Aniwatch API

A free RESTful API serving anime information from hianime.to

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Important

1. https://api-aniwatch.onrender.com is only meant to demo the API and has rate-limiting enabled to minimize bandwidth consumption. It is recommended to deploy your own instance for personal use by customizing the API as you need it to be.
2. This API is just an unofficial API for hianime.to and is in no other way officially related to the same.
3. The content that this API provides is not mine, nor is it hosted by me. These belong to their respective owners. This API just demonstrates how to build an API that scrapes websites and uses their content.

Table of Contents

• Installation
  • Local
  • Docker
• Configuration
  • Custom HTTP Headers
  • Environment Variables
• Host your instance
  • Vercel
  • Render
• Documentation
  • GET Anime Home Page
  • GET Anime A-Z List
  • GET Anime Qtip Info
  • GET Anime About Info
  • GET Search Results
  • GET Search Suggestions
  • GET Producer Animes
  • GET Genre Animes
  • GET Category Animes
  • GET Estimated Schedules
  • GET Anime Episodes
  • GET Anime Next Episode Schedule
  • GET Anime Episode Servers
  • GET Anime Episode Streaming Links
• Development
• Contributors
• Thanks
• Support
• License
• Star History

💻 Installation

Local

1. Clone the repository and move into the directory.

   git clone https://github.com/ghoshRitesh12/aniwatch-api.git
   cd aniwatch-api
   

2. Install all the dependencies.

   npm i #or yarn install or pnpm i
   

3. Start the server!

   npm start #or yarn start or pnpm start
   

   Now the server should be running on http://localhost:4000

Docker

The Docker image is available at The GitHub Container Registry.

Run the following commands to pull and run the docker image.

docker run -d --name aniwatch-api -p 4000:4000 ghcr.io/ghoshritesh12/aniwatch

The above command will start the server on port 4000. You can access the server at http://localhost:4000, and you can also change the port by changing the -p option to -p <port>:4000.

The -d flag runs the container in detached mode, and the --name flag is used to name the container that's about to run.

⚙️ Configuration

Custom HTTP Headers

Currently this API supports parsing of only one custom header, and more may be implemented in the future to accommodate varying needs.

• X-ANIWATCH-CACHE-EXPIRY: this custom header is used to specify the cache expiration duration in seconds (defaults to 60 if the header is missing). The ANIWATCH_API_REDIS_CONN_URL env is required for this custom header to function as intended; otherwise, there's no point in setting this custom header.

Environment Variables

More info can be found in the .env.example file, where envs' having a value that is contained within < > angled brackets, commented out or not, are just examples and should be replaced with relevant ones.

• ANIWATCH_API_PORT: port number of the aniwatch API.
• ANIWATCH_API_WINDOW_MS: duration to track requests for rate limiting (in milliseconds).
• ANIWATCH_API_MAX_REQS: maximum number of requests in the ANIWATCH_API_WINDOW_MS time period.
• ANIWATCH_API_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS: allowed origins, separated by commas and no spaces in between.
• ANIWATCH_API_VERCEL_DEPLOYMENT: required for distinguishing Vercel deployment from other ones; set it to true or any other non-zero value.
• ANIWATCH_API_HOSTNAME: set this to your api instance's hostname to enable rate limiting, don't have this value if you don't wish to rate limit.
• ANIWATCH_API_REDIS_CONN_URL: this env is optional by default and can be set to utilize Redis caching functionality. It has to be a valid connection URL; otherwise, the Redis client can throw unexpected errors.
• ANIWATCH_API_S_MAXAGE: specifies the maximum amount of time (in seconds) a resource is considered fresh when served by a CDN cache.
• ANIWATCH_API_STALE_WHILE_REVALIDATE: specifies the amount of time (in seconds) a resource is served stale while a new one is fetched.

⛅ Host your instance

Caution

For personal deployments:

• If you want to have rate limiting in your application, then set the ANIWATCH_API_HOSTNAME env to your deployed instance's hostname; otherwise, don't set or have this env at all. If you set this env to an incorrect value, you may face other issues.
• It's optional by default, but if you want to have endpoint response caching functionality, then set the ANIWATCH_API_REDIS_CONN_URL env to a valid Redis connection URL. If the connection URL is invalid, the Redis client can throw unexpected errors.
• Remove the if block from the server.ts file, spanning from lines 61 to 85.

Vercel

Deploy your own instance of Aniwatch API on Vercel.

Note

When deploying to vercel, set an env named ANIWATCH_API_VERCEL_DEPLOYMENT to true or any non-zero value, but this env must be present.

Render

Deploy your own instance of Aniwatch API on Render.

📚 Documentation

The endpoints exposed by the api are listed below with examples that uses the Fetch API, but you can use any http library.

