IMDb APIs - News by Category (V1)
Retrieve entertainment news articles filtered by category.
Typical use cases:
- Stay updated on movie, TV, or celebrity news.
Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
token | query | string | Yes | User's authentication token. |
category | query | string | Yes | News category to filter by. Available Values: - TOP: Top News- MOVIE: Movie News- TV: TV News- CELEBRITY: Celebrity News |
languageCountry | query | string | No | Language and country preferences. Available Values: - en_US: English (US)- fr_CA: French (Canada)- fr_FR: French (France)- de_DE: German (Germany)- hi_IN: Hindi (India)- it_IT: Italian (Italy)- pt_BR: Portuguese (Brazil)- es_ES: Spanish (Spain)- es_US: Spanish (US)- es_MX: Spanish (Mexico) |
Code Samples
💡 Environment Note
Default samples use https://api.justoneapi.com (prod-global). For users in Mainland China, it is recommended to replace it with http://47.117.133.51:30015 (prod-cn) for better performance. See Environment Guide.
bash
# Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
curl -X GET "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE"text
I want to use the "News by Category (V1)" API from Just One API.
API Endpoint: https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1
HTTP Method: GET
Authentication: Append "?token=YOUR_API_KEY" to the URL.
OpenAPI Definition: https://docs.justoneapi.com/openapi/imdb-apis/news-by-category-v1-en.json
Parameters:
- token (query): User's authentication token. (Required)
- category (query): News category to filter by.
Available Values:
- `TOP`: Top News
- `MOVIE`: Movie News
- `TV`: TV News
- `CELEBRITY`: Celebrity News (Required)
- languageCountry (query): Language and country preferences.
Available Values:
- `en_US`: English (US)
- `fr_CA`: French (Canada)
- `fr_FR`: French (France)
- `de_DE`: German (Germany)
- `hi_IN`: Hindi (India)
- `it_IT`: Italian (Italy)
- `pt_BR`: Portuguese (Brazil)
- `es_ES`: Spanish (Spain)
- `es_US`: Spanish (US)
- `es_MX`: Spanish (Mexico)
Return format: JSON
Response Handling & Error Codes:
1. Business results should be determined by the "code" field in the response body (code 0 means success).
2. Timeout Recommendation: Set request timeout to at least 60 seconds.
3. Business Code Reference:
- 0: Success
- 100: Invalid or Inactive Token
- 301: Collection Failed. Please Retry.
- 302: Rate Limit Exceeded
- 303: Daily Quota Exceeded
- 400: Invalid Parameters
- 500: Internal Server Error
- 600: Permission Denied
- 601: Insufficient Balance
Please help me write a script in my preferred programming language to call this API and handle the response.python
# Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
import requests
url = "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE"
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())js
// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
const response = await fetch("https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE", {
method: "GET"
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);java
// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE"))
.method("GET", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
}go
// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
url := "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}php
// Tip: For Mainland China, replace https://api.justoneapi.com with http://47.117.133.51:30015
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.justoneapi.com/api/imdb/news-by-category-query/v1?token=YOUR_API_KEY&category=VALUE");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;Responses
json
{
"code": 0,
"data": {
"news": {
"__typename": "NewsConnection",
"edges": [
{
"node": {
"__typename": "News",
"id": "ni65740975",
"byline": "Rebecca Rubin",
"date": "2026-03-08T16:49:37Z",
"externalUrl": "https://variety.com/2026/film/box-office/pixar-hoppers-box-office-global-opening-weekend-win-the-bri...",
"articleTitle": {
"plainText": "Box Office: ‘Hoppers’ Powers to $88 Million Globally, ‘The Bride!’ Flatlines With $13 Million Worldw..."
},
"image": {
"__typename": "Image",
"id": "rm805281794",
"url": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNzRiMzZlMTMtNmU3OC00MDUwLThmNDUtMTBjZmQ3MWQ4NTljXkEyXkFqcGc@...",
"height": 1610,
"width": 1086
},
"text": {
"plainText": "Disney’s Pixar animal adventure “Hoppers” was No. 1 at the global box office with $88 million, an en..."
},
"source": {
"homepage": {
"url": "http://variety.com/",
"label": "Variety - Film News"
},
"description": null
}
}
}
],
"total": 796276,
"pageInfo": {
"__typename": "NewsPageInfo",
"hasNextPage": true,
"endCursor": "NjU3Mzk4NDd8MjAyNi0wMy0wNyAxODowMDowMA"
}
}
}
}💡 Note: For list data, the example shows only 1-2 items for simplicity. The actual count depends on the API response.