KinoCheck Trailer API

Welcome

We are always aiming to deliver the newest video material in the highest quality to our subscribers on YouTube. We do not just straight up copy the uploads of other channels, instead we try to deliver a superior experience by only allowing the highest quality source material on our channels, pairing it with years of graphics and editing expertise and combining it with cutting edge technology.

We are working with over 100 publishers and many press agencies around the world and deliver over 900 exklusive videos to our subscribers. If you need a source for EPK material for your own website or app, this API is the perfect and free solution for you. Follow the instructions and examples and get the video ID of our high quality YouTube uploads and simply embed them.

Featured Users

How to make a request

• Most of the requests to the API will use the GET method
• The base URL is: https://api.kinocheck.com/
• You define which endpoint you wish to query by appending /{endpoint
• If you have and use an API key, you must add the corresponding X-API headers

curl -X GET 'https://api.kinocheck.com/[REQUEST_PATH]' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'X-Api-Host: api.kinocheck.com'

$url = 'https://api.kinocheck.com/[REQUEST_PATH]';
$apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';

$ch = curl_init($url);
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => $url,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'Accept: application/json',
        'X-Api-Key: ' . $apiKey,
        'X-Api-Host: api.kinocheck.com',
    ],
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,
    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST => false,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$info = curl_getinfo($curl);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
curl_close($curl);

import requests

url = 'https://api.kinocheck.com/[REQUEST_PATH]'
headers = {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'X-Api-Host': 'api.kinocheck.com'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

if response.status_code == 200:
    data = response.json()
    print('Success:', data)
else:
    print('Failed to fetch data:', response.status_code, response.text)

const url = 'https://api.kinocheck.com/[REQUEST_PATH]';
const apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';

fetch(url, {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Accept': 'application/json',
        'X-Api-Key': apiKey,
        'X-Api-Host': 'api.kinocheck.com'
    }
})
.then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) {
        throw new Error('Network response was not ok ' + response.statusText);
    }
    return response.json();
})
.then(data => {
    console.log('Success:', data);
})
.catch(error => {
    console.error('There was a problem with the fetch operation:', error);
});

/movies

Request

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/movies

Parameters

The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All listed parameters are query parameters.

• en
• de

Response

{
    ...
    "_metadata": {
        "limit": 25,
        "page": 1,
        "total_pages": 1234,
        "total_count": 1234
    }
}

Examples

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/movies?tmdb_id=299534

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/movies?tmdb_id=299534&language=de

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/movies?tmdb_id=299534&language=de&categories=Trailer

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/movies?tmdb_id=299534&language=de&categories=Trailer,-Clip

Response

If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:

{
	"id": "ly4",
	"tmdb_id": 299534,
	"imdb_id": "tt4154796",
	"language": "de",
	"title": "Avengers 4: Endgame",
	"url": "https://kinocheck.de/film/ly4/avengers-4-2019",
	"trailer": [video resource],
	"videos": [
		[video resource]
	]
}

Properties

The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:

/shows

See the corresponding documentation for /movies. You cannot filter by seasons or get any informations about single seasons.

Examples

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/shows?tmdb_id=38472

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/shows?tmdb_id=38472&language=de

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/shows?tmdb_id=38472&language=de&categories=Trailer

/trailers

Request (Default and same as /trending)

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers/trending

Request latest

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers/latest

Parameters

The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All listed parameters are query parameters.

• en
• de

Response

{
    ...
    "_metadata": {
        "limit": 25,
        "page": 1,
        "total_pages": 1234,
        "total_count": 1234
    }
}

Examples

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers?tmdb_id=299534

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers?tmdb_id=299534&language=de

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers/latest?&page=2

GET https://api.kinocheck.com/trailers/trending?page=2&limit=10

Response

If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure See: [video resource]

Video resource

The following JSON structure shows the format of a video resource:

{
	"id": "4ghv",
	"youtube_video_id": "EJJedP2_7_k",
	"youtube_channel_id": "UCOL10n-as9dXO2qtjjFUQbQ",
	"youtube_thumbnail": "https://img.youtube.com/vi/EJJedP2_7_k/maxresdefault.jpg",
	"title": "AVENGERS 4: Endgame Trailer German Deutsch (2019)",
	"url": "https://kinocheck.de/trailer/7zxh/avengers-4-...",
	"thumbnail": "https://images.kinocheck.de/images/hsd2ascncd.jpg",
	"language": "de",
	"categories": [
		"Trailer"
	],
	"published": "2018-12-07T13:16:51+01:00",
	"views": "1391790"
}

Properties

The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource: