Netflix Search Scraper

Scrapes Netflix's catalog to retrieve detailed data on movies and series based on search queries, actors, genres, and other filters. Outputs rich metadata including cast, IMDb ratings, and availability.

Key Features

• Flexible Search: Find titles by keyword, specific actor, or genre.
• Advanced Filtering: Narrow results by release year range, content type (Movie/Series), and availability (e.g., "Expiring" or "New last 24 hours").
• Sortable Results: Order data by relevance, date, rating, title, and more.
• Rich Data Extraction: Gets titles, synopses, images, cast details, episode lists (for series), and associated IMDb metrics.
• Optimized Performance: Uses efficient proxies for reliable, fast scraping.

How to Use

Configure the actor with an input JSON object. The most common parameters are query for a general search and actor_query to find titles featuring a specific person. Use the additional filters to refine the dataset.

Input

{
  "query": "Salt",
  "actor_query": "Angelina Jolie",
  "genre_query": "Action",
  "type": "Movie",
  "start_year": 2005,
  "end_year": 2015,
  "filter_by": "Expiring",
  "order_by": "Rating",
  "limit": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

• query / actor_query / genre_query: Search terms for titles, actors, or genres.
• type: Filter by "Movie" or "Series".
• start_year / end_year: Define a release year range.
• filter_by: Filter by availability status.
• order_by: Sort key (e.g., "Relevance", "Date", "Rating").
• limit: Maximum number of results to return.
• proxyConfiguration: Set "useApifyProxy": true for optimal performance.

Output

The actor returns an array of items, each containing comprehensive data for a title. Example output fields include:

{
  "netflixid": 82013962,
  "title": "Temptation",
  "synopsis": "When ambitious young journalist Inez lands a story...",
  "vtype": "series",
  "year": 2025,
  "img": "https://occ-0-1433-1432.1.nflxso.net/...",
  "avgrating": 3.7760384,
  "imdbgenre": "Drama Film-Noir Thriller",
  "imdbruntime": "98 min",
  "imdbcountry": "USA"
}

Output includes Netflix-specific IDs, titles, descriptions, images, ratings, and enriched data pulled from IMDb like genre, runtime, and country of origin.