Fandango

Fandango (fandango.com): US cinemas of every chain near a ZIP code or city, a cinema's showtimes for a day with format, rating and runtime, and a showtime's seat map with each seat's status and ticket price.

Call these actions with your String API key; see Authentication. Every call answers with the envelope described in Responses & errors, whose data holds the rows below.

Site: fandango
Version: 1.0.0
Reads from: fandango.com

Action	Description	Listed price
`cinemas`	List US cinemas of every chain on Fandango near a ZIP code or a city and state, nearest first, with address, coordinates, chain and page URL. Filter by name or chain with query.	Billed per request at your plan's rates
`showtimes`	List one Fandango cinema's performances for a day: film, start time with the cinema's offset, format such as IMAX or Dolby, amenities, rating, runtime, sold-out flag and booking link. Give a theater id from cinemas or a theater page URL; the showtimeId reads the seat map with seats.	Billed per request at your plan's rates
`seats`	Read a Fandango showtime's seat map without starting a booking: every seat's row, number, area, kind such as wheelchair or companion, status (available, sold or unavailable) and the area's adult ticket price. Give a showtimeId from showtimes or a fandango.com booking URL.	Billed per request at your plan's rates

`cinemas`

List US cinemas of every chain on Fandango near a ZIP code or a city and state, nearest first, with address, coordinates, chain and page URL. Filter by name or chain with query.

POST https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/cinemas

Input

Unknown fields are rejected.

Field	Type	Description
`query`	string	Only cinemas whose name or chain contains this text, ignoring case.
`postcode`	string	A US ZIP code to search near, such as 10001. Matches `^\d{5}(?:-\d{4})?$`.
`location`	string	A place to search near when postcode is empty: a US ZIP code or a city and state, such as Chicago, IL.
`limit`	integer	How many cinemas to return, nearest first, up to 100. 20 when empty. From 1 to 100.

Output

data is an array of rows, one per result. Each row has:

Field	Type	Description
`cinemaId`	string	Fandango's theater id, which showtimes takes.
`name`	string	—
`address`	string	The street address.
`city`	string	—
`postcode`	string	The ZIP code.
`country`	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
`latitude`	number \| null	—
`longitude`	number \| null	—
`url`	string	The cinema's page on fandango.com.
`chain`	string	The chain that runs the cinema, such as AMC or Regal, or the cinema's own name when independent.

Example

curl https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/cinemas \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "postcode": "10001",
    "limit": 3
  }'

data starts with these rows:

[
  {
    "cinemaId": "AAQCR",
    "name": "AMC 34th Street 14",
    "address": "312 W. 34th St.",
    "city": "New York",
    "postcode": "10001",
    "country": "US",
    "latitude": 40.75236,
    "longitude": -73.99463,
    "url": "https://www.fandango.com/amc-34th-street-14-aaqcr/theater-page",
    "chain": "AMC"
  },
  {
    "cinemaId": "AAORE",
    "name": "AMC Empire 25",
    "address": "234 West 42nd St.",
    "city": "New York",
    "postcode": "10036",
    "country": "US",
    "latitude": 40.75638,
    "longitude": -73.98804,
    "url": "https://www.fandango.com/amc-empire-25-aaore/theater-page",
    "chain": "AMC"
  },
  {
    "cinemaId": "AAODH",
    "name": "Regal Times Square",
    "address": "247 W. 42nd St.",
    "city": "New York",
    "postcode": "10036",
    "country": "US",
    "latitude": 40.75736,
    "longitude": -73.98925,
    "url": "https://www.fandango.com/regal-times-square-aaodh/theater-page",
    "chain": "Regal"
  }
]

Requests and billing

Requests: 1 Web Access request per call.
Billing: passthrough. Each request the action makes bills at its own rate on your plan; there is no separate charge for the action. See Pricing.

`showtimes`

List one Fandango cinema's performances for a day: film, start time with the cinema's offset, format such as IMAX or Dolby, amenities, rating, runtime, sold-out flag and booking link. Give a theater id from cinemas or a theater page URL; the showtimeId reads the seat map with seats.

POST https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/showtimes

Input

Unknown fields are rejected.

Field	Type	Description
`cinemaId`	string	Required. A Fandango theater id from cinemas, such as AAQCR, or the cinema's fandango.com theater page URL. At least 1 character.
`date`	string	The day to list, YYYY-MM-DD. Fandango's current day when empty. Matches `^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$`.
`filmId`	string	Only this film, by the filmId a showtime row carries.

