Jikan is a REST API for MyAnimeList.net. It scrapes the website to satisfy the need for an API - which MyAnimeList lacks.
The raison d'Γͺtre of Jikan is to assist developers easily get the data they need for their apps and projects without having to depend on the lackluster official API, unstable APIs, or sidetracking their projects to develop parsers.
The word Jikan literally translates to Time in Japanese (ζι). And that's what this API saves you of. ;)
Notice: Jikan does not support authenticated requests. You can not update your lists.
- Getting Started
- Requirements
- π³ Docker
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installation
- Configuration
- Ignition
- Configuring Cache Driver (optional)
- Configuring Cache Method (optional)
- Configuring Supervisord (optional)
- Troubleshooting
- Artisan Commands
- Information
- Wrappers
- Running Tests
- Backers
- Disclaimer
- PHP 7.1-7.3
- Composer
- Redis
- Supervisord (optional)
If you don't want to install it yourself, there are dockerized options available:
- JikanREST Docker by Fethi El Hassasna
- JikanDocerized by Zunjae
This is specifically for Ubuntu, but other distributions should work similarly.
- Install requirements:
- Add PHP related packages:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php- If
add-apt-repositoryis not installed, you can install it by doingsudo apt install python-software-propertiesorsudo apt install software-properties-common
- If
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade- Install requirements:
sudo apt install curl git php redis unzip - Verify that PHP 7.1-7.3 is installed:
php -v(PHP 7.4 is not currently supported)- If not, install it by running
sudo apt install php7.3and change the default PHP version withsudo update-alternatives --set php /usr/bin/php7.3
- If not, install it by running
- Install the corresponding
php-xmlandphp-mbstringpackages for your version, e.g:- PHP 7.1:
sudo apt install php7.1-xml php7.1-mbstring - PHP 7.3:
sudo apt install php7.3-xml php7.3-mbstring
- PHP 7.1:
- Install composer:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
- Start the redis server:
sudo service redis start
- Install brew
- Install requirements:
brew install php composer redis - Start the redis server:
brew services start redis
git clone https://github.com/jikan-me/jikan-rest.gitcd jikan-restcp .env.dist .envcomposer install(Make sure Jikan's directory has write permissions)
You're able to configure Jikan through the .env file.
A few kernel commands are available from the project directory by running the artisan file.
The first thing you need to do is generate an APP_KEY.
php artisan key:generate- Configure how Jikan caches
- Configure how Jikan handles expired cache
php artisan serve --port=8080 or php -S localhost:8000 -t public
Jikan is now hosted on http://localhost:8000/v3/
Alternatively, host it on Apache (or Nginx)
Create a virtual host and point it to /public. Jikan supports Apache out of the box, you just need to create a virtual host and point it to /public, and enable the rewrite module for .htaccess (sudo a2enmod rewrite), and configure /etc/apache/apache2.conf by setting AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All for the /var/www directory.
βΉοΈ If you wish to configure it for Nginx or anything else, you'll have to port the rewrite rules located at public/.htaccess
Jikan caches on file by default in /storage/framework/cache. So even if you don't change the caching method, Jikan will work out of the box.
However, you can configure Jikan to cache on Redis instead: php artisan cache:driver redis
Note: If you're currently running Jikan, you're required to stop it before running the above command.
Jikan handles cache in the legacy manner out of the box. This method was used previously to update cache.
When a cache expires, it gets deleted. So if you make a request that has an expired cache, your request will take longer as Jikan has to fetch and parse the new data from MyAnimeList again.
This is a newly introduced caching method to the API, it's what the public API runs on as well. It requires some further setup.
When a cache expires, it does not get deleted. Instead, if you make a request that has an expired cache, a job will be dispatched to the queue which handles updating the cache in the background. Therefore, the request will keep on providing stale cache until the job is complete and the cache is replaced with fresh data.
This method provides zero delay, and is highly recommended if you have immense traffic coming your way.
βΉοΈ Note: If you're currently running Jikan, you're required to stop it before running the above command. You're also required to clear any cache you've stored as well as anything on the Redis server.
php artisan cache:method queue
Next, you need to make sure that there's a service looking after the queue. This can be manually done by running a process through php artisan queue:work --queue=high,low. You can set the command to run on cron, nohup, etc.
But a recommended way is to install Supervisor and have it handle the queue automatically.
βΉοΈ Note: --queue=high,low; Jikan stores two types of queues; high priority and low priority. This depends on the type of request. You can check which request is considered to be high priority in the JikanResponseHandler.php middleware in the HIGH_PRIORITY_QUEUE array.
βΉοΈ Note 2: Not all requests are queuable. Some are handled the legacy way. You can find out which ones in the JikanResponseHandler.php middleware in the NON_QUEUEABLE array.
This reason for this is quite simple. User related requests such as anime/manga list can be frequently updated. They're cached by default for 5 minutes (you can change this in .env). But if they were to get queued for a cache update, it would take longer than 5 minutes because the update job would have to wait in line. So it skips the queue and is automatically updated on the request. This does mean a slight delay in fetching and parsing the fresh data from MyAnimeList.
βΉοΈ Note 3: Note 1 & Note 2 are default behavior. You can obviously change them as per your needs.
- Install supervisor
- Linux:
sudo apt install supervisor - Mac:
brew install supervisor
- Linux:
sudo cp conf/supervisor/jikan-worker.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d- A default supervisor configureation file is available in this repo
conf/supervisor/jikan-worker.conf - Be sure to update to the correct directory in
jikan-worker.confforcommandandstdout_logfileto the directory of jikan!
- A default supervisor configureation file is available in this repo
Example: If I install Jikan in /var/www/jikan-is-installed-here, you will have to adjust the following values in the jikan-worker.conf file.
...
command=php /var/www/jikan-is-installed-here/artisan queue:work --queue=high,low
...
stdout_logfile=/var/www/jikan-is-installed-here/storage/logs/worker.log
stderr_logfile=/var/www/jikan-is-installed-here/storage/logs/worker.error.log
sudo supervisorctl rereadsudo supervisorctl updatesudo supervisorctl start jikan-worker:*
- Install Supervisor:
brew install supervisor supervisord -c /usr/local/etc/supervisord.ini- Copy
conf/supervisor/jikan-worker.confto/usr/local/etc/supervisor.d/ brew services start supervisorsudo supervisorctl updatesudo supervisorctl start jikan-worker:*
Please read the troubleshooting guide. For any additional help, join our Discord server.
Please read the commands guide. For any additional help, join our Discord server.
If you don't want to host your instance, there's a public API available.
See the list of wrappers here
php vendor/bin/phpunit tests
Note: Tests may fail due to rate limit from MyAnimeList (HTTP 429)
Thank you to all our Sugoi (γγγ) backers! π [Become a sugoi backer]
Thank you to all our backers! π [Become a backer]
- PurplePinapples
- Barkdoll (Jesse)
- Piotr Szymczak (Drutol)
- Jason Weatherly (jamesthebard)
- Cesar Irad Mendoza (aberuwu)
Thank you to all our sponsors! [Become a sponsor]
- Jikan is not affiliated with MyAnimeList.net
- You are responsible for the usage of this API. Please be respectful towards MyAnimeList's Terms Of Service