uae.voxcinemas.com APIuae.voxcinemas.com ↗
Access VOX Cinemas UAE movie listings, showtimes, cinema locations, and film details via API. Filter by date, movie, or cinema across all UAE locations.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/9e14b69a-e804-4059-b469-e85b8eeb5f51/get_movies' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Get list of currently showing movies at VOX Cinemas UAE, including name, description, language, content rating, and poster URL.
| Param | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| category | string | Movie category: 'whatson' for currently showing movies. |
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"total": "integer count of movies returned",
"movies": "array of movie objects with name, slug, description, language, content_rating, poster_url, url, and position",
"category": "string indicating the requested category"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"total": 40,
"movies": [
{
"url": "https://uae.voxcinemas.com/movies/athiradi-malayalam",
"name": "Athiradi",
"slug": "athiradi-malayalam",
"language": "Malayalam",
"position": 1,
"poster_url": "https://assets.voxcinemas.com/posters/P_HO00013036_1774844445711.jpg",
"description": "Set against the vibrant, chaotic backdrop of a high-stakes village festival...",
"content_rating": "PG13"
}
],
"category": "whatson"
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the uae.voxcinemas.com API
This API covers 5 endpoints for VOX Cinemas UAE, returning movie listings, detailed film metadata, cinema locations with coordinates, and showtimes across all UAE venues. The get_showtimes endpoint lets you filter by date, movie name, and cinema name, returning results grouped by film, location, and experience type such as IMAX, 4DX, or GOLD.
Movie Listings and Details
The get_movies endpoint returns all currently showing films with fields including name, slug, description, language, content_rating, poster_url, and position. The slug values feed directly into get_movie_details, which expands each record to include genre, runtime, release_date, cast as an array of actor names, starring as a comma-separated string, director, language, and subtitles information. Movie slugs follow patterns like michael or athiradi-malayalam, reflecting multilingual programming across Arabic, English, Malayalam, Tamil, and other languages common in the UAE market.
Cinema Locations
The get_cinemas endpoint lists all VOX venues in the UAE, each with name, address, slug, and url. Passing a slug such as mall-of-the-emirates or burjuman to get_cinema_details returns the full location record: latitude, longitude, maps_url, description, and an experiences array listing the screen formats available at that venue — for example IMAX, 4DX, KIDS, THEATRE, or GOLD. Coordinates are included when available from the source, making it straightforward to plot locations on a map.
Showtimes
The get_showtimes endpoint is the most flexible in the set. Omitting the date parameter returns today's schedule; supplying a date string in YYYYMMDD format targets a specific day. Both the movie and cinema parameters accept partial, case-insensitive strings, so filtering for "emirates" will match Mall of the Emirates without requiring an exact name. The response includes an available_dates array with label and date_param values, useful for building a date-picker UI. Each movie object in the response carries classification, language, duration, and hero_image alongside a nested cinemas array that groups showtimes by venue and experience type.
- Build a UAE cinema app showing now-playing films with poster images and content ratings from
get_movies - Display a cinema's available screen formats (IMAX, 4DX, GOLD) and GPS coordinates using
get_cinema_details - Power a showtime search tool filtered by date and cinema name via
get_showtimesparameters - Aggregate multilingual film schedules to surface Arabic, Malayalam, and Tamil showtimes separately
- Map all VOX UAE locations using
latitude,longitude, andmaps_urlfromget_cinema_details - Notify users of upcoming screenings for a specific film using partial-match movie filtering in
get_showtimes - Populate a film detail page with cast, director, genre, and release date from
get_movie_details
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 250 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does VOX Cinemas UAE have an official public developer API?+
What does `get_showtimes` return and how do the filters work?+
date is omitted) across all VOX UAE venues. Results are grouped by movie, then by cinema, then by experience type. The movie and cinema parameters both support partial, case-insensitive matching, so you can pass a fragment like "imax" or "dubai" rather than an exact venue name. The available_dates array in the response lists valid upcoming dates you can pass back as date_param.Is ticket booking or seat availability included?+
Does the API cover VOX Cinemas locations outside the UAE, such as Saudi Arabia or Egypt?+
Are movie runtime and subtitle language always present in `get_movie_details`?+
release_date, cast, and genre are similarly dependent on what the individual movie page exposes — some entries, particularly limited-run or upcoming titles, may have sparse metadata.