers

`GET` Anime Episode Streaming Links

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