GET Anime Home Page

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/home

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/home");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
    latestEpisodeAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    spotlightAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        jname: string,
        poster: string,
        description: string,
        rank: number,
        otherInfo: string[],
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
      },
      {...},
    ],
    top10Animes: {
      today: [
        {
          episodes: {
            sub: number,
            dub: number,
          },
          id: string,
          name: string,
          poster: string,
          rank: number
        },
        {...},
      ],
      month: [...],
      week: [...]
    },
    topAiringAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        jname: string,
        poster: string,
      },
      {...},
    ],
    topUpcomingAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    trendingAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        rank: number,
      },
      {...},
    ],
    mostPopularAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    mostFavoriteAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    latestCompletedAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
  }
}

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GET Anime A-Z List

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/azlist/{sortOption}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
sortOption	string	The az-list sort option. Possible values include: "all", "other", "0-9" and all english alphabets .	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
page	number	The page number of the result.	No	1

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/azlist/0-9?page=1");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    sortOption: "0-9",
    animes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        jname: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number ,
          dub: number
        }
      },
      {...}
    ],
    totalPages: 1,
    currentPage: 1,
    hasNextPage: false
  }
}

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GET Anime Qtip Info

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/qtip/{animeId}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeId	string	The unique anime id (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/qtip/one-piece-100");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    anime: {
      id: "one-piece-100",
      name: "One Piece",
      malscore: string,
      quality: string,
      episodes: {
        sub: number,
        dub: number
      },
      type: string,
      description: string,
      jname: string,
      synonyms: string,
      aired: string,
      status: string,
      genres: ["Action", "Adventure", "Comedy", "Drama", "Fantasy", "Shounen", "Drama", "Fantasy", "Shounen", "Fantasy", "Shounen", "Shounen", "Super Power"]
    }
  }
}

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GET Anime About Info

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/anime/{animeId}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeId	string	The unique anime id (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/anime/attack-on-titan-112");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    anime: [
      info: {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        description: string,
        stats: {
          rating: string,
          quality: string,
          episodes: {
            sub: number,
            dub: number
          },
          type: string,
          duration: string
        },
        promotionalVideos: [
          {
            title: string | undefined,
            source: string | undefined,
            thumbnail: string | undefined
          },
          {...},
        ],
        characterVoiceActor: [
          {
            character: {
              id: string,
              poster: string,
              name: string,
              cast: string
            },
            voiceActor: {
              id: string,
              poster: string,
              name: string,
              cast: string
            }
          },
          {...},
        ]
      }
      moreInfo: {
        aired: string,
        genres: ["Action", "Mystery", ...],
        status: string,
        studios: string,
        duration: string
        ...
      }
    ],
    mostPopularAnimes: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        jname: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string
      },
      {...},
    ],
    recommendedAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    relatedAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    seasons: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        title: string,
        poster: string,
        isCurrent: boolean
      },
      {...}
    ]
  }
}

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GET Search Results

Endpoint

# basic example
/api/v2/hianime/search?q={query}&page={page}

# advanced example
/api/v2/hianime/search?q={query}&page={page}&genres={genres}&type={type}&sort={sort}&season={season}&language={sub_or_dub}&status={status}&rated={rating}&start_date={yyyy-mm-dd}&end_date={yyyy-mm-dd}&score={score}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
q	string	The search query, i.e. the title of the item you are looking for.	Yes	--
page	number	The page number of the result.	No	1
type	string	Type of the anime. eg: movie	No	--
status	string	Status of the anime. eg: finished-airing	No	--
rated	string	Rating of the anime. eg: r+ or pg-13	No	--
score	string	Score of the anime. eg: good or very-good	No	--
season	string	Season of the aired anime. eg: spring	No	--
language	string	Language category of the anime. eg: sub or sub-&-dub	No	--
start_date	string	Start date of the anime(yyyy-mm-dd). eg: 2014-10-2	No	--
end_date	string	End date of the anime(yyyy-mm-dd). eg: 2010-12-4	No	--
sort	string	Order of sorting the anime result. eg: recently-added	No	--
genres	string	Genre of the anime, separated by commas. eg: isekai,shounen	No	--

Tip

For both start_date and end_date, year must be mentioned. If you wanna omit date or month specify 0 instead. Eg: omitting date -> 2014-10-0, omitting month -> 2014-0-12, omitting both -> 2014-0-0

Request Sample

// basic example
const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/search?q=titan&page=1");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

// advanced example
const resp = await fetch(
    "/api/v2/hianime/search?q=girls&genres=action,adventure&type=movie&sort=score&season=spring&language=dub&status=finished-airing&rated=pg-13&start_date=2014-0-0&score=good"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    animes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    mostPopularAnimes: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        jname: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string
      },
      {...},
    ],
    currentPage: 1,
    totalPages: 1,
    hasNextPage: false,
    searchQuery: string,
    searchFilters: {
      [filter_name]: [filter_value]
      ...
    }
  }
}

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GET Search Suggestions

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/search/suggestion?q={query}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
q	string	The search suggestion query.	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/search/suggestion?q=monster");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    suggestions: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        jname: string,
        moreInfo: ["Jan 21, 2022", "Movie", "17m"]
      },
      {...},
    ]
  }
}

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GET Producer Animes

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/producer/{name}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
name	string	The name of anime producer (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
page	number	The page number of the result.	No	1

