API:Base Series Record

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The Base Series Record contains all of the information available about a series. It does not include any season or episode information. It does contain the top ranked banner and fan art for the series.

[edit] Location

<mirrorpath>/api/<apikey>/series/<seriesid>/<language>.xml

Example:

http://www.thetvdb.com/api/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/series/70860/en.xml

[edit] Parameters

<mirrorpath>

See mirrors for information on how to retrieve a list of mirrors.

<apikey>

See API Keys for information on how to retrieve your personal API Key.

<seriesid>

Find the id of the series you are looking for using the GetSeries search.

<language>

Use the language abbreviation for your preferred language found at languages.xml.


[edit] Example Results 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<Data>
   <Series>
      <id>73739</id>
      <Actors>|Malcolm David Kelley|Jorge Garcia|Maggie Grace|...|</Actors>
      <Airs_DayOfWeek>Thursday</Airs_DayOfWeek>
      <Airs_Time>9:00 PM</Airs_Time>
      <ContentRating>TV-14</ContentRating>
      <FirstAired>2004-09-22</FirstAired>
      <Genre>|Action and Adventure|Drama|Science-Fiction|</Genre>
      <IMDB_ID>tt0411008</IMDB_ID>
      <Language>en</Language>
      <Network>ABC</Network>
      <Overview>After Oceanic Air flight 815...</Overview>
      <Rating>8.9</Rating>
      <Runtime>60</Runtime>
      <SeriesID>24313</SeriesID>
      <SeriesName>Lost</SeriesName>
      <Status>Continuing</Status>
      <banner>graphical/24313-g2.jpg</banner>
      <fanart>fanart/original/73739-1.jpg</fanart>
      <lastupdated>1205694666</lastupdated>
      <zap2it_id>SH672362</zap2it_id>
   </Series>
</Data>
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