Search listings
Find upcoming TV programmes by words in their title, sub-title or description, in the countries you choose.
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GEThttps://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/listings/search
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Parameters
| Parameter | In | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| q | query | string | required | Words to find. | eastenders |
| country | query | list | optional | Country codes, ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, comma separated. | GB |
| from | query | datetime | optional | From when, UTC. Defaults to now. | 2026-10-07T00:00:00Z |
| limit | query | integer | optional | Page size, 1 to 500. Defaults to 100. | 100 |
| cursor | query | string | optional | The cursor from the previous answer's meta.next. See Paging and fields. |
Request
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TVG_KEY" \ "https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/listings/search?q=eastenders"
$ch = curl_init("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/listings/search?q=eastenders");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer " . getenv("TVG_KEY")],
]);
$answer = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
const r = await fetch("https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/listings/search?q=eastenders", {
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TVG_KEY}` },
});
const { data, meta } = await r.json();
import os, requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.tvguideapi.com/v1/listings/search?q=eastenders",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TVG_KEY']}"},
)
data = r.json()["data"]
Sample response
{
"data": [
{
"id": "ls_shr78fcp",
"channel": "ch_jw83a3xg",
"start": "2026-10-07T19:00:00Z",
"stop": "2026-10-07T19:30:00Z",
"title": "EastEnders",
"sub_title": "Episode 7012",
"category": [
"Soap"
],
"episode": {
"show_id": "sh_e29nzc1x",
"episode_id": "ep_610mmeyh",
"season": 41,
"number": 157,
"name": "Episode 7012",
"orig_air": "2026-10-07",
"matched_by": "airtime",
"source": "tvmaze"
},
"flags": {
"new": true,
"live": false,
"repeat": false
}
},
{
"id": "ls_shr78fcp",
"channel": "ch_jw83a3xg",
"start": "2026-10-07T19:30:00Z",
"stop": "2026-10-07T20:00:00Z",
"title": "The One Show",
"category": [
"Magazine"
],
"flags": {
"new": true,
"live": true,
"repeat": false
}
}
],
"meta": {
"count": 38,
"next": "c_8f21a0",
"took_ms": 41
}
}