Jikan API
Jikan (時間) is an unofficial & open-source API for the “most active online anime + manga community and database” — MyAnimeList.
Takopii no Genzai
Takopii no Genzai
Shiguang Dailiren
Guimi Zhi Zhu: Xiaochou Pian
Mo Dao Zu Shi: Wanjie Pian
Monogatari Series: Off & Monster Season
Free & Open Source
— all under MIT Licensing
Focus on building while we keep the requests rolling. With nearly limitless quota on requests, you have the freedom to create without the need of writing/updating your own parsers or depending on limited API support. Want to launch your own private Jikan API? Go ahead.
Features
Jikan has a significant coverage over public MyAnimeList pages with more upcoming features on the roadmap.
Available
How does this work?
Jikan scrapes public MyAnimeList pages.
The service consists of two core parts.
The REST API is responsible for using the Jikan PHP API to parse MAL It deals with handling the requests and maintaining a queryable database. Anyone can host their own instance of it.
/anime/1535return $jikan-> getAnime (new AnimeRequest ( 1535 ));You can help us by contributing and reporting issues - so we can keep this API running bug-free.
Seamless integration with the languages you use and love.
By the community, for the community
Thanks to avid contributors, there are a multitude of wrappers available so you can easily use it with the language of your choice.
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Get involved by writing or maintaining an integration in the programming language of your choice.
OpenAPI 3.1 Specifications
Generate wrappers on the fly as our documentation is built on OpenAPI 3.1 Specs.