Here’s a list of updates and bug fixes to the Trakt API in 2022. View the full API Docs on Apiary. Please ask questions in our GitHub project.

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November 14, 2022

UPDATES

• New methods to get studios /movies/:id/studios and /shows/:id/studios.

November 9, 2022

UPDATES

• PCKE authentication flow now supported.

November 3, 2022

UPDATES

• Added /people/updates and /people/updates/id methods.
• Added updated_at to person objects.

October 26, 2022

BUGS

• Fixed actor headshots if they are a host character (i.e. Doctor Who).
• Fixed movie runtime to make sure it’s not null.

September 12, 2022

BUGS

• Fixed 500 error on /comments/recent/all method — GitHub issue

August 28 2022

UPDATES

• Added Donghua genre (Chinese Animation)

BUGS

• Fixed /shows/:id/season/:season_number/translations method, it sometimes returned a 500 error.

June 28, 2022

UPDATES

• Recommendations enforce a 50 item limit. Read more about this feature and why it’s limited.
• /users/:id/lists/collaborations returns all lists a user has permission to collaborate on. Access a collaboration list like normal, and the OAuth user will have permissions to view items, add items, and remove items.
• /users/saved_filters returns all advanced filters a user has created. This is a great alternative to creating and maintaining personal lists. In some cases, the data is already there via a filter.

BUGS

• Fixed official lists to ensure they always return a user object.

June 14, 2022

UPDATES

• List limits are enforced as of today. Please ask questions or discuss in GitHub.
• Official lists are returned in the search method. Each list object contains a type value set to personal or official.

June 6, 2022

UPDATES

• Translations include the country, so we can include all language+country combinations instead of just a single language. This update applies to movie, show, season, and episode translations.

May 24, 2022

LIST LIMITS

• List limits will be enforced starting June 14, 2022. Please ask questions or discuss in GitHub.

VIP Members
* Unlimited lists
* 10,000 items on your watchlist
* 10,000 items on a personal list
* notes on each list item
New Members
* 5 personal lists
* 1,000 items on your watchlist
* 500 items on a personal list
Existing Members
* 10 personal lists
* 2,000 items on your watchlist
* 1,000 items on a personal list

VIP UPDATES (more info)

• We’re introducting the concept of 🔥 VIP Enhanced API methods. A 420 HTTP status code is returned when the user has exceeded their account limits. Signing up for Trakt VIP will increase these limits. If the user isn’t a VIP, please open a browser to X-Upgrade-URL so the user can sign up for Trakt VIP. If they are already VIP and still exceeded the limit, please display a message indicating this.
• notes can be added to all list items (personal lists, watchlist, recommendations).

UPDATES

• /users/settings includes all limits for a user’s account.

"limits": {
    "list": {
        "count": 5,
        "item_count": 250
    },
    "watchlist": {
        "item_count": 250
    },
    "recommendations": {
        "item_count": 50
    }
}

April 28, 2022

UPDATES

• Season translations available using /shows/:id/season/:season_number/translations.
• Improved performance of /sync/playback.
• API docs updated to all status options.
• /users/:id/likes/comments can optionally include media objects for each comment like.
• Expose more CORS headers: X-Ratelimit, Retry-After, X-Upgrade-URL, X-Applied-Sort-By, X-Applied-Sort-How, Cache-Control, Pragma, Expires
• Added requested_at to /sync/last_activities which is set when the OAuth user has a private account and someone requests to follow them.
• Return updated_at and item_count when adding, deleting, or re-ordering list (personal list, watchlist, recommendations) items.

BUGS

• Fixed caching on /shows/:id/progress methods.
• Fixed 500 error on /sync/collection.
• Make sure listed_at isn’t null on /users/:id/lists/:list_id/items.
• Fixed audio channel output for 10.1. (GitHub)
• Make sure episodes key is always returned in /shows/:id/seasons?extended=episodes. (GitHub)

March 15, 2022

UPDATES

• Episode runtime is automatically added when released is used for the watched_at and collected_at date in /sync/watched and /sync/collection.
• Comment users can be blocked and unblocked using the /users/hidden methods.
• /sync/last_activities includes the timestamp when a comment user was last blocked.
• /users/:id/likes changed to a public method.

BUGS

• Fixed pagination in /movies/:id/related and /shows/:id/related.