Jikan - Unofficial MyAnimeList.net PHP API

Jikan is a PHP API for MyAnimeList.net. It scrapes the website to satisfy the need for an API - which MyAnimeList lacks.

The raison d'être of Jikan is to assist developers easily get the data they need for their apps and projects without having to depend on the lackluster official API, unstable APIs, or sidetracking their projects to develop parsers.

The word Jikan literally translates to Time in Japanese (時間). And that's what this API saves you of. ;)

Notice: Jikan does not support authenticated requests. You can not update your lists.

1. composer require jikan-me/jikan
2. Documentation

❗ Version ~1.0 is no longer maintained, it's required you use ^2.0.

• Goutte
• PHP 7.1+

A REST service is available as well.

• REST DOCUMENTATION
• Apps/Projects using JikanREST
• Host your own instance of Jikan REST

• [.NET] Jikan.net by Ervie
• [Python] JikanPy by Andrew Conant & Abhinav Kasamsetty
• [Ruby] Jikan.rb by Zerocchi
• [JavaScript] JikanJS by Zuritor
• [Java] Jikan4java by Doomsdayrs

Add your own wrapper here

• Anime
  • Main Information
  • Characters & Staff
  • Episodes
  • News
  • Videos/PV/Episodes
  • Pictures
  • Stats
  • Forum Topics
  • More Info
  • Recommendations
  • Reviews
  • Recent List Updates By Users
• Manga
  • Main Information
  • Characters
  • News
  • Stats
  • Pictures
  • Forum Topics
  • More Info
  • Recommendations
  • Reviews
  • Recent List Updates By Users
• Character
  • Main Information
  • Pictures
• People
  • Main Information
  • Pictures
• Search
  • Anime
  • Manga
  • Character
  • Person
  • Pagination Support
  • Advanced Search (Filters)
• Seasonal Anime (Season + Year)
• Season List/Archive
• Anime Scheduling (for current season)
• Top
  • Anime
  • Manga
  • Characters
  • People
  • Sub Types & Pagination Support
• Genre
  • Anime
  • Manga
• Producers (Anime Listing)
• Magazines (Manga Listing)
• User
  • Profile
  • Friends
    • Pagination support
  • History
    • All
    • Anime
    • Manga
  • Anime & Manga Lists
    • Pagination Support
• Club
  • Main Information
  • User List

View RoadMap

composer require jikan-me/jikan --dev

This will download Fixtures as well.

php vendor/bin/phpunit

PHPCS, PHPLint & PHPUnit

php vendor/bin/grumphp run

• [Club] Optimize User list schema

• [Club] Add club parsing

• [Anime|Manga] Add Reviews parsing
• [Club] Add User List parsing - 2.4.0

• [Anime|Manga] Add Recommendations parsing
• [Anime|Manga] Add Recently Updated By Users parsing - 2.2.0
• [Seasonal] Added parsing for later anime - 2.1.4
• [User List] Bug fix for some manga lists parsing - 2.1.3

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• Jikan is not affiliated with MyAnimeList.net
• You are responsible for the usage of this API. Please be respectful towards MyAnimeList's Terms Of Service