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Fanart.tv

HD logos, posters and backgrounds for media libraries.

🎬 MediaON SCHEDULEchecked 2h ago
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Fanart.tv serves artwork keyed by TMDB, TVDB or MusicBrainz IDs — ideal for Plex, Kodi and home-theater apps. Free API key after signup. Responses are JSON lists of image URLs with language and vote metadata.

—REACHABILITY SCORE ⓘ
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We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass.

Uptime history
—%90d reachable
—%30d reachable
2hLast check · since JUL 8 · server OK
operationalpartialdownno data
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://webservice.fanart.tv/v3/movies/550?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

{
  "name": "movieposter",
  "id": "75035",
  "url": "https://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/movies/550/movieposter/fight-club-sample.jpg"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://webservice.fanart.tv/v3/movies/550?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"
const res = await fetch("https://webservice.fanart.tv/v3/movies/550?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://webservice.fanart.tv/v3/movies/550?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 3On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — auth-wall reachability checks pending
GET/movies/550?api_key=YOUR_API_KEYPROBED

Movie artwork — posters, logos and backgrounds.

GET/tv/1399?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

TV series artwork by TVDB ID.

GET/music/c6017d8a-2c37-4d51-a1c3-9246cc7ebc25?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

Music artist artwork by MusicBrainz ID.

Machine-readable spec

We probe without your API key. A 401/403 auth wall means the server is up — not a full health pass. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Fanart.tv: common questions

Is Fanart.tv free to use?

Yes — Fanart.tv is a free media API. Free tier: Free personal API key. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Fanart.tv need an API key?

Yes — Fanart.tv needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Fanart.tv from the browser?

Yes — Fanart.tv returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Fanart.tv up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Fanart.tv is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.