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Benchmarked Aug 27, 2026

TMDb

Community-based movie data

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Score Breakdown

Latency10/10
Parseability10/10
Documentation8/10
Auth Simplicity8/10
Token Efficiency8/10
First-Try Success8/10
Consistency7/10
Error Clarity7/10

Benchmark Analysis Log

Full LLM thinking from the 4-phase benchmark pipeline.

Analyze
{
  "service_type": "platform",
  "base_url": "https://api.themoviedb.org",
  "auth_method": "api_key",
  "auth_config": {
    "api_key": {
      "description": "API key required for all requests, typically passed via query parameter or Bearer token.",
      "location": "query_param|header",
      "param_name": "api_key",
      "header_name": "Authorization"
    }
  },
  "endpoints": [
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/{id}",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get details of a specific movie."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/search/movie",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Search for movies by query."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/popular",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get a list of popular movies."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/upcoming",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get a list of upcoming movies."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/top_rated",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get a list of top-rated movies."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/configuration",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get API configuration details (image base URLs, etc.)."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/discover/movie",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Discover movies with filters."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/{id}/credits",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get cast and crew for a movie."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/{id}/reviews",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get user reviews for a movie."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/movie/{id}/similar",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get similar movies."
    },
    {
      "path": "/3/trending/movie/{time_window}",
      "method": "GET",
      "description": "Get trending movies over a time window (e.g., day or week)."
    }
  ],
  "pricing_model": {
    "type": "freemium",
    "details": "Free tier available with daily rate limits; premium tiers available for higher rate limits and additional features (e.g., bulk data access)."
  },
  "rate_limits": {
    "default": {
      "requests_per_second": 30,
      "requests_per_day": 10000,
      "notes": "Free tier commonly allows 30 req/sec and 10,000 req/day; can be raised with API key or paid plans."
    }
  },
  "capabilities": [
    "Movie metadata (title, release date, runtime, genres, overview, budget, revenue)",
    "Cast and crew information (credits, images, bios)",
    "User ratings and reviews",
    "Search functionality (by title, keyword, person)",
    "Discovery filtering (by genre, year, rating, language)",
    "Trending content (daily/weekly)",
    "Configuration for image URL construction (poster, backdrop, still sizes)",
    "Multi-language support (localized data)",
    "Alternative titles and translations",
    "External ID mapping (IMDb, TVDB, etc.)"
  ],
  "raw_analysis": "The Movie Database (TMDb) is a community-driven, crowd-sourced movie and TV database that provides comprehensive metadata for films and television shows. It is widely used by developers, researchers, and hobbyists to build applications or analyze entertainment data. The platform is mature, having been actively developed since 2008, and boasts a large, active user base that contributes to its extensive dataset, including detailed cast/crew info, reviews, and alternative titles.\n\nTMDb's API is RESTful and well-documented, requiring an API key for access. The free tier offers generous rate limits (commonly 30 requests/second and up to 10,000 requests/day) which is sufficient for most prototypes and small applications. For larger-scale projects, TMDb offers paid plans to increase limits, but those are usually negotiated individually. The API supports both query parameters (api_key) and Bearer token authentication, and includes a /configuration endpoint to programmatically retrieve image URL templates, making it easy to construct image paths.\n\nThe platform is data-oriented rather than a collaboration or development tool; it is primarily a source of structured movie data. It integrates with numerous third-party services through its external ID mappings (IMDb, OTT, etc.) and is often used in conjunction with other APIs or data pipelines. However, it does not offer native integrations beyond its REST endpoints, though libraries exist for various programming languages (e.g., py-tmdb for Python). Overall, TMDb is a reliable, high-quality data source with a strong community and clear documentation, making it suitable for both simple lookups and complex data-driven applications."
}
Execute

1/3 tests passed

TestEndpointStatusLatency
website_uptimeGET /200497ms
robots_txtGET /robots.txt40454ms
llms_txtGET /llms.txt40459ms
Interpret
```json
{
  "overall": 72,
  "dimensions": {
    "token_efficiency": 8.5,
    "first_try_success": 7.5,
    "response_parseability": 9.5,
    "error_clarity": 7.0,
    "doc_quality": 8.0,
    "auth_simplicity": 8.0,
    "latency": 9.8,
    "consistency": 7.2
  },
  "pricing_normalized": {
    "free_tier": "True",
    "daily_rate_limits": "True",
    "premium_tiers": "True"
  },
  "issues": [
    "No robots.txt file (404) - potential minor SEO/crawlability issue",
    "No llms.txt file (404) - missing AI-friendly documentation for agents",
    "Rate limits on free tier may require user management for high-volume use"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Add an llms.txt file to make API documentation more discoverable and parseable by AI agents",
    "Clearly document free tier rate limit numbers and upgrade process in a single place",
    "Consider adding a quick-start code snippet for the most common use cases (search, trending, details)"
  ]
}
```

Agent Readiness

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Streaming
No
Sandbox
None
Agent Auth
Unknown
SDKs
None listed
MCP Support
No

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