Output

data is an array of rows, one per result. Each row has:

Field	Type	Description
`showtimeId`	string	The performance's id, which seats takes.
`cinemaId`	string	—
`filmId`	string	Fandango's id for the film.
`filmTitle`	string	—
`startTime`	string	When the performance starts, RFC 3339 with the cinema's local offset.
`format`	string	The projection format: 2D, 3D, IMAX, IMAX 3D, Dolby, 4DX, ScreenX, MX4D, D-BOX or RPX.
`attributes`	string[]	The performance's amenities as Fandango names them, such as Open caption, Recliner Seats or Reserved seating.
`screen`	string \| null	The auditorium; Fandango does not publish it with showtimes, so it is null.
`bookingUrl`	string	The fandango.com ticketing link for the performance.
`soldOut`	boolean	—
`rating`	string \| null	The MPAA rating, such as PG-13.
`runtimeMinutes`	integer \| null	—

Example

curl https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/showtimes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "cinemaId": "AAQCR",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "filmId": "344"
  }'

data starts with these rows:

[
  {
    "showtimeId": "v2-6a6f96b59201fce9a54e4a365c777fdb9df5467df74a738132f6e8c37b402259",
    "cinemaId": "AAQCR",
    "filmId": "344",
    "filmTitle": "The Crow (1994)",
    "startTime": "2026-10-31T20:00:00-04:00",
    "format": "2D",
    "attributes": ["Recliner Seats", "Laser at AMC", "Reserved seating"],
    "screen": null,
    "bookingUrl": "https://tickets.fandango.com/transaction/ticketing/mobile/jump.aspx?sdate=2026-10-31%2B20%3A00&from=mov_det_showtimes&source=desktop&mid=344&tid=AAQCR&dfam=webbrowser&showtimehashcode=v2-6a6f96b59201fce9a54e4a365c777fdb9df5467df74a738132f6e8c37b402259",
    "soldOut": false,
    "rating": "R",
    "runtimeMinutes": 102
  }
]

Requests and billing

Requests: 1 Web Access request per call.
Billing: passthrough. Each request the action makes bills at its own rate on your plan; there is no separate charge for the action. See Pricing.

`seats`

Read a Fandango showtime's seat map without starting a booking: every seat's row, number, area, kind such as wheelchair or companion, status (available, sold or unavailable) and the area's adult ticket price. Give a showtimeId from showtimes or a fandango.com booking URL.

POST https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/seats

Input

Unknown fields are rejected.

Field	Type	Description
`showtimeId`	string	Required. A showtimeId from showtimes, a numeric Fandango showtime id, or a fandango.com booking URL. At least 1 character.

Output

data is an array of rows, one per result. Each row has:

Field	Type	Description
`showtimeId`	string	—
`seatId`	string	The seat's label, such as A15. Fandango can give two seats one label, so row and number locate a seat.
`row`	string	The row's label, such as A.
`number`	string	The seat's number within its row.
`area`	string	The seating area the seat is priced in.
`type`	string	The seat's kind as Fandango names it, such as standard, wheelchair or companion.
`status`	string	available, sold or unavailable.
`price`	number \| null	The adult ticket price for the seat's area before fees.
`currency`	string \| null	—

Example

curl https://request.usestring.ai/v1/integrations/fandango/seats \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STRING_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "showtimeId": "v2-6a6f96b59201fce9a54e4a365c777fdb9df5467df74a738132f6e8c37b402259"
  }'

data starts with these rows:

[
  {
    "showtimeId": "v2-6a6f96b59201fce9a54e4a365c777fdb9df5467df74a738132f6e8c37b402259",
    "seatId": "A15",
    "row": "A",
    "number": "15",
    "area": "default",
    "type": "standard",
    "status": "available",
    "price": 10.25,
    "currency": "USD"
  },
  {
    "showtimeId": "v2-6a6f96b59201fce9a54e4a365c777fdb9df5467df74a738132f6e8c37b402259",
    "seatId": "A14",
    "row": "A",
    "number": "14",
    "area": "default",
    "type": "standard",
    "status": "available",
    "price": 10.25,
    "currency": "USD"
  }
]

Requests and billing

Requests: 1 Web Access request per call.
Billing: passthrough. Each request the action makes bills at its own rate on your plan; there is no separate charge for the action. See Pricing.

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