# Hot Cinema — Wrapped API

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> Access current movie listings, detailed film information, showtimes, and seat availability for Hot Cinema Israel locations. Retrieve titles, synopses, cast details, posters, screening schedules, and real-time seat counts across all theaters.

**Category:** Entertainment | **Website:** [hotcinema.co.il/](https://hotcinema.co.il/) | **Docs:** [parse.bot/marketplace/ecf02bae-442b-4f62-b9ef-3667b3896099/hotcinema-co-il-api](https://parse.bot/marketplace/ecf02bae-442b-4f62-b9ef-3667b3896099/hotcinema-co-il-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-hotcinema-co-il-api-ecf02bae/`
**Auth:** `Authorization: Bearer <LOCUS_API_KEY>`

## Endpoints

### get_available_seats

Retrieve real-time seat availability for a specific screening event. Requires both the event_id (from get_showtimes) and the site_id (ticketing system identifier for the theater location). Returns total capacity, occupied seats, and available seats for the screening.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `event_id` | string | Yes | The unique event ID of the screening (from get_showtimes results). |
| `site_id` | string | Yes | The ticketing system site ID for the theater location. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-hotcinema-co-il-api-ecf02bae/get_available_seats \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"event_id":"<string>","site_id":"<string>"}'
```

### get_movie_details

Retrieve detailed information about a specific movie including synopsis, director, cast, duration, rating, and poster image. Requires a movie_id obtained from get_movies. The slug parameter is optional and used for URL construction but does not affect the data returned.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `movie_id` | string | Yes | The unique numeric ID of the movie (from get_movies results). |
| `slug` | string | No | The URL slug for the movie page. Defaults to 'movie' if omitted. |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-hotcinema-co-il-api-ecf02bae/get_movie_details \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"movie_id":"<string>","slug":"<string>"}'
```

### get_movies

Retrieve all movies currently showing across Hot Cinema Israel theaters. Returns a flat list of movie identifiers and titles scraped from the homepage. Each movie_id can be used with get_movie_details and get_showtimes.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

_No parameters required._

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-hotcinema-co-il-api-ecf02bae/get_movies \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```

### get_showtimes

Retrieve showtimes for a specific movie across all Hot Cinema theaters on a given date. Returns event IDs needed for seat availability checks, along with theater info, screening times, language, and screen type. Defaults to tomorrow's date if no date is specified.

**Estimated cost:** Metered

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|-------|------|----------|-------------|
| `date` | string | No | The date to check for showtimes in DD/MM/YYYY format (e.g. '11/06/2026'). Defaults to tomorrow's date if omitted. |
| `movie_id` | string | Yes | The unique numeric ID of the movie (from get_movies results). |

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.paywithlocus.com/api/wrapped/parse-hotcinema-co-il-api-ecf02bae/get_showtimes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_LOCUS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date":"<string>","movie_id":"<string>"}'
```