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/producer/toei-animation?page=2");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    producerName: "Toei Animation Anime",
    animes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    top10Animes: {
      today: [
        {
          episodes: {
            sub: number,
            dub: number,
          },
          id: string,
          name: string,
          poster: string,
          rank: number
        },
        {...},
      ],
      month: [...],
      week: [...]
    },
    topAiringAnimes: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        jname: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string
      },
      {...},
    ],
    currentPage: 2,
    totalPages: 11,
    hasNextPage: true
  }
}

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GET Genre Animes

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/genre/{name}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
name	string	The name of anime genre (in kebab case).	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
page	number	The page number of the result.	No	1

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/genre/shounen?page=2");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    genreName: "Shounen Anime",
    animes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
    topAiringAnimes: [
      {
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        },
        id: string,
        jname: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        type: string
      },
      {...},
    ],
    currentPage: 2,
    totalPages: 38,
    hasNextPage: true
  }
}

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GET Category Animes

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/category/{name}?page={page}

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
category	string	The category of anime.	Yes	--

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
page	number	The page number of the result.	No	1

Request Sample

// categories -> "most-favorite", "most-popular", "subbed-anime", "dubbed-anime", "recently-updated", "recently-added", "top-upcoming", "top-airing", "movie", "special", "ova", "ona", "tv", "completed"

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/category/tv?page=2");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    category: "TV Series Anime",
    animes: [
      {
        id: string,
        name: string,
        poster: string,
        duration: string,
        type: string,
        rating: string,
        episodes: {
          sub: number,
          dub: number,
        }
      },
      {...},
    ],
    genres: ["Action", "Cars", "Adventure", ...],
    top10Animes: {
      today: [
        {
          episodes: {
            sub: number,
            dub: number,
          },
          id: string,
          name: string,
          poster: string,
          rank: number
        },
        {...},
      ],
      month: [...],
      week: [...]
    },
    currentPage: 2,
    totalPages: 100,
    hasNextPage: true
  }
}

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GET Estimated Schedules

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/schedule?date={date}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
date	string	The date of the desired schedule in the following format: (yyyy-mm-dd).	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/schedule?date=2024-06-09");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    scheduledAnimes: [
      {
        id: string,
        time: string, // 24 hours format
        name: string,
        jname: string,
        airingTimestamp: number,
        secondsUntilAiring: number
      },
      {...}
    ]
  }
}

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GET Anime Episodes

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/anime/{animeId}/episodes

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeId	string	The unique anime id.	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch("/api/v2/hianime/anime/steinsgate-3/episodes");
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    totalEpisodes: 24,
    episodes: [
      {
        number: 1,
        title: "Turning Point",
        episodeId: "steinsgate-3?ep=213"
        isFiller: false,
      },
      {...}
    ]
  }
}

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GET Anime Next Episode Schedule

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/anime/{animeId}/next-episode-schedule

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeId	string	The unique anime id.	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch(
    "/api/v2/hianime/anime/steinsgate-3/next-episode-schedule"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    airingISOTimestamp: string | null,
    airingTimestamp: number | null,
    secondsUntilAiring: number | null
  }
}

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GET Anime Episode Servers

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/episode/servers?animeEpisodeId={id}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeEpisodeId	string	The unique anime episode id.	Yes	--

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch(
    "/api/v2/hianime/episode/servers?animeEpisodeId=steinsgate-0-92?ep=2055"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    episodeId: "steinsgate-0-92?ep=2055",
    episodeNo: 5,
    sub: [
      {
        serverId: 4,
        serverName: "vidstreaming",
      },
      {...}
    ],
    dub: [
      {
        serverId: 1,
        serverName: "megacloud",
      },
      {...}
    ],
    raw: [
      {
        serverId: 1,
        serverName: "megacloud",
      },
      {...}
    ]
  }
}

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GET Anime Episode Streaming Links

Endpoint

/api/v2/hianime/episode/sources?animeEpisodeId={id}?server={server}&category={dub || sub || raw}

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required?	Default
animeEpisodeId	string	The unique anime episode id.	Yes	--
server	string	The name of the server.	No	"hd-1"
category	string	The category of the episode ('sub', 'dub' or 'raw').	No	"sub"

Request Sample

const resp = await fetch(
    "/api/v2/hianime/episode/sources?animeEpisodeId=steinsgate-3?ep=230&server=hd-1&category=dub"
);
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Response Schema

{
  success: true,
  data: {
    headers: {
      Referer: string,
      "User-Agent": string,
      ...
    },
    sources: [
      {
        url: string, // .m3u8 hls streaming file
        isM3U8: boolean,
        quality?: string,
      },
      {...}
    ],
    subtitles: [
      {
        lang: "English",
        url: string, // .vtt subtitle file
      },
      {...}
    ],
    anilistID: number | null,
    malID: number | null
  }
}

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👨‍💻 Development

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. If you encounter any bug or want to add a new feature to this api, consider creating a new issue. If you wish to contribute to this project, read the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

✨ Contributors

Thanks to the following people for keeping this project alive and relevant.

🤝 Thanks

• consumet.ts
• api.consumet.org

🙌 Support

Don't forget to leave a star 🌟. You can also follow me on X (Twitter) @riteshgsh.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for more details.

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