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TMDb Discover (Shows)

Uses TMDb's Discover Search to find every show based on the show search attributes provided.

The sync_mode: sync and collection_order: custom Setting are recommended since the lists are continuously updated and in a specific order.

Important

Note that a number of filters support being comma (,) or pipe (|) separated. Commas are treated like an AND query while pipes are treated like an OR. This allows for quite complex filtering depending on your desired results.

Value Types

These are the types of values you can use in your TMDb Discover queries. The type and formatting of attributes such as date and year is important to know when building your queries.

Type Description
String Any number of alphanumeric characters
Integer Any whole number greater than zero i.e. 2, 10, 50
Number Any number greater than zero i.e. 2.5, 7.4, 9
Boolean Must be true or false
Date: MM/DD/YYYY Date that fits the specified format
Year: YYYY Year must be a 4 digit integer i.e. 1990

Discover Attributes

Attributes Description
limit Specify how many movies you want to be returned by the query.
Type: Integer
Default: 100
sort_by Choose from one of the many available sort options.
Type: Any sort option below
Default: popularity.desc
air_date.gte Filter and only include TV shows that have an air date (by looking at all episodes) that is greater or equal to the specified value.
Type: Date: MM/DD/YYYY
air_date.lte Filter and only include TV shows that have an air date (by looking at all episodes) that is less than or equal to the specified value.
Type: Date: MM/DD/YYYY
first_air_date.gte Filter and only include TV shows that have a original air date that is greater or equal to the specified value. Can be used in conjunction with the include_null_first_air_dates filter if you want to include items with no air date.
Type: Date: MM/DD/YYYY
first_air_date.lte Filter and only include TV shows that have a original air date that is less than or equal to the specified value. Can be used in conjunction with the include_null_first_air_dates filter if you want to include items with no air date.
Type: Date: MM/DD/YYYY
first_air_date_year Filter and only include TV shows that have an original air date year that equal to the specified value. Can be used in conjunction with the include_null_first_air_dates filter if you want to include items with no air date.
Type: Year: YYYY
include_adult A filter and include or exclude adult movies.
Type: Boolean
include_null_first_air_dates Use this filter to include TV shows that don't have an air date while using any of the first_air_date filters.
Type: Boolean
timezone Used in conjunction with the air_date.gte/lte filter to calculate the proper UTC offset.
Type: String
Default: America/New_York
vote_count.gte Filter and only include TV that have a vote count that is greater or equal to the specified value.
Type: Integer
vote_count.lte Filter and only include TV that have a vote count that is less than or equal to the specified value.
Type: Integer
vote_average.gte Filter and only include TV that have a rating that is greater or equal to the specified value.
Type: Number
vote_average.lte Filter and only include TV that have a rating that is less than or equal to the specified value.
Type: Number
with_networks Comma-separated value of network ids that you want to include in the results.
Type: String
with_companies A comma-separated list of production company ID's. Only include movies that have one of the ID's added as a production company.
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
without_companies Filter the results to exclude the specific production companies you specify here. AND / OR filters are supported.
Type: String
with_genres Comma-separated value of genre ids that you want to include in the results.
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
without_genres Comma-separated value of genre ids that you want to exclude from the results.
Type: String
with_keywords A comma-separated list of keyword ID's. Only includes TV shows that have one of the ID's added as a keyword.
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
without_keywords Exclude items with certain keywords. You can comma and pipe separate these values to create an 'AND' or 'OR' logic.
Type: String
with_runtime.gte Filter and only include TV shows with an episode runtime that is greater than or equal to a value.
Type: Integer
with_runtime.lte Filter and only include TV shows with an episode runtime that is less than or equal to a value.
Type: Integer
with_original_language Specify an ISO 639-1 string to filter results by their original language value.
Type: String
with_name_translation Specify a language/country string to filter the results by if the item has a type of name translation.
Type: String
Values: ar-AE, ar-SA, bg-BG, bn-BD, ca-ES, ch-GU, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-US, eo-EO, es-ES, es-MX, eu-ES, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-CA, fr-FR, he-IL, hi-IN, hu-HU, id-ID, it-IT, ja-JP, ka-GE, kn-IN, ko-KR, lt-LT, ml-IN, nb-NO, nl-NL, no-NO, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sl-SI, sr-RS, sv-SE, ta-IN, te-IN, th-TH, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-TW
screened_theatrically Filter results to include items that have been screened theatrically.
Type: Boolean
with_watch_providers A comma or pipe separated list of watch provider ID's.
use in conjunction with watch_region, can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
without_watch_providers Filter the results to exclude certain watch providers.
Type: String
watch_region An ISO 3166-1 code. Combine this filter with with_watch_providers in order to filter your results by a specific watch provider in a specific region.
Type: String
with_watch_monetization_types In combination with watch_region, you can filter by monetization type.
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
Values: flatrate, free, ads, rent, buy
with_status Filter TV shows by their status.
Type: String
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Values: 0: Returning Series, 1: Planned, 2: In Production, 3: Ended, 4: Cancelled, 5: Pilot
with_type Filter TV shows by their type.
Can be a comma (,) for an AND, or a pipe (|) for an OR separated query
Type: String
Values: 0: Documentary, 1: News, 2: Miniseries, 3: Reality, 4: Scripted, 5: Show, 6: Video

Sort Options

Sort Option Movie Sort Show Sort
popularity.asc
popularity.desc
title.asc
title.desc
original_title.asc
original_title.desc
name.asc
name.desc
original_name.asc
original_name.desc
revenue.asc
revenue.desc
release_date.asc
release_date.desc
primary_release_date.asc
primary_release_date.desc
first_air_date.asc
first_air_date.desc
vote_average.asc
vote_average.desc
vote_count.asc
vote_count.desc

Example TMDb Discover Builder(s)

collections:
  Shows Released in October 2020:
    tmdb_discover:
      first_air_date.gte: 10/01/2020
      first_air_date.lte: 10/31/2020
collections:
  100 Most Popular Shows:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      sort_by: popularity.desc
      limit: 100
collections:
  Highest Rated TV-MA Shows:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      certification_country: US
      certification: TV-MA
      sort_by: vote_average.desc
collections:
  Most Popular Kids Shows:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      certification_country: US
      certification.lte: TV-G
      sort_by: popularity.desc
collections:
  Highest Rated Science Fiction Movies with Tom Cruise:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      with_genres: 878
      with_cast: 500
      sort_by: vote_average.desc
collections:
  Streaming on Disney+ in UK:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      with_watch_providers: 337
      region: GB
collections:
  Top Rated Dramas:
    collection_order: custom
    sync_mode: sync
    tmdb_discover:
      with_genres: 18
      sort_by: vote_average.desc
      vote_count.gte: 10