# Streaming Availability Scraper - Where to Watch (`goat255/streaming-availability-scraper`) Actor

Find every way to watch a movie or show in any of 13 countries. Each row lists the services streaming it, where it is free, and rent and buy prices, plus IMDb score, genres, runtime and age rating. Availability changes constantly, so schedule it.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/goat255/streaming-availability-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Goutam Soni](https://apify.com/goat255) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.20 / 1,000 title scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Streaming Availability Scraper

Find every way to watch a movie or show, in the country you care about. Each title comes back with the services streaming it, where it is free, and the current rent and buy prices, alongside IMDb score, genres, runtime and age rating. No login and no API key.

### What it does

- **Where to watch** - the full list of services offering each title, split into streaming, free, rent and buy.
- **Live prices** - the cheapest rent and buy price, plus the price of every individual option.
- **13 countries** - availability and pricing differ sharply by country, so you can compare the same title across regions.
- **Smart matching** - titles resolve to the right result, so a remake does not get confused with the original. Every row carries its IMDb ID and year.
- **Direct links** - each option includes a link straight to that service.

Availability changes constantly as licensing deals turn over, so schedule this to track a catalog over time.

Common uses: catalog and licensing research, price comparison, building a "where to watch" feature, and tracking when titles arrive on or leave a service.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `titles` | array | Movie or TV show names to look up. |
| `country` | string | `US`, `GB`, `CA`, `AU`, `IN`, `DE`, `FR`, `ES`, `IT`, `BR`, `MX`, `JP`, `SG`. |
| `language` | string | Two-letter language code. Default `en`. |
| `maxMatchesPerTitle` | integer | Matches per input. Default 1 for exact lookups. |
| `onlyAvailable` | boolean | Skip titles with no watch options. Default false. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional. Runs fine without a proxy. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "titles": ["inception", "breaking bad"],
  "country": "US",
  "maxMatchesPerTitle": 1
}
```

### Output

Each item is one title.

```json
{
  "title": "An Example Film",
  "year": 2010,
  "type": "MOVIE",
  "country": "US",
  "imdbId": "tt0000001",
  "imdbScore": 8.8,
  "imdbVotes": 2700000,
  "tomatoMeter": 87,
  "offerCount": 27,
  "isStreaming": true,
  "isFree": false,
  "streamingOn": ["Example Plus"],
  "freeOn": [],
  "rentFrom": ["Example Store", "Another Store"],
  "buyFrom": ["Example Store"],
  "cheapestRent": 3.99,
  "cheapestBuy": 8.99,
  "offers": [
    {
      "service": "Example Plus",
      "type": "FLATRATE",
      "quality": "HD",
      "price": null,
      "currency": "USD",
      "url": "https://example.com/watch/an-example-film"
    }
  ],
  "runtimeMinutes": 148,
  "ageRating": "PG-13",
  "genres": ["act", "scf"],
  "description": "A short synopsis of the title."
}
```

Subscription options have no `price` because they are included with the service. Titles with no availability in the chosen country return an empty offer list, so the shape is always the same.

### Notes

- No login and no API key. List your titles, pick a country, and run.
- Set `maxMatchesPerTitle` above 1 when a name is ambiguous and you want to see every match with its year and IMDb ID.
- Use `onlyAvailable` to keep only titles that can actually be watched in that country.
- Schedule the run to build a history of when titles arrive on or leave each service.

### Privacy

To improve our actors we collect anonymized usage telemetry (run stats and input patterns). No personal account data is collected.

# Actor input Schema

## `titles` (type: `array`):

Movie or TV show names to look up. Each is matched to the best result, so remakes resolve to the right year.

## `country` (type: `string`):

Two-letter country code. Availability, services and pricing differ per country.

## `language` (type: `string`):

Two-letter language code for titles and descriptions.

## `maxMatchesPerTitle` (type: `integer`):

How many matching results to return per input. Keep at 1 for an exact lookup, raise it to see remakes and related titles.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Skip titles that are not available to watch in the chosen country.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. This Actor runs fine without a proxy; enable it to spread requests across IPs on large runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "titles": [
    "breaking bad",
    "parasite"
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "language": "en",
  "maxMatchesPerTitle": 1,
  "onlyAvailable": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `titles` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "titles": [
        "inception"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("goat255/streaming-availability-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "titles": ["inception"],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("goat255/streaming-availability-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "titles": [
    "inception"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call goat255/streaming-availability-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,goat255/streaming-availability-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/FTe8nYojM5y2QcLOQ/builds/e4d1SgV6gzw12eBIL/openapi.json