AniKatoAPI

A RESTful API for anime data from anikototv.to. Built with Node.js, Express, and Cheerio for web scraping.

Disclaimer: This API is for educational purposes only. It does not host any content - it only scrapes publicly available data from anikototv.to.

Deploy

Features

• Home page data (spotlight, trending, top anime)
• Watch page data (episode info, servers, next ep schedule)
• Anime details & info
• Search with suggestions
• Episode lists with navigation
• Streaming server info
• Top 10 rankings (day/week/month)
• Filter by genre, type, status, rating
• AZ List alphabetical browsing
• New Release & Newly Added sections
• Ongoing & Completed anime lists
• Trending sidebar data
• Category browsing
• Random anime
• 5-minute response caching
• CORS support

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Shineii86/AniKatoAPI.git
cd AniKatoAPI
npm install
cp .env.example .env
npm start

Server runs on http://localhost:4444 by default.

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
PORT	Server port	4444
ALLOWED_ORIGINS	Comma-separated allowed origins	*

API Endpoints

Base URL

https://your-deployment.vercel.app/api

Home

GET /api/

Returns spotlight, trending, top airing, and genre list.

Anime Info

GET /api/info?id={anime-slug}

Returns detailed info, genres, episodes, related & recommended anime.

Param	Type	Required
id	string	Yes

Search

GET /api/search?keyword={keyword}&page={page}

Search anime by keyword.

Param	Type	Required	Default
keyword	string	Yes	-
page	number	No	1

Search Suggestions

GET /api/search/suggest?keyword={keyword}

Watch Page

GET /api/watch?slug={anime-slug}&ep={episode-number}

Returns complete watch page data including anime info, episode list, servers, related & recommended anime, and next episode schedule.

Param	Type	Required
slug	string	Yes
ep	number	Yes

Episodes

GET /api/episodes/{anime-slug}

Returns episode list for an anime.

Stream

GET /api/stream?id={episode-id}

Returns available servers and links for an episode.

New Release

GET /api/new-release?page={page}

Returns newly released anime.

Newly Added

GET /api/newly-added?page={page}

Returns recently added anime.

AZ List

GET /api/az-list/{letter}?page={page}

Browse anime alphabetically. Use all, 0-9, a-z, or other.

Status

GET /api/status/{status}?page={page}

Browse anime by airing status.

• currently-airing
• finished-airing
• not-yet-aired

Trending Sidebar

GET /api/trending-sidebar

Returns trending anime (day/week/month) and latest episodes for sidebar.

Schedule

GET /api/schedule?date={YYYY-MM-DD}

Spotlight

GET /api/spotlight

Trending

GET /api/trending

Top 10

GET /api/top-ten

Returns top anime for day, week, and month.

Suggestions

GET /api/suggestions?keyword={keyword}

Random

GET /api/random

Most Popular

GET /api/most-popular?page={page}

Filter

GET /api/filter?genre={genre}&type={type}&status={status}&sort={sort}&page={page}

Param	Type	Options
keyword	string	Any search term
genre	string	action, comedy, fantasy, etc.
type	string	tv, movie, ova, ona, special, music
status	string	currently-airing, finished-airing, not-yet-aired
language	string	sub, dub
rating	string	g, pg, pg-13, r, r+, rx
sort	string	default, updated, added, score, name, release, views
season	string	spring, summer, fall, winter
year	number	2024, 2025, etc.
page	number	Page number

Categories

GET /api/{category}?page={page}

Available categories:

• genre/action, genre/comedy, genre/fantasy, etc.
• type/tv, type/movie, type/ova, type/ona, type/special
• status/currently-airing, status/finished-airing, status/not-yet-aired

Response Format

Success

{
  "success": true,
  "results": { ... }
}

Error

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Error description"
}

Project Structure

AniKatoAPI/
├── server.js                 # Express entry point
├── package.json
├── vercel.json               # Vercel config
├── public/
│   ├── index.html            # API docs page
│   └── 404.html
└── src/
    ├── configs/
    │   ├── dataUrl.js        # URL patterns
    │   └── header.config.js  # Request headers
    ├── controllers/          # Route handlers
    ├── extractors/           # HTML scrapers
    ├── helper/               # Cache, pagination utils
    └── routes/               # Express routes

Tech Stack

• Runtime: Node.js
• Framework: Express.js
• Scraper: Cheerio + Axios
• Deploy: Vercel / Render / Docker

Related Domains

• anikototv.to
• anikoto.cz
• anikoto.me
• anikoto.net
• anikoto.se

License

MIT

Author

Sʜɪɴᴇɪ Nᴏᴜᴢᴇɴ - @Shineii86