anime: Get top ranked anime

API: jikan.moe:myanimelist-api-via-jikan
Endpoint: /top/anime
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 328ms

Description

Get the top ranked anime by score. Supports pagination and filtering.

Parameters (3)

filter (string, query, optional)

Filter top anime by type

Constraints: {'enum': ['airing', 'upcoming', 'bypopularity', 'favorite']}

limit (integer, query, optional, default: 25)

Number of results per page (max 25)

Constraints: {'maximum': 25}

page (integer, query, optional, default: 1)

Page number for pagination

Examples (3)

Get top anime with default pagination curl
curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jikan")
result = api.fetch("top/anime")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime");
const data = await resp.json();
Get top airing anime, page 1, 10 results curl
curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime?filter=airing&page=1&limit=10'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime",
    params={
        'filter': 'airing',
        'page': 1,
        'limit': 10,
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jikan")
result = api.fetch("top/anime", filter="airing", page=1, limit=10)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime?filter=airing&page=1&limit=10");
const data = await resp.json();
Get top movies, page 2 curl
curl 'https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime?filter=movie&page=2' \
  -d '{"status": 400, "type": "ValidationException", "messages": {"filter": ["The filter field is not a valid App\\Enums\\TopAnimeFilterEnum."]}, "error": "Invalid or incomplete request. Make sure your request is correct. https://docs.api.jikan.moe/"}'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime",
    params={
        'filter': 'movie',
        'page': 2,
    },
    json={
        'status': 400,
        'type': 'ValidationException',
        'messages': {'filter': ['The filter field is not a valid App\\Enums\\TopAnimeFilterEnum.']},
        'error': 'Invalid or incomplete request. Make sure your request is correct. https://docs.api.jikan.moe/',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("jikan")
result = api.fetch("top/anime", filter="movie", page=2)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const body = {
  "status": 400,
  "type": "ValidationException",
  "messages": {
    "filter": [
      "The filter field is not a valid App\\Enums\\TopAnimeFilterEnum."
    ]
  },
  "error": "Invalid or incomplete request. Make sure your request is correct. https://docs.api.jikan.moe/"
};

const resp = await fetch("https://api.jikan.moe/v4/top/anime?filter=movie&page=2", {
  body: JSON.stringify(body),
});
const data = await resp.json();

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