# Dianying Taobao — Wrapped API

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> Search for movies currently playing on Taobao's movie platform and discover nearby cinemas showing your chosen film with available showtimes in your city on your preferred date. Get real-time access to movie listings and cinema schedules to easily plan your movie outing.

**Category:** Entertainment | **Website:** [dianying.taobao.com/](https://dianying.taobao.com/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/49c851d4-3f83-4fa3-8744-6ec463fd3e08/dianying-taobao-com-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/49c851d4-3f83-4fa3-8744-6ec463fd3e08/dianying-taobao-com-api)

Pay-per-use API proxy. Each call is automatically billed to your wallet in USDC.

## Access

**Base URL:** `https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-dianying-taobao-com-api-49c851d4/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_cinemas_by_movie

Get the list of cinemas showing a specific movie in a given city on a given date. Returns cinema names and IDs for all cinemas, with the address available for the first listed cinema. Showtimes may be empty when not pre-loaded in the upstream response. Makes 2-3 requests internally: a page navigation to establish session trust, a city code lookup, and the cinema schedule request.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `city` | string | Yes | Chinese city name (e.g. '上海', '温州'). Must match a city in the Taopiaopiao supported city list. |
| `date` | string | Yes | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format for which to check cinema schedules. |
| `movie_id` | string | Yes | Movie ID from search_movies results (e.g. '1525003'). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-dianying-taobao-com-api-49c851d4/get_cinemas_by_movie \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"city":"<string>","date":"<string>","movie_id":"<string>"}'
```

### search_movies

Search movies currently showing or upcoming on Taopiaopiao by keyword. Returns matching movies with their ID, name, showing status, and release date when available. The movie list is nationwide; the city parameter is accepted for context but does not filter which movies are returned. Release dates are available for upcoming movies but may be absent for currently-showing movies whose release date has already passed.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `city` | string | No | Chinese city name (e.g. '温州', '上海'). Accepted for context but does not filter the movie results since movies are nationwide. |
| `keyword` | string | Yes | Search keyword to match against movie names (e.g. '八仙'). Case-insensitive substring match. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-dianying-taobao-com-api-49c851d4/search_movies \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"city":"<string>","keyword":"<string>"}'
```