IMDbOT vs STAPI

IMDbOT (branded "Free Movie DB") is an unofficial IMDb search API that also powers a companion Telegram inline bot; the REST side is hosted at imdb.iamidiotareyoutoo.com and returns title, cast, poster, and rating data for a free-text query, plus a separate /justwatch endpoint for streaming availability. Confirmed live via its own hosted Swagger docs and a working /search call, it needs no API key and serves plain JSON with wide-open CORS.

STAPI is a deep, independently maintained REST API covering Star Trek canon across every series and film — tens of thousands of records in aggregate across dozens of resource types (7,571 characters, 6,822 performers, 1,443 spacecraft, 860 episodes and 759 species when measured live), each with dozens of structured fields (birth dates, ranks, serial numbers, alternate-reality flags). Queries go through POST search endpoints under /api/v1/rest rather than simple GETs, and no key is required.