Jikan API

Name: Jikan API
Availability: InStock

Unofficial MyAnimeList REST API

🔑 Auth: None 🔒 HTTPS: Yes 🌐 CORS: Enabled View Documentation

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Server-measured technical metrics for the Jikan API
Uptime Status	⬜ Unknown — not yet probed
Server Latency	N/A
Hosting Server	Not disclosed
Content-Type	Not disclosed
Cache-Control	Not set
CORS Support	✅ Enabled — safe for browser fetch()
Authentication	✅ None required — call the API directly without a key
Category	Anime

Endpoint:: https://jikan.moe/

Quick Integration Code

✅ No API key needed

fetch("https://jikan.moe/")
  .then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
    return response.json();
  })
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error("Request failed:", error));

import requests

url = "https://jikan.moe/"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    # "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

curl -X GET "https://jikan.moe/" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: MyApp/1.0" \
  --max-time 10 \
  --silent | python3 -m json.tool

Sample JSON Response — Anime

Anime

{
  "data": {
    "mal_id": 5114,
    "title": "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood",
    "title_english": "Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood",
    "type": "TV",
    "episodes": 64,
    "score": 9.11,
    "rank": 1,
    "popularity": 3,
    "genres": [
      {
        "name": "Action"
      },
      {
        "name": "Adventure"
      },
      {
        "name": "Drama"
      }
    ],
    "status": "Finished Airing",
    "aired": {
      "from": "2009-04-05",
      "to": "2010-07-04"
    }
  }
}