MBC Max TV guide

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=Asia/Riyadh"

# what is on now, and next
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/now"

# any past day (Archive plan)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \
  "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/history?from=2025-10-13T00:00:00Z&to=2025-10-14T00:00:00Z"

$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=Asia/Riyadh");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("TVG_KEY")],
]);
foreach (json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true)["data"] as $slot) {
  echo $slot["start"], " ", $slot["title"], "\n";
}

const r = await fetch("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/schedule?date=2026-10-11&tz=Asia/Riyadh", {
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TVG_KEY}` },
});
const { data } = await r.json();
data.forEach(s => console.log(s.start, s.title, s.flags.live ? "LIVE" : ""));

import os, requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/schedule",
    params={"date": "2026-10-11", "tz": "Asia/Riyadh"},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"},
)
for slot in r.json()["data"]:
    print(slot["start"], slot["title"])

// GET /v1/channels/ch_9zs3zqqa/schedule?date=2026-10-11, the first programme
{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "ls_7xd958t7",
            "channel": "ch_9zs3zqqa",
            "start": "2026-10-10T19:00:00Z",
            "stop": "2026-10-10T21:01:00Z",
            "title": "Sherlock Holmes",
            "sub_title": null,
            "description": "Consulting detective Sherlock Holmes is renowned for solving the most complex...",
            "category": [
                "crime",
                "adventure",
                "action",
                "western"
            ],
            "flags": {
                "new": false,
                "live": false
            }
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "count": 37,
        "date": "2026-10-11",
        "tz": "Asia/Riyadh"
    